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My mom used to make an incredible Sans Rival dessert (cashew, layers of meringue, buttercream, topped with toasted cashews). She's been gone for 8 years but in that time I was able to find it at Red Ribbon Bakery until they closed in 2024.

I'm not finding a many Filipino restaurants that serve good desserts, everyone focuses on the usual appetizers and entrees (lumpia shanghai, pancit, lechon, etc). Mom did actually teach me how to make it when I was a kid, but that was 40 years ago and I'm getting old and can't remember what I had for breakfast.

If anyone knows of a good Filipino bakery that offers sans rival in the greater Houston area, that would be fantastic. Otherwise I might have to start stocking up on cashews and eggs and practice making meringue.

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Drove past a billboard this morning for a new development and the name just boggled my mind.

"Wingspan" at Bridgelands

Ok, I guess we're trying to be clever, not sure what inspired "wingspan", there's no airport nearby. It's prairieland that's been dug up for developments, maybe it's reference to all the egrets, cranes, hawks and other winged creatures that are gone.

That got me thinking, what are the more common words or phrases you see for developments that are a combination of two words, or something absurd but sounds tranquil. Here are the words I see everywhere:

Trees & Nature: Cypress, Oaks, Pines, Meadows Trails, Woods, Park

Water: Creek, Lake, Harbor, River, Springs, Cove, Bend, Bay

Community-bases: Villages, Town (or Towne), City, Metro, Station

Prestige/Luxury: Estates, Reserve, Manor, Enclave, Retreat, Vista

Bonus points, combine two words, one from each category to come up with your own development name. Or share the weird ones, "Elyson", "Solterra", "Viridian".

I just had an epiphany about a recent issue had with my A/C not blowing cold. Freon was charged, no fuses blown, no obvious leaks, it just stopped blowing cold. A fellow Stinger owner in the Houston Stinger Swarm suggested checking the engine coolant levels and I'll be dammed, it was low. It actually dropped below the the lower fill line.

The Engine Coolant Temperature sensor is what allows the A/C compressor to engage, when it goes over the threshold it cuts off the A/C, presumably to bleed off engine heat. Topped off the coolant, problem solved.

With the heat coming to Houston, the A/C has been chill, and the I've been keeping an eye on the temperature gauge and things are good. But I was bothered, because I haven't had any leaks, nothing pooling under the car. Hoses look good, no cracks, no coolant seeping from the clamps. Where the hell did my coolant go?

Then it hit me.

NHTSA Recall LEFT-HAND OIL FEED PIPE AND HOSE ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT (SC300)

I had this done at Westside Kia a few months ago, in the Winter. Dropped off the Stinger, picked it up the next day. Everything was working fine, no burning smell. I popped the hood when I got home just to make sure. I looked at the replacement pipe and hose assembly. All good.

I didn't check the coolant level. Step 4 of the repair instructions are:

"Loosen the radiator drain plug (C) and drain coolant."

They drained it, but either didn't burp the system after refilling it, or just didn't fill it all the way to the line.

If you've had the recall done, check your coolant reservoir. I'm not going to talk crap about the dealer or the techs, especially since I've met a few of them and they're under so much pressure to get things done. If anything, I should have checked the coolant level when I changed my oil, but I was more focused on replacing my drain plug with a Fumoto valve and it just skipped my mind.

Lesson learned. For those of you that still have had the recall done, I don't regret having it done at all, I just regret not doing due diligence and double checking their work. Topping off coolant is far better than an engine fire from a busted oil feed pipe.