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Deutschland-ish Improvements
My wife and I are slowly remodeling our house, a room at a time. First, we took a big plunge and overhauled the kitchen. Then we gutted the master bath. Now we’re thinking about a large deck with indoor/outdoor spaces. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, food, memories, travel
Tagged Amsterdam, brazen, castle, cathedral, Germany, Kinderdijk, lock, Netherlands, Rhine, Switzerland, windmill
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Snacks, Snooze, Repeat
My wife and I are adjusting our sleep schedules several days ahead of an upcoming trip to Europe. The first night we went to bed an hour earlier than usual, the next night two hours earlier, and so on. Our … Continue reading
Posted in culture, food, technology, travel
Tagged 5-Hour Energy Shots, jet lag, Nestle Goodnight, Nightfood, ploy, sleep, Som Sleep
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Toasty of the Town
College and professional sports offer the perfect environment for several strange team mascots. Here in the U.S. of A, a bear or tiger or some other animal just doesn’t make the cut anymore. Instead, we have a wide assortment of … Continue reading
Posted in America, culture, food, sports
Tagged baseball, Boy Scouts, Colorado, Girl Scouts, immiscible, Rocky Mountain Oysters, s'mores, sports, team mascots
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Poultry Par Excellence
Among its endless and varied topics, Wikipedia includes a list of “notable chicken restaurants” (just about all of them U.S.-based). In the fast-food subcategory alone, you find over 75 fowl food-stops. I recognized about one in ten as I scanned … Continue reading
Posted in America, cars, culture, food
Tagged Burger King, Chick-fil-A, chicken, drive-thru, fast food, McDonalds, par excellence, restaurant, Starbucks
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Crushed Rock
Checked the tires lately? No, no, no – not the air pressure – the treads. Take a good look the next time you grab the car keys. Besides pebbles in the grooves or nicks in the rubber, your tires might … Continue reading
Posted in America, cars, culture, memories
Tagged banal, chalk, Charleston, Folly Beach, hopscotch, parking tickets, school, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, White Cliffs of Dover
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Boston Long
Durgin-Park, the venerable restaurant inside of Boston’s Faneuil Hall, recently closed its doors after almost two hundred years of operation. You read that right; D-P opened for business a few decades after the Revolutionary War, but served its last patron … Continue reading
Posted in America, culture, holidays, running, sports
Tagged Boston Marathon, Boston Red Sox, Durgin-Park, Faneuil Hall, Patriots' Day, Revolutionary War, running, venerable
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