For as long as anyone is interested and it doesn’t feel like work, I’m going to have some fun with a few of the more meaningless issues of our day. Issues that, even though they aren’t important, people all tend … Continue reading →
We learned yesterday that a friend lost his sibling in the earthquake. It’s not a distant, abstract disaster any longer.
Continue reading →Just an early and fair warning to my Sunday Slow Suppers friends. My week is February 21st. The method is slow cooker. The recipe is a slow cooker version of a tagine. The flavor profile is clearly Moroccan. The star … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of DK Publishing. They have a strong formula for balancing concise information, stunning photos, and smart layout to produce wonderful books. Their Eyewitness Guides are great basic travel books. Their cookbooks are … Continue reading →
Three weeks flew by. We could have spent all three weeks in any one of the three locations we’d chosen and still it would not have been enough. But, we find ourselves turning our car in at the Edinburgh airport … Continue reading →
It all began the day I found that from my window I could only see a piece of sky. It’s been more than two decades since I watched the movie and at least 10 years since I listened to the … Continue reading →
It is with sadness that we say goodbye to our fifth SlowTrav food challenge — Sunday Small Bites. It’s been a lot of fun. I managed to keep up pretty well. I missed only one week out of 19 and … Continue reading →
Dan is an addicted golfer. The three times a week in the summer and not-inexpensive trips to warm climates in the winter kind of addict. So, of course, on a trip to Scotland, it was unthinkable not to make a … Continue reading →
I don’t speak Hungarian. But, I’d love to know what this song is about, and what the young lady is telling the audience in the end. Any one out there who can translate?
Continue reading →For those who are aware of my new obsession with Ginger Beer, it won’t come as a surprise that I’m seriously considering trying to make my own. I happen to own an autographed copy of John Hull Brown’s “Early American … Continue reading →