Reading and Roaming
Meals Lunch at Patron Yesterday with our guide, we had a more typical noontime meal. We sampled these tapas: octopus chunks with potato, shrimps in garlic oil (a dish we’ve enjoyed in the past), thin slices of fried eggplant, crispy like potato chips, and tomato bread. Everything was good, especially the eggplant. Then seafood paella, …
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This week’s post brings together two recent novels, one contemporary and set in Maine, and the other a fictional account of the lives of Thomas Gainsborough’s two girls. Also included are highlights of an elegant wine dinner. LIFE IN & OUT OF PRISON How to Read a Book by Monica Wood Maine author Monica Wood’s recent novel, How …
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EATING OUT IN UPPSALA AND STOCKHOLM One does not expect a northern country like Sweden to offer outside dining, but it does. Here in Uppsala, there are many sidewalk cafes and glassed-in cafes, some overlooking the river and others just on ordinary streets. Most have heat lamps, extending both the dining hours and the days …
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CHEESE, ANYONE? Cary has the distinction of hosting the only pimento cheese festival in the United States. Last Saturday was the 6th Annual Pimento Cheese Festival in the downtown park. I don’t know where previous years were held, but this park was the perfect venue. With live music, food trucks ringing surrounding streets, activities for kids, and, most importantly, an array …
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