Nov 21-27, 2007
A Vermont National Guard Chaplain Reflects on His Service; Austen Powers Fans Launch ‘Society’ in Vermont; Local Cooks Share Stories of Thanksgiving Dinners Gone Wrong
Post-Turkey Post
The weekend after Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the slowest of the year for the downtown late night scene, aka “my bread and butter.” Folks scurry around during the day in the frenzy of Christmas shopping, but few are in the mood for bar-hopping having barely recovered from Thursday’s turkey extravaganza. Plus, the students are…
Recipe: Creamy Celeriac and Chestnut Soup
My husband and I invented this soup on Thanksgiving, and it turned out really well. As usual, I didn’t measure as I cooked, so this is more a technique than a recipe. But this way, when I publish my first cookbook with all of the actual measurements, you’ll still want to buy it! Maybe. Creamy…
Another Thanksgiving Gone…
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and I’m tired. Not as tired as people who had to fly or drive long distances to attend a holiday gathering, but tired nonetheless. And I can’t blame it on the turkey. Maybe it’s because my husband and I made Thanksgiving dinners two nights in a row. On the first…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When life gets weird, should you take refuge in decorum and tradition? Should you intensify your commitment to the humdrum? Is it wise to dress more conservatively, act more dignified, and smile more automatically? I say no. When the daily rhythm veers off track into unexpected detours, I say it’s prime…
Still Pursuing the Trivial
Game On: “Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action”? $59.99 ?Xbox 360? E for Everyone? “Buzz! The Mega Quiz”?$39.99? PlayStation 2 ?E for Everyone ?”Smarty Pants”? $39.99? Nintendo DS ?E for Everyone
Mission-Ready
Back from Iraq, a Vermont National Guard chaplain reflects on his service
Wish You Were Here
Soundbites: Sam Cohn, Frankie Andreas, Mark Legrand, Lovesick Bandits, The Aztext
Shadows and Light
Art Review: Gary Hall: “Explorations in Contemporary Luminism,” photographs.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Vincent Carl Schettner, 63, became the prime suspect in the theft of thousands of dollars from parking meters in St. Paul, Minn., because he made frequent large deposits to his personal bank account, always in quarters and dollar coins. A suspicious teller alerted police after spotting Schettner at his job collecting coins…
A Couple More Thanksgiving Disasters…
For this week’s Seven Days, I called a bunch of people around the state to find out if they had any amusing Thanksgiving anecdotes to share. Happily for them, most people claimed that their T-days usually go pretty smoothly. At my holiday feasts, though, drama is a regular attendee. For as long as I can…
So What Else is New?
Here it comes. There’s a reason why millions of folks have flooded the southwest, Florida and southern California, while the population of Vermont is 623,908 (as of 2006 – we’ve probably grown by 11 people since then.) The reason was on display this morning as I drove north on 1-89 with Irene, a Plainfield woman,…
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Viva La Voce Puppet Opera [SIV54]
Viva La Voce Puppet Opera performed Die Fledermaus (The Bat) at the Flynn Space this weekend. Thirsty puppets, jolly opera singers, vengeful bats, and graceful waltzers converge in 19th century Vienna to bring this Strauss opera to life. Randy puppets run rampant in this high octane production and opera has never seemed less stuffy. Die…
