by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
I went to the movies for the first time in a while last week to see the last Harry Potter release. I’m one of those people who go so infrequently that I enjoy sitting through the previews as I don’t get them anywhere else. We have no cable and no broadcast...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 18, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Uncategorized
The question, “what’s in the broth?” could be asked in any number of tones of voice in my household these days. Sometimes it is laced with the suspicious nervousness of a wary eight year old. At other times, like tonight when I served this amazing...
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by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 8, 2011 | Cooking, Uncategorized
Bill first found this recipe in Christopher Kimball’s Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook. I take no credit for the yumminess to be found other than that I actually do all the shopping and chopping. One of the things that I love about this salad is it’s...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’d heard of Camden Market, but never come before. When I was here as a student, we had zone 1 tube passes, and the market is in zone 2. Also, I didn’t really have much money or free time to spend, and I tended toward spending time in the theaters when I...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Talbot Hotel in Stourbridge is old. It was first built in the 1600’s and expanded, remodeled and updated constantly since. The room we are in is known as “the family room” because it has a double bed and two twin beds–an ideal set up for...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
As we read through the local tourist guide for the Dingle area, the ruins of Kilmalkedar caught my eye. The church ruins date back to the 12th century. In front of the church is an Ogham stone (picture below) with a hole in the top of it. The guide book said that a...
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