Jun 13-19, 2007
Burlington’s Outdoor Art Galleries Attract Viewers, Gardeners and Sometimes Taggers; Homeland Security Draws a Derby Line; Vermont’s Springfield Vies to Host Simpsons Premiere; Spreading the Word on Artisan Cheese
Switchin’ It Up
So…the other night (last Thursday) I was on VPR’s Switchboard. It was my first attempt at live radio, and I was terrified both beforehand and during. The topic of the show was Vermont specialty foods and how they’re providing new revenue streams for VT farmers. There were two other guests, too. Allen Matthews from the…
Uhhh . . . Phone Number?
Under the rubric of the category “Hackie Unplugged,” I reflect on the most recent Hackie column. This week’s column, “Please Mr. Postman,” is a tragic tale about an unfulfilled promise of a check in the mail. Oh, the humanity . . . The basic plot: A couple of times a year, I arrive with a…
Commentary Commentary
This weblog is receiving some very fine comments. But, I want more, I tell you – more! Wit or eloquence is not a requirement! Heck, I’m rarely witty or eloquent. I especially want to encourage those who have not before participated on-line. Hackie readers are cool people, and I know you have a lot to…
CSA Hits the Bigtime
Found an article at MSNBC.com this evening (yep, when I get home from work, I just keep reading about food) on how to buy organic foods on a budget. While I thought that much of the advice in the article could certainly be useful, what particularly caught my eye was a reference to community supported…
Say (Artisan) Cheese
Vermont’s Jeff Roberts spreads the word on artisan cheese with an ambitious new Atlas
A Gaming Eclipse of the Sun
Game On: “Shadowrun” Xbox 360/Vista, $59.99, M for Mature
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police identified Steven Clay Stephenson, 34, as the suspect they say tried to rob a convenience store in Inwood, W.Va., by covering his face with women’s blue panties and brandishing a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter. The clerk thought it was a joke, however, and refused to hand over any money. The frustrated crook…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t take your time, Aries. Move double fast and strategize from many angles, always thinking 10 steps ahead. Please don’t keep your hands clean, either. Play with the muck and roll in the mud and learn from the dirt. And don’t you dare be measured and balanced. Instead, be an intense…
A Hummer-Happy Couple in Randolph
For a guy who drives a Hummer, Bob Tousignant sure owns a lot of stuffed animals. Proof that it’s not always wise to judge a man by his engine. Tousignant, 58, is a semi-retired electrician and former Navy man. He lives in a modest, gray-shingled house at the top of a sleepy hill in Randolph…
Up Against The Walls
Burlington’s outdoor art galleries attract viewers, gardeners… and sometimes taggers
Ben & Jerry’s – The Early Years
The venerable Ben & Jerry’s – the super-premium ice-cream company which alone is responsible for a 2.5% weight gain among American consumers in the last couple decades – opened for business in 1978 on the site of an old gas station located on the corner of College & St. Paul Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont.…
Strawberry Season
Last week, pints and quarts from Adam’s Berry Farm in the Intervale started showing up at City Market. Although the berries weren’t as sweet as they’ll be a bit later in the month, they were complex and delicious…so much nicer than the ones coming in from California, methinks. Adam’s is also open for pick-your-own…call 578-9093…
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If you haven’t taken a trip to the Shelburne Museum in a bit, it might be time for you to reacquaint yourself with this slice of VT history. There are new modern signs at the entrance and some edgy new showsinside. Move over quilts and Ticonderoga, this is not your grandmother’s museum anymore. One of…
