Welcome To Newfoundland! Yes, it’s a country that many people don’t know much about, and yes, it has icebergs that drop in all the time, providing amazing pics like these! this “Wednesday Bookmobile” takes you to the northeastern edge of… Read More ›
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A “Shelter At Home” Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe! My “Dinner And A Movie” With Julia Child’s Iconic Boeuf Bourguignon!
Sheltering At Home With “Dinner And A Movie” – With Julia Child! As we are all “sheltering at home” due to this horrific pandemic, many of you are sharing recipes for dishes you now have the time to make –… Read More ›
Will You Check In To This “Haunted Hotel?” The Black Monarch Offers Rooms – And Scares As Well!
Welcome To this “Haunted Hotel!” Here’s a story for adventure seekers – a hotel that is “serial killer themed!” The Black Monarch Hotel Welcomes You – To Death! It might not look intimidating from the outside, but once you step… Read More ›
Meet “The Island President!” This “Cult Movie Monday” Has Real Life Political Treachery And A Disappearing Island Nation!
Imagine Life In Paradise! This week’s “Cult Movie Monday” takes you to a gorgeous string of idyllic islands in the Indian ocean…but political treachery and climate change threaten to destroy these islands forever… This is Male, the capital of the… Read More ›
A Magical “Dinner And A Movie”! Feast On Babette’s Quail In Puff Pastry!
“Dinner And A Movie” Goes For The Gold! My latest installment of “dinner and a movie” heads overseas for a classic preparation: Quail in puff pastry – a delicious recipe from a Oscar winning film: Babette’s Feast! This classic 1987… Read More ›
“Theater Of Fish!” Terrific Memoir Of Newfoundland, Labrador And The Collapse Of Cod!
Welcome To Newfoundland! Yes, it’s a country that many people don’t know much about, and yes, it has icebergs that drop in all the time, providing amazing pics like these! It’s OK if you aren’t quite sure where you are,… Read More ›
Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe! “Dinner And A Movie” With Julia Child! “Julie & Julia!”
Time For Another “Dinner And A Movie” – With Julia Child! Here’s one of my favorite installments in the “dinner and a movie” series – because I got to make Julia Child’s legendary beef bourguignon recipe – and see Meryl… Read More ›
“Behind The Beautiful Forevers”! Fascinating Book About Life In A Mumbai Slum!
Life, Death And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity! I wanted to share an amazing, although sobering, book about a way of life you probably could never imagine – as the Author describes here: “Abdul grabbed a fresh shirt and flew…. Read More ›
Want To Own A Wild West Ghost Town? Cerro Gordo’s For Sale! Check Out This Amazing Ghost Town That You Can Buy!
Want To Own Your Very Own Ghost Town? Well, if you’ve got the urge to own some of California’s ghostly history, along with $925,000 – you can do it! The ghost town of Cerro Gordo is for sale! This cool… Read More ›
Georgia’s Enormous Confederate Memorial At Stone Mountain – The Controversial Robert E. Lee Stone Mountain Carving…
A Trip To Georgia’s Stone Mountain I was working in Atlanta two years ago, and took a day to explore a local park – and with no idea what I was going to see, I ended up deep inside Georgia’s… Read More ›