Photos from the first day of my trip to New Orleans are now online. A sample of the set is listed below. You can see the photos either at Flickr or Facebook (assuming we’re friends on FB). I arrived in New Orleans a little after noon, and after retrieving my bag, took the hotel shuttle to my …
Sometimes I see a recipe in the newspaper or in a magazine, and I get the urge to make it right away. Recently I saw a recipe for a basic Margherita pizza that had that effect on me. Even the dough was from scratch. Now I did use the bread maker to make the dough, …
Every year the flower bed in the front of the house gives us tulips followed by asian lilies. This year, however, the flower bed also produced an Iris. I honestly don’t recall ever planting any, but we must have. A couple more have since joined this one. What’s next?
Like the picture says, this is a horse with some mad ball skillz. We went to see the show Cavalia. Think Cirque du Soleil with horses. Our ticket level included a visit to the stables after the show. Most of the horses were eating or just standing there trying to ignore us and have some …
I’m a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas and of the character Jack Skellington especially. On my recent trip to New Orleans, I bought a couple Voodoo dolls from the New Orleans Doll Company. One of the dolls, the “Wizard” according to the clerk, is wearing a TNBC button, so I just had to buy …