Travel
Contagious Christmas Spirit
This weekend we took a quick road trip to North Platte. As we often do, we stopped in Grand Island for dinner. This time we stopped at Bosselman’s Truck Stop. As we sat down I noticed the man in the next booth. He must have been hungry, because there were three plates on his table, [...]
Lobster Pound
One of the neat things we did while in Maine was to visit a lobster pound, and have dinner there. (shown at right my wife and I enjoy our lobsters at Thurston’s) A lobster pound is an imPOUNDment of seawater near a harbor when lobsters are held until they are sold on the wholesale or [...]
LOBSTERS
Most of my friends know that I enjoy gourmet cooking, and that my wife and I love to travel. In fact, my wife was a travel agent when we were first married, which facilitated lots of wonderful trips that we would not have been able to take otherwise. What’s the best way to combine these [...]
Pope’s Church
Today is the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the Cathedral Church of the Bishop of Rome – who also goes by the title “Pope.” (this is the facade of San Giovanni in Laterano) Most people [incorrectly] assume that St. Peter’s Basilica is the [...]
Weltjugendtad Koln 2005!
Today marks the beginning of World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany. Today pilgrims will begin to arrive for a week-long festival of activities. If you sound out phonetically the German word Koln, you will notice that it sounds just like the English word “Cologne.” My lovely wife (of German ancestry) pointed this out to me. [...]
