Sun - October 21, 2007Mon - October 15, 2007Sun - September 23, 2007Sitting Solo At The Community Technology TableI can count on one hand, one finger actually, the
number of times I’ve gone to the movies by myself. I have never been a
go-to-the-movies-by-myself kind of
girl.
However, I need both my hands and feet including a set of yours to count how many meals I’ve eaten by myself mostly as a solo business traveler. So what’s a girl to do at supper time when she's alone on the road? Posted at 09:10 PM Read More Thu - July 5, 2007A Taste of FreedomOn the early morning of July 4th my cargo
included more than 200 patriotically-decorated cookies and cupcakes; my mission
was to deliver them to DFW's USO center for troops redeploying back to Iraq and
Afghanistan after I greeted the troops just
arriving.
It was a match made in heaven. Posted at 01:27 PM Read More Mon - June 25, 2007Mission Accomplished in Mt. PleasantDespite the torrent of rain that fell a week ago
Saturday I made my way to Mt. Pleasant, Texas, for the Smoky-Eyed BBQ Cookoff
thanks to some gentle chiding by my neighbor
Phil.
“Are you afraid of getting wet?” he asked after I expressed some doubt about attending a BBQ cookoff in the rain. My first thought was to deny it. Posted at 08:12 AM Read More Tue - June 12, 2007BBQ: The Last FrontierA handful of days ago I traveled to Mt.
Pleasant, Texas, for a customer appointment.
The one and a half hour drive was a nice change of pace from my usual, crazy airport-airplane-car-rental-hotel-room-lug-the-suitcase around routine. Posted at 06:20 PM Read More Fri - May 25, 2007Ahhhh, The Slow Life and Lucca-Style OlivesAs a child my favorite piece of playground
equipment was the merry-go-round. I would grab on, run as fast as I could, jump
on, and then hang on for dear life especially if the merry-go-round had the
momentum of several kids giving it a
go.
With every dizzying rotation it was a battle; gravity versus me. Sometimes gravity won; sometimes I triumphed making my way to the center and standing triumphantly. Posted at 09:19 AM Read More Tue - May 15, 2007Ultimate Garlic Mashed PotatoesHaving grown up with a mother who was a solid
southern cook, there was nothing remotely French about the food on our family
dining table except for the fries, usually presented with a steak masterfully
grilled by my father.
Never venturing far from their Southern cuisine roots my parents rarely dined out, and if they did it was never French. Mexican, absolutely, French, no way. Posted at 08:30 AM Read More Sun - February 18, 2007A Meatloaf Toast To A Legendary Leg Lamp and Lovable FamilyIn the heart of Cleveland, OH, sits a
non-descript house in an equally non-descript working-class neighborhood with a
famous past and a legendary leg lamp lighting the front window.
It’s the house where the movie “A Christmas Story” was filmed. Posted at 09:49 PM Read More Sun - February 4, 2007A Phantom Bottle of Wine In Plain SightCall me a coffee snob, but I’m no wine
snob. I drink $10 bottles of wine and enjoy them just as much as the $40+ ones.
But the pleasure of drinking wine is not about the price tag and certainly not about the quantity. For me it’s about the sensual experience – the bouquet, the interesting combination of flavors on the tongue, and the taste that lingers on the palate. Posted at 07:20 PM Read More Sat - January 13, 2007Bathtubs and BBQMy neighbor, Phil, retired yesterday from the
City of Garland after 25 years of service.
I can’t imagine what that is like. Posted at 11:39 AM Read More Mon - November 27, 2006Face-to-Face With My Thanksgving TurkeyOn a brisk November afternoon in a green, grassy
pasture about 30 miles northeast of Dallas I met my Thanksgiving turkey-to-be.
Never before have I locked eyes with a future meal except maybe once when I was four. I snagged a fish in a pond not far from my Aunt Inez's house that I contributed to the family fish fry. But that's a stretch. Posted at 07:55 AM Read More Mon - November 20, 2006The After Dinner Blues in AtlantaMy evening out in Atlanta this past Thursday
night began a month ago when I shared an exit row with a Delta pilot on an
American Airlines flight to New York
City.
It seemed odd that a Delta pilot would fly American, but Jay, who lives in Dallas and is based in NYC said he snags a seat on whatever airline will get him to the city on time for his next flight out. After we landed at NYC’s LaGuardia airport Jay planned to cab it over to JFK where he would board the plane that he would pilot to Istanbul, Turkey, that afternoon. Posted at 07:25 AM Read More Mon - November 13, 200657 Buffet Tables and Nothin' To EatI have a theory about American eating habits.
We neglect our palates. Posted at 09:31 AM Read More Mon - October 30, 2006A Serendipitous Sunset and Game of Bocce BallOn a beautiful evening a couple of weeks ago I
found myself playing bocce
ball and sipping wine while watching the sun set over the vineyards of Santa
Rosa, CA, with people I barely knew and in the home of a woman I had never met.
I had arrived in this serendipitous moment by some twists and turns of fate along with my willingness to just kick back and enjoy the journey as it unfolded. Posted at 08:02 AM Read More |
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