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Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Goat Cheese are a Match Made in Heaven: Try This Easy Spread
Miami Nice! Recommendations for Peacocks, Parks and Restaurants
Recreation recommendations in Miami from a grad student. Parks, peacocks and foodie-worthy restaurants, oh my!
Glover Gardens Kitchen 2.0: It’s Been A Minute, So Here Are The “After” Pictures (Finally!!!)
At long last, pictures of the results of the Glover Gardens Kitchen 2.0 remodel project. It was well worth the wait.
Reflections on a Kitchen Remodel: What We Learned about Packing, Prepping, Culling and Coping
Observations and lessons learned from how we planned, prepped, packed, culled and coped during what we called ‘The Siege’.
A Wild Goose Chase: the Fallacy of Assumptions
A family of geese came and went, causing us to worry about predators: gators and eagles and hawks, oh my!
Sandwich Wednesday: Panini with Cilantro Pesto, Chicken and Goat Cheese with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
The Grill-Meister made a lovely sandwich to honor my cilantro pesto from the night before.
Give It Up for Cilantro Pesto, a Bright Green Flavor Machine!
We’re Not Crabby, We’re Happy!
Crabs caught just off our dock at Gumbo Cove were perfectly satisfying and reminiscent of my childhood at the beach in Gilchrist, TX.
What I Learned from a Baby
While caring for our grandson, I learned (or re-learned) a few things I’d like to share with you, like: “Laughter is contagious. Baby laughter is cathartic.”
What’s the Big Dill? All About Pickles
Pickles! Whether they’re hot, sweet, spicy, bread-and-butter, gherkin, relish, big dills or tiny cornichons, the pickle pucker is something I appreciate.
Kitchen Remodel: Ready to Share the “During” Pictures
Some of the “During” pictures of the Glover Gardens Kitchen 2.0 project, back when we were calling it “The Siege”.
‘Stuck in Norway with COVID’ Taught Me the Restorative Power of a Care Package
A care package made all the difference when I was stuck in an airport hotel in Norway for almost a week recovering from COVID.
Reflections on a Kitchen Remodel: Why It’s So Hard to Unveil It
A need to take perfect pictures of the “After” is a barrier to sharing the results of the Glover Gardens Kitchen Remodel.
Avocado Toast on a Train? Beware of What You Ask For and Where You Ask for It
Avocado toast wasn’t having its best moment when I ordered it on a train recently. But it brought to mind Hitchcock movie scenes from dining cars.
When a Restaurant is “Nicer” Than You Wanted, and the Food is Better than You Expected
A search for a down-home Indian restaurant in Edinburgh helped me discover a new dish (for me): Kathmandu Chicken Tikka, with lentils. Yum!
If No One Sees the Water Bottle Attack After You Missed Your Train, Did It Really Happen?
One less twirl of the curling iron, one less email, one less change of clothes discarded for being wrong-wrong-wrong – and I’d have caught that 7:27 a.m. train.