Jan 16-22, 2008
The Health and Fitness Issue: Back Words – Getting Ahead of the S-Curve; Two MDs Take the Pulse of Roe v. Wade; Examining a Rash of Rashes; A Dance Champ’s Irish Step Aerobics
Calabrian Tasting Menu at L’Amante
Last Thursday, D. and I went to the first of L’Amante’s special regional dinners. Here’s a snippet about these dinners from my Side Dishes column: “It’s a good time for lovers of Italian cuisine. For the fifth year in a row, the well-traveled folks at L’Amantewill help diners survive the coldest weeks of winter by…
Jersey Girl
Last night northern Vermont descended into the deep freeze, which is just how I like it when I’m driving cab in the winter. Cold people, you see, hate to walk outside. Plus, there is the added bonus of various car problems, such as my favorite – the failed battery. (In my own vehicle, I’ve installed…
Millborne Farm Drinkable Yogurt
My lovely friend Devon clued me in about these tasty and nutritious yogurt drinks. I’d seen them on the grocery store fridges near the Odwalla juices and Nantucket Nectars, and hadn’t realized that Millborne Farm is in Vermont: Shoreham, to be exact. The little bottles are everywhere…I’ve seen them at gas stations, health food stores…
Fun with Bacon
Bacon. Sometimes called “the gateway meat” because when a vegetarian starts eating bacon, you know what’ll happen next. Sometimes just called “the best thing ever” because, well, it’s pretty damn delightful. Here’s a collection of bacon-y treats: ~ A meaty scarf.~ Another scarf.~ A wallet that lets you bring home the bacon, no matter how…
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VT Comedy Divas [SIV62]
1/12/07: Vermont Comedy Divas sold out the ballroom at Higher Ground last Saturday. A line stretched around the building with VTers hungry for comedy and eager for a winter respite. Four funny female VTers, Josie Leavitt, Martha Tormey, Sally Stevens, and MaryAnne Gatos warmed up the crowd with their tantalizing tales. Josie Leavitt has been…
Rude Boys
The last “Hackie” column, “A Happy Hoosier Tale,” found me transporting three young men, Norwich College students, to Boston’s Logan Airport. In the story, I mentioned in passing the decorum of these students, which I attributed – at least in part – to their school’s code of conduct.Their respectful behavior I contrasted with the sometimes…
Bove’s vs. Bobby Flay: Lasagna Throwdown (Updated)
I mentioned this before the holidays, but thought I’d “throw” it out there again… The Food Network will air its lasagna throwdown, in which Bobby Flay is pitted against Mark Bove of Bove’s, a few more times over the next couple weeks. They are: February 2 at 4 p.m.February 14 at 8:30 p.m.February 15 at…
Rash Conclusions
Are recent skin ailments at Burlington High a reaction to poor indoor air quality, or just a PR irritation?
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A man wearing a werewolf mask entered a sandwich shop in Pittsburgh, pointed his paper-bag-covered hand at the cashier and demanded money. The clerk refused to open the register, as did a second clerk. Police reported the three argued until the frustrated robber tore off his mask and exclaimed, “I can’t believe…
Game On
Game On: “John Deere Harvest in the Heartland”, “Master of Illusion”, “Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends”, “Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations”, $29.99 Nintendo DS, E for Everyone/ “Phoenix Wright” T for Teen
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I urge you to spend 2008 turning all of your pretty good but half-developed notions into a few brilliant, fully formed ideas. While you’re at it, melt down your hundreds of wishy-washy wishes and recast them into three driving desires. This is the Year of Pinpoint Aim, Aries, also known as…
Choice, Before and After
Vermont’s first abortion providers give Roe v. Wade a check-up
Taste Test: Kismet
207 Barre Street, Montpelier, 223-8646. 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday
Scene@ Yale Glee Club Winter Tour Concert
McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Thursday, January 10, 7:30 P.M.
Critical Mass
Art Review: Exhibit: “Spin Off,” a group show featuring the works of Tally Groves, Jerry Amici, Grace Nelson Lance, Marian Willmott, Robert Huntoon and Emily Bissell Laird. Emile Gruppe Gallery, Jericho. Through January 27.
Do You Wii (or WOW)?
Are you a whiz at whipping up fried gyoza and meat pies for Cooking Mama, or preparing gooey spider cake and curiously tasty omelettes in WOW? Do you spend hours plucking pumpkins and grapes for your potions in The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion? Do you do something fun with food in Second Life? If you do,…
