MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012
Font Size

Category: Travel Journal

Anne Miller and Michael Davoli

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:26 Written by klaus 0 Comments
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL., AUG. 2 The couple on the beach after the wedding.

REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL., AUG. 2 The couple on the beach after the wedding.

BEFORE asking Anne Miller out on an official first date, Michael Davoli knew he had to make two major disclosures. “I was terrified how she might react,” he said. “I didn’t think she would break up with me, but it was one of those things. You don’t know. You can’t help but be afraid.”

A friend had introduced them at a concert in fall 2005, and they happened to see each other again the following February when he was coincidentally moving into the same Albany apartment building where she lived.

They recognized each other, and she immediately offered to watch his beloved Weimaraner on the stoop while he and his father hauled boxes to the third floor.

Read more ...

International Food: Italy: Spaghetti

Monday, 24 October 2011 11:11 Written by klaus 0 Comments
Spaghetti hung to dry

Spaghetti hung to dry

Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin.Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour. Traditionally most spaghetti was 50 cm (20 in) long, but shorter lengths gained in popularity during the latter half of the 20th century and now spaghetti is most commonly available in 25–30 cm (10–12 in) lengths. A variety of pasta dishes are based on it, from spaghetti alla Carbonara or garlic and oil to a spaghetti with tomato sauce, meat and other sauces.

Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning “thin string” or “twine.

 

Read more ...

International Food: Germany: Currywurst

Sunday, 23 October 2011 15:20 Written by klaus 0 Comments
Germany: Currywurst

Germany: Currywurst

Currywurst (German pronunciation: [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]) is a fast-food dish of German origin consisting of hot pork sausage (German: Wurst) cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup, regularly consisting of ketchup or tomato paste blended with generous amounts of curry powder, or a ready-made ketchup-based sauce seasoned with curry and other spices. It is frequently served at German ‘Imbissbuden’ and from food trucks.

The invention of currywurst is attributed to Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949 after she obtained ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and curry powder from British soldiers.[1][2] She mixed these ingredients with other spices and poured it over grilled pork sausage. Heuwer started selling the cheap but filling snack at a street stand in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin where it became popular with construction workers rebuilding the devastated city. She patented her sauce, called Chillup, in 1951.[2] At its height the stand was selling 10,000 servings per week.[3] She later opened a small restaurant which operated until 1974.[4]

Read more ...

Leah Squires and Eric Traub

Saturday, 22 October 2011 16:07 Written by klaus 0 Comments
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., AUG. 8 The couple dance at their reception at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS., AUG. 8 The couple dance at their reception at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

SOMETIMES the one for whom you’ve been searching your entire life turns out to have been beside you all along or, in the case of Leah Elizabeth Squires and Eric Raymond Traub, in the next crib.

After years as a dancer in New York, Ms. Squires decided to leave the city and its stage lights in 2006 in favor of a graduate program in psychology at Boston University.

As she began her apartment hunt, she sent an e-mail message to Mr. Traub in Boston, whom she has known since they were infant playmates, seeking advice on her search.

Read more ...

Can’t Find Love at Home? Travel

Saturday, 22 October 2011 15:57 Written by klaus 0 Comments
Can't Find Love at Home? Travel

Can't Find Love at Home? Travel

No matter how many times you’ve seen the sun set, it’s always better from the beach on Kauai. The stars are starrier in Sydney and tap water tastes sweeter in Evian. As the saying goes: location, location, location.

That’s why a one-nighter with the stranger on holiday is a lot sexier than any tryst you’d have back home. Call it the thrill of the new or the out-of-towner glow, but whatever the explanation, a simple change in scenery can snap people out of their crackling dry spell and morph them into human catnip.

Read more ...

Latest Comments

    Latest

    • Mr M from US met his girlfriend MS G
      Last weekend, the 22nd of Oct, Mr M from US met his girlfriend MS G in beautiful Hangzhou. They felt well with each other, waiting for good news from them.
    • Lady C has got her America Visa
      Lady C has got her America Visa last Friday , and she will fly to USA on December 6. her boyfriend A will wait for her at Los Angeles Airport.
    • Anne Miller and Michael Davoli
      “I was terrified how she might react,” he said. “I didn’t think she would break up with me, but it was one of those things. You don’t know.
    • International Food: Italy: Spaghetti
      Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour. Traditionally most spaghetti was 50 cm (20 in) long
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8

    Guestbook


    Archives

    Login



    Content Protected Using Blog Protector By: PcDrome.