Dec 19-25, 2007
Winter Reading Issue: Homesick – A Graphic Short Story; A South End Book Merchant Sells – and Narrates – History; Should the Smoking Ban Be Up to Voters?; Seafood With Oyster Expert Rowan Jacobsen
Surprisingly, I’m Very Busy…
I was posting daily for a while there, but haven’t done so this week…between putting out two issues of the paper and trying to prepare for xmas, it’s been pretty hectic. I’ll be posting my holiday menu as soon as I’ve figured out what it’s going to be, and should have some recipes for you…
The Inner World Beckons
The last few weeks I haven’t posted too many “incident” stories. You know – the slices of life as they play out in my taxicab. It’s not that the well has run dry. I have a million stories, and every night on the streets replenishes the aquifer. Like last night I drove the undercover security…
Oh, Christmas Tree
Dont’cha just love Christmas trees in public spaces? The Burlington area has some great specimens. One of the neat parts of my job is, like the Beach Boys, I get around. Here’s my picks for the three top tree jobs: 1. Honorable Mention: The St. Michael’s tree located in the field in front of the…
South for the Winter
Art Review: Solo exhibition, by Amaru Chiza. Flynndog, Burlington. Through December.
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Ambition is a bad excuse for not having enough good sense to be lazy,” my ex-girlfriend Arlene used to say. She claimed to be a Zen master whose duty it was to deprogram me out of my absurd striving to make something of myself. She believed the key to enlightenment was…
Scene@ Branch Out Burlington! Awards
Burlington Municipal Building, 645 Pine Street, Friday, December 14, 6 P.M.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Richard Waters, 43, was driving a stolen truck when he attracted the attention of police in Monroe, Ohio, because a back wheel was on fire. Waters apparently left the emergency brake on when he drove off, causing heat that ignited the tire. Officers who noticed the truck recognized Waters from previous run-ins.…
The Muse Knows
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones, Knopf, 290 pages. $24.95
Crumbs
Side Dishes: Cabot, The Green Room, Finkerman’s Riverside Barbecue, Bove’s, Eat Local Vermont
Best Pics of 2007
Cathy Resmer, Seven Days Queen-of-All-Things-Virtual, recently asked me about the lack of pictures of late on the Yo, Hackie! blog. “Tis true, I replied, I haven’t yanked out the camera for quite a while. I do intend to remedy that situation over the winter months. Until then, allow me to present the Best Pics of…
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Molly in Manhattan [SIV58]
Molly Hatfield’s Vermont family has been selling Christmas trees in New York City for over 30 years. Every December Gopher Broke Enterprises of Wolcott, Vermont sell trees at 13 locations across New York. You can find Molly every day at the corner of 110th Street and Broadway where she has been selling trees for 14…
Recipe: Jack Woods’ Enhanced Eggnog
This is not really a recipe for eggnog: It’s a recipe for something you can do with eggnog, provided that you want to get as drunk as possible without consuming more than your share of the creamy stuff. I haven’t tried this (I prefer the eggnog to the booze, myself), but for those of you…
