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...
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.
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 as I remember it used to be. Photos (and mushrooms...
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 wine to pair it with. The food and the wine were beyond compare; only the company was finer. The music, all agreed, missed the mark....
Not a major kitchen redo, just paint, new cabinet doors and drawers and hardware, and deep drawers finally installed in the kitchen nook cabinet.
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 terrible monetizer.
The alleyway behind the house flooded. During the deluge, the alley flooded into my garage. The floor is five inches or so below grade. Purchased a pond pump and it’s out there now, pumping the water back out into the alley.
Robespierre, a frequent contributor at Fodor’s Travel Talk Forums online, suddenly stopped posting to the boards in July of last year. NPR’s All Things Considered did an essay on why he stopped and the reactions of his fellow forum posters. Robespierre died. People he knew online — friends and acquaintances — knew only that...
