Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
Nothing taste better than food around a campfire and I don’t to cook around one very often so I had a good time trying out my skills on this last camping trip. I decided to cook in my dutch oven over hot coals – Cornish game hens and wild rice. A simple and tasty meal
For Christmas Keltin and I purchased ourselves a new tent but we didn’t want to wait until spring to test it out so we decided to plan a winter camping trip to Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma. We decided on this state park in part due to the reviews in Best Tent Camping and
Title: Walk the Wild with MeAuthor: Rachel AtwoodPublication Date: 2019Publishing House: Daw Books, INC. It has been way too long since I posted a book review but I am back at it and back reading. This is a simple, magical story and it seemed to call to me. From Goodreads: In this new historical fantasy,
Last weekend Keltin and I went to the Meyerson to see the Dallas Symphony perform. This is the first one we have been to in a couple of months and we were in love with the music. The first piece was Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra Op. 81 in four movements. Something that
I like many others have enjoyed watching cooking contests on TV and I have sometimes wondered how I would do. As it turns out: not to bad. Recently I had the chance to go to a networking event at Cooking Concepts in Plano that is owned and run by Chef Tre Wilcox. After a bit
Last weekend Keltin and I stopped by the Grapevine Settlement to City Museum and were greeted by two wonderful ladies. The museum consists of four main buildings and is free to visit! The main portion of the museum is inside a replica ice house. This portion of the museum is full of cultural artifacts like
Christmas before last Keltin gifted me a pink Himalayan salt block and I have served on it a number of times. However, we decided that we were not getting full use out of the block and decided to cook on it. Now once you cook on a salt block you don’t really serve on it
Early last fall I made a list of local parks and nature preserves that might be worth visiting and as of the start of 2020 I had only managed to visit one: Fort Worth Nature Center. Recently I got the chance to visit a second: Prairie Creek Park. This is a small park with walking
I haven’t posted about Italy in a long while but I have been craving some risotto lately and decide to make some this weekend along with some herbed focaccia bread. I bought so many fresh herbs and I love it when my house smells like warm bread! What recipes help you remember wonderful adventures? Happy
I really started this series last week but since then I have actually visited the local Visitor Center and figured than an introduction was in order. I hope these posts inspire you to find those place that are interesting and just around the corner. Place that you wonder past on a walk with the dog
