Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
In honor of St. Patrick's Day (and, more honestly, because the sun has finally come out and I have over 600 vines to trim before the rains come back this weekend) I am re-posting last year's St. Paddy's day bit on …..potatoes, plus 2 links to other stories on living in Ireland. It's changed a … Continue reading…
When I got the post this morning there were two envelopes – kind of a record for us here. With no junk mail and no catalogs the morning walk to pick up the post is, well, a morning walk, nothing more. The first envelope was from the Church. You know which one I mean, the … Continue reading…
I was reading and laughing at Mike Cook's post, "Pixilated" on A Twist of Humour this morning and a memory surfaced. I often wonder at the workings of the brain, particularly mine. There is an amazing amount of stuff stored in there. Here is the story of the Hot Pink Jockstrap. We were having a … Continue reading…
Happy Blogiversary to Me! This blog is a whole year old today! Who would have thought I had this much to say….actually those that know me were never in doubt…. It seems appropriate that I share ‘Five Things No One Knows About Me’ on this day. I was tagged for this meme by Freya from … Continue reading…
We're partially back. The two humans are accounted for as are the two, carefully measured, cabin bags alloted us. Oh yes, the 'small plastic bag containing liquids' also arrived safely. Our checked baggage, not having seen enough of the world in our company, decided to do a bit more traveling. I thought it was rather … Continue reading…
I sit corrected. The restaurant, ‘Nosh’, that I posted about on Monday and implied was expensive, isn’t. The steakhouse we went to last night is. One can always get into the debate as to whether or not it the food was worth it…. The restaurant, Murray’s, is a Minneapolis institution. It’s been around for 60 … Continue reading…
Life is different here. Some things are obvious: French is spoken rather than English; there are lots of castles but no pick-up trucks; snails are on the menu but not 'Hot Beef Sandwiches'; lots of McDonald's but no Burger King, Pizza Hut, the Colonel or Wendy's; in shops the customer is not 'always right', in … Continue reading…