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G+ All the President’s Facepalms Summary

August 24, 2011
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G+ All the President’s Facepalms Summary

Over at G+ I’ve been collecting photographs of all the president’s facepalms. Yesterday’s discovery of a suitable candidate for Woodrow Wilson wrapped up all of the 20th and 21st Century presidents. G+ doesn’t include robust text formatting or link listing tools, so here’s the roster, with links back to the relevant G+ post: 20th...

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The Third Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner

February 22, 2011
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The Third Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner

Participants were encouraged to create an updated, “tapas-sized” version of one of their favorite dishes from childhood. We did well with the updates. We did not do well with portion down-sizing. As usual, John Scane took the pictures.

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The Second Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner

December 10, 2010
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MM brought these clams and the bread with which to mop up the sauce. Paired with... a Spanish white called... ???

This event occurred way back in October, so, sorry, the leftovers are long gone. Our theme was Spain. The usual rules applied (bring a dish, bring some wine). I’ve done my best to remember who brought what, but my memory is not as spry...

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The First Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner

September 20, 2010
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The First Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner

The theme was “Italian.” We drew numbers from a hat to determine courses — appetizer, pasta, entree/protein, vegetable, dessert. Along with the course, participants were to bring along a...

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Kitchen Refresh, Before and After

June 2, 2010
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North Wall, sink, counter. Looking east: After.

Not a major kitchen redo, just paint, new cabinet doors and drawers and hardware, and deep drawers finally installed in the kitchen nook cabinet.

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Chocolate Covered Peeps

March 29, 2010
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Chocolate Covered Peeps are turning up everywhere (google ‘em) and I just want to point out that CCPs have been a tradition hereabouts for about a decade. I’m a...

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