Food

Caper Lifecycle

How does something go from this to that? At the Archaeological Park Neapolis in Syracuse, Sicily, our guide pointed out a scruffy plant growing out of the wall of limestone and educated us about caper plants. She pointed out that these plants grew everywhere, especially out of limestone. Once I knew what they looked like, […]

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AU Food

There are many food options here in the Central Business District. We have a passing verbalization about “hey let’s go eat,” take the elevator 34 floors down, and then we have a whole world of cuisine to choose. The first night, BF was attracted to the ducks hanging in a Chinese restaurant but the star

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COVID DRINKING THROUGH THE DAY

Breakfast: coffee with either gingerbread liquor cream or bourbon cream 10am break: repeat breakfast Lunch: small splash of something (gin, vodka, rum) with a Torani Syrup 3pm break: I have to take medicine so a shot of tequila is just right Happy hour: cocktail time!! Mix something interesting. I love makemeacocktail.com Nightcap: Jack Daniels has

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It’s what’s for dinner

I lied. In my 2014 wrap-up, I declared that although I was eating meat, I didn’t foresee that I would be cooking meat. I have now entered into the meat-cooking phase of my culinary range. Maybe. A friend of DH offered a vat of beef stew. The meat was tender while the sauce was tangy.

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Story telling

Preparing for holiday events, I shopped at Vons to choose my adult beverages. In the check out line, the woman ahead of me, in her 30’s, had a large bag of Reese’s Pieces. The woman behind me, in her 60’s had 3 cartons of ice cream. And then there was me with my bottle of

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