Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2007
Families With Autistic Children Connect at Camp; Senator Leahy Fights the Executive Power; Chatting With a Mac Designer; Berry Making Beyond Shortcake
Mean Mr. Mustard
This past weekend was a big one for Vermont weddings, and my family participated. I spent Saturday at my nephew’s wedding at a beautiful inn in Marlboro, just outside of Brattleboro. I got back in town at 11pm, and immediately hit the streets for the prime cabbing hours. Things were hopping, but – sheesh -…
The Bristol Stomp
Jeez, I love getting into the town of Bristol, tucked among the mountains, a perfect village hamlet.Today I had a pick-up at the Bristol headquarters of Vermont Bicycle Tours, out on the Monkton Road. What a colorful Main Street – Cubber’s, the Bobcat Cafe, the Village Creemmee. Like how many E’s could you squeeze into…
Dinner at the Cliff House in Stowe
Tomorrow evening — Saturday, June 30th, I’ll be attending a Vermont Fresh Network Farmers’ Dinner at The Cliff House in Stowe. These dinners bring local farmers, restaurateurs and consumers together for a really great meal made with lots of seasonal, local ingredients. Seven Days sponsors the series. The previous dinner, at the Basin Harbor Club,…
Veggie Booty Recalled, and Other Food News
No, this is not a post about my fond memories of a snack food. The booty, often found in co-ops and health food stores, is potentially linked to 51 cases of salmonella. So, if you have any, get rid of it. And if you see it in a store, please let the manager know about…
Lots o’ Food News
Hey there! There are few little food news items out there that I want to blog about today…so, here’s an aggregate. Have fun! Do you think she’s sexy? New SlimFast Spokeswoman doesn’t actually use SlimFast…Rachel Hunter, Rod Stewart’s ex, looks just perfect the way she is. She hasn’t tried the product she’s endorsing, and doesn’t…
Sad Sex
A few reflections on this week’s Hackie story, “Let’s Play Yahtzee” . . . The Hackie oeuvre (could I get anymore pretentious?) seems to cover the waterfront – from farce to poignancy, politics to humor. A reader might reasonably assume that I make a conscious effort to mix it up; if a couple of columns…
Vignettes
State of the Arts: South End Art Hop, The History Channel, Digital Audiobooks, Michael Moore
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you’re seeing how much you have to learn. This has been and will continue to…
Antique Car Collectors Cruise Back to Yesteryear
Nowhere in the Vatican’s recently proffered Ten Commandments for Drivers do the words “Thou shalt not covet the cars of days gone by” appear. Apparently wistful sentimentality is not one of the emotions that causes the sort of “primitive behavior” — i.e., road rage — that the pontiff so delicately denounced. Therefore, the thousands of…
Mr. Mac Man
Jerry Manock helped design the first Macintosh – and brought Apple’s creative model to Vermont
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Geek Week [SIV33]
6/22/07, Geek Week: During the week of June 21-28, it is hip to be square at the Langdon St Cafe in VT’s state capitol, Montpelier. The organizers of Geek Week, Dave Porcello and Ben Matchstick would have gotten along swimmingly when they were kids – geeky kids. Although they only met recently, their childhood interests…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When sheriff’s deputies stopped a man for speeding in Goliad, British Columbia, they pointed out that the name on his driver’s license didn’t match the name tattooed on his back. He produced another license with his real name: Omar Cruz Garza, 35. Observing a DVD, a safe, power tools and camera inside…
Playing (Music) With Your Food
I’ve got a strange one for you today. Apparently, there are several groups of people out there in the world who have a penchant for carving instruments from fruits and vegetables. Carrots seem to be a rather popular choice among those who make audible edibles, as are butternut squash. You can learn about a few…
