When I worked at Pleasant Company, we used to talk about the history biz – that is, the type of work necessary to maintain and promote and serve customers at historic tourist attractions like Old World Wisconsin, or Independence Hall, or Deadwood, or Colonial Williamsburg. The work we did. Trying to figure out what a … [Read more…]
This one’s in DC, and while attendance is higher than last summer’s conference held in New Orleans (that I skipped, with the happy result that I got to see the Madison fireworks that are always before July 4, when I’m almost always at conference) it’s down for a DC conference. Normally conferences held in either … [Read more…]
Basically how this week has been. On Monday I got up and started a batch of sourdough bread – I made a new starter and thought I should use it. I chucked my old one a few months ago, in a rash of fridge cleaning out. It was probably 20 years old. I used it … [Read more…]
I’m wearing wool socks on June 16th, 2019. It’s 58°. This is complemented by the memory of equally not-right, too-hot days, like 70s in November, biking to work and not even needing to wear gloves. Here’s what the weekend cooking looked like: The quiche was pretty standard; my usual pie crust recipe, with half the … [Read more…]
I’ve been trying to write something since last weekend, or I guess that’s actually weekend before last since I started writing this Tuesday, and now it’s Wednesday, Thursday and I’m falling further behind all the time. Let’s see if I can at least remember the food. This is going to be a looong post, Blogger … [Read more…]
By doing 23 & Me, Rachael found she had a half-sister, who came to visit while Rach was here, thus the houseguest weekend. Which had before it a long, but actually short week, I mean, considering that the work week was only Tuesday through Friday, it sure was long. Speaking of Tuesday, meaning the Tuesday … [Read more…]