A walk in the Mill Avenue. An at gallery is replaced with Mushroom Pizzeria. The Harley D store is gone. So is the bath & body works. Corner Uno Pizzeria is now a Sushi & Bar.
An empty store showcasing historical photos of 1888's Tempe.
Net Galley Challenge
Monday, May 30, 2011
Travel
Patagonia lake has a wooden bridge over it. The postcard with such a picture has 'Patagonia lake state park' on the upper right hand side is how I learn of state parks other than national parks. That postcards have postcard stamps different from the normal stamps, this I learn at Chiricahua Mountains national monument visitor center. How we ended up there is a result of natural conditions. We were going to go to Coronado national forest but that had a fire alert of type II. I just translated it to an avoid. Later I learn that it does not mean that the park is closed but just that cigs and fires are not allowed. I magie my surprise when driving into the Chiricahua, I find the coronado entrance on the right. Close neighbors. While driving towards the Chiricahua, when we saw the mountains in Coronado forest, lost in the fog, I was disappointed to not be there. Few hours later, I realise that from the direction of the fog, abundant smoke is flowing with the wind. A day later news confirm the fire.
Driving into Bisbee is driving into a mountainous area of red and a llayered pit called Lavender Pit. A tunnel counts as surprise.
At the hotel we saw an elder lady dressed in a traditional saree and pperforming her evening puja.
At Chiricahua, we learn of
CCC Loop road in honor of - Civilian Conservation Corps and Cochise of the Cochise County was a person.
Counties have state fair grounds.
Trees line San pedro river.
I a missing Going back to Bisbee book. The book where I learnt about the local plants.
Driving into Bisbee is driving into a mountainous area of red and a llayered pit called Lavender Pit. A tunnel counts as surprise.
At the hotel we saw an elder lady dressed in a traditional saree and pperforming her evening puja.
At Chiricahua, we learn of
CCC Loop road in honor of - Civilian Conservation Corps and Cochise of the Cochise County was a person.
Counties have state fair grounds.
Trees line San pedro river.
I a missing Going back to Bisbee book. The book where I learnt about the local plants.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
33 men
33 men
Queen mine tour. The timber used is Douglas fir.
3D model of Jerome mining town shows the way the scaffolding was laid.
Queen mine tour. The timber used is Douglas fir.
3D model of Jerome mining town shows the way the scaffolding was laid.
In the basement of ivory tower article expanded into eponymous book.
There are new books on pets and peeves, but no time to read.
Forbidden creatures
Shell games
Flawless
There are new books on pets and peeves, but no time to read.
Forbidden creatures
Shell games
Flawless
Good prose
Interior places
Surrender - bird banding
Deboned - tiny piece much like Diane Ackerman's natural history of senses - on ones own voice
A review
Surrender - bird banding
Deboned - tiny piece much like Diane Ackerman's natural history of senses - on ones own voice
A review
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life
Dont kill the birthday girl
Mickey mouse pancakes
Sabina Law
Dr Moreau
Rail Vodka
Midori
Mustum
Stingray cocktail
I know of pollen allergies, over heard of rashes caused by eggplants, read of matrix tests done to identify allergy sources, JLo's allergic reaction in MIL movie but did not know that vaccines are cultured in eggs and hence cannot be used by those with egg allergies.
When I look at the list of things the author Sandra Beasley is allergic to, it can be a nightmare for anyone to think of a non-allergic edible menu. Even if you do, thats all good on paper but what of all the contaminations that you have to take care as to not let even traces of allergens into the food. Such is the tough life that Beasley calls her own but that has turned her into an expert scrutiniser of contents of a prepared food and a foodie.
This book has a timeline of breakthroughs in allergy studies, extra paperwork that parents have to go through for the special care allergic children need, changes in laws and health plans for the allergic, peanutpedia, media perception of those who suffer with allergies, the rise of soy, current research towards solution and the extent to which parents go while taking care of kids with food allergies.
I liked the chapter on ritual of eating, how allergies much like 'to follow' diets wont let you mix well with people. The author's disapproval of a 'allergen-centric' mentality chef inspite of the limited food field available to her, brings out her passion for food even if Sandra-friendly without having to make substitutions. For someone with no 'Achilles heel' in food, the book shows you how having a food allergy dictates a person's life as part of society, more so in teenage life. Beasley's participation in various social gatherings is like Cindrella's clock ticking to 12 anytime.
Declaring ingredients for safety Vs secret recipes.
The book is a good balance of statistics, research studies, food trends, vital role of food in culture and personal experience.
Ferris Bueller's Day off
sunflower margarine
Youth allergies
Red Rover game
Biphasic reaction and Anaphylaxis
Stramonium
Leukotriene
Mast cell
504 plan
IHP
EAP
asthma in school
Nut free mom
Wheat in play doh
Soy Doh
Pyrazine
Allergy service dogs
Flint napping
In every family, at some point you must face your ability to disappoint one another
- Sandra Beasley
National peanut board
Skink
American vegeterian society
The road to Wellville
OAS
peapod
Shout
Allerglobal
Selectwisely
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Jimmy Stewart and his poems
German brown
Beau poem
The top step in the hotel in Junin is mean is a very funny poem.
German brown
Beau poem
The top step in the hotel in Junin is mean is a very funny poem.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
When wanderers case to roam
Alexander von Humboldt
Not sunny Donegal Bay
pony glass
hosta plants
A mosaic of routine and ordinary feelings, things, exotic hike aways, facts about travellers who 'stay put'.
The illustrations of different mud land, different rains with the drops gathering in puddles, sliding down the window or sticking slantly have a momentary quality.
Colorful mittens, shoes, tea cups all urge you to get snug in a comforter with loads of tea.
The illustrations are not all in colour and on paper - Taking a blind cat to a garden so it can sniff the flowers - imagining this leaves the reader with an image of a making of their own.
Alexander von Humboldt
Not sunny Donegal Bay
pony glass
hosta plants
A mosaic of routine and ordinary feelings, things, exotic hike aways, facts about travellers who 'stay put'.
The illustrations of different mud land, different rains with the drops gathering in puddles, sliding down the window or sticking slantly have a momentary quality.
Colorful mittens, shoes, tea cups all urge you to get snug in a comforter with loads of tea.
The illustrations are not all in colour and on paper - Taking a blind cat to a garden so it can sniff the flowers - imagining this leaves the reader with an image of a making of their own.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Table Talk
After Derek Walcott's, Horoscopes for the dead by Billy Collins was a welcome.
The Flaneur reminded me of his consolation poem about a missed vacation. Making the ordinary as preferred as the other.
My favourite poem in this book is Table talk
The Flaneur reminded me of his consolation poem about a missed vacation. Making the ordinary as preferred as the other.
My favourite poem in this book is Table talk
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