Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2007
Greek Myth Meets American Political History in Anaïs Mitchell’s Folk Opera; State Scores a ‘D’ for Websites?; Midd Kids Introduce a Carbon Credit Card; Local Beer Makers Upset Over the Rising Price of Hops
Food in the Movie Theater
It’s not the point of this particular post, but I have some unusually strong feelings about the consumption of food in movie theaters. For example, I think that whomever chose crisp popcorn in crinkly paper bags and candies packaged in cellophane as appropriate for consumption during heady dramas should inhabit a special place in Hades.…
His Own Wild People
For years I had a regular fare which entailed my spending hours at the Wake Robin retirement community in Shelburne. It’s an enjoyable place to spend time. The grounds are beautiful and maintained with care by folks who care about their jobs. They have a small, but well-stocked library named in honor of a long-time…
Favorite Restaurant Dishes (thanks BFP)
Last week, the Burlington Free Press ran an article about their food writers’ favorite restaurant dishes. Not “I love chicken pot pie” but “I love the chicken pot pie at Restaurant X.” I thought the piece was pretty interesting, although I disagree with Candace Page’s claim regarding the primacy of restaurants’ veggie dishes over those…
Kitchen Ninjas
The last Hackie story, “Cooking For Life.” is an appreciation of a local head chef. I’ve always thought of great cooks as rock stars. When I was a teenager I worked after school as a messenger for a building corporation in Manhattan. Before my shift started, I would often eat lunch at a diner located…
Farmers’ Dinner at the Kitchen Table Bistro
I had an incredible dessert on Monday. It was a dense, moist, maple-y apple cake called made by Lara Atkins at The Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so it’s rare for me to fall in love with a last course, but this one did the trick. I…
Soyinka Reading Dramatizes African Art at Midd
State of the Arts: Dana Yeaton Stages Reading
Scene@ Santa Claus Parade
Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, Friday, November 23, Noon.
Light Show
Art Review: “Luminists,” drawings and lithographs by Marcia Blanco, oil-on-linen paintings by David Maille, and giclée prints by Dan O’Donnell.
A Wrinkle in Space and Time
Game On: “Super Mario Galaxy”?$49.99,?Wii, E for Everyone; “The Orange Box”,?$49.99, PC, $59.99, console,?PC, PS3, 360,?T for Teen and M for Mature
Island Hopping with Lucy Vincent
Music Preview: Lucy Vincent perform at Nectar’s, Burlington, December 1, 9 p.m. $5.
Crumbs
Side Dishes: Santé Magazine, The Vermont Cheese Book, Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, Blue Cat Café and Wine Bar
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities who charged Timothy Scott Short, 33, with possessing a stolen Digimarc printer, used by the state of Missouri to make driver’s licenses, identified him because he called Digimarc’s tech support line – twice – trying to obtain software so he could make the printer work. The caller gave Digimarc the same…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): How much more can you hold? How much further are you willing to reach? How much bigger of a big picture can you open your mind to see? We will soon discover the answers to those questions, as well as several others that have to do with the themes of unbinding,…
The San Fran Plastic Bag Ban
“Would you like paper or nothin'” may be the new refrain at San Francisco grocery stores. Beginning last week, traditional, petroleum-based sacks became a thing of the past at the bigger shopping centers (mom & pop stores are exempt). Markets can offer a choice between compostable plastic (although these don’t actually compost too quickly in…
Confession
This past weekend I was a little down in the dumps. I couldn’t put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the month. Is anything bleaker than November? Or it could have been a case of post-Thanksgiving letdown. When I’m plying the streets of Burlington feeling blue, I shamelessly trade on the goodwill of “Hackie” to…
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My Cat Goma [SIV55]
How do you follow a vlog about socks and one about puppets? With GOMA of course! Sachie Tani began blogging about her Himalayan cat Goma in May of 2007. At first, she used her blog to connect with her family in Japan. Then people outside her family began to ask, “How is Goma?” Sachie’s 37…
