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North Carolina can be blistering but this summer has been lovely. At night I walk out on the porch a couple of times just to hear the loud, teeming, rhythmic night chorus and to inhale the moist, fragrant scents. Right now, the ginger lilies are perfuming the air. The front porch is a good perch for reading, a glass of iced tea, and for visiting.
If you've read Under Magnolia, you know already that the lively air of the South has drawn me back all my life. In summer, I am in paradiso.
Soon, I'll return to Italy, but two months of southern summer suits me! This is the Eno River that runs by our meadow. This is taken upstream where there's a bridge.
Back in Italia, the restoration at Bramasole continues. Is this my life's work? Here are the new beams, new outside wall for the old limonaia at the back of the house. Soon (?) to be the kitchen. The ceiling will be coved.
Ed has been a commuter, and what a long commute. Praise the travel gods for the nonstop from Charlotte to Rome on US Airways. We loved having our grandson in Italy for all of June. He studied intensive Italian at Polimnia in Cortona. We took the Frecciarosa fast trains on weekends to Venice, Rome, and the Amalfi Coast. The new trains are superb–comfortable, wifi, drink service, dining car, and, oh, so quick. We are thrilled that Willie's a born traveler–curious and ready and open to any adventure, especially if it involves trains and boats.
A very special event in June was the launching of the Tuscan Sun walk around Cortona. Signs have been placed at historic sites, places I mentioned in my books, and places shown in the movie of Under the Tuscan Sun. Everyone was so pleased that Audrey Wells (on the left), screenwriter and director, came for the opening of the walk.
When I brought him back to his mama, who missed him terribly, Ed stayed on at Bramasole to oversee, to make the innumerable decisions and to deal with the inevitable dismaying discoveries that happen with old houses. The best news is that the work is impeccable. We have talented stonemasons whose patience I only can admire from afar. How they manage to keep chipping stones perfectly and hauling them from A to B, I don't understand. But they do derive enormous satisfaction from creating something like this.
We changed the color of the shutters from brown to dusty green. The cabinets are being made now. I found glass pendant lights at Schiavoni http://www.renoschiavon.it/index.html on the island of Murano. I've ordered a big blue stove. Soon we will be stirring ragù and popping open a glass of something very good!
With all the travel, I've had time to read, although on one flight I got hooked on Sherlocke Holmes and watched three episodes without stopping.
Some recent and recommended books:
The Essays of E. B. White–I've read his essays over the years but found it inspiring to stay with the whole collection. Wish I'd known him!
Bobcat by Rebecca Lee–Subtle short stories that move in surprising directions and come to a real conclusion. I don't like short stories that drop off into an abyss and you're left wanting to turn the page.
Mona Lisa by Diane Hales–Only a smattering of information remains about La Giocanda but this book puts her life in the context of her time, giving a rich portrait of women's lives in that era and the larger context of history, economics, and art.
The Bigness of the World by Lori Ostlund–Another deft book of short stories, these set in far-flung places, focusing on relationships that just-miss. Often funny, satirical, and touching.
The Gray Notebook by Josep Pla–A charming, compelling journal kept by this Spanish writer starting in 1918 when the influenza epidemic sent him home from Barcelona, where he studied, to coastal Spain. Love his voice, his acute observations, and the evocation of an era.
As always, I would love to hear your summer recommendations.
I hope everyone reading this is enjoying luscious summer meals of tomato tarts, fried okra, peach pies, watermelon and tomato salad–and squash casseroles! May summer linger long.
Meanwhile, it's hard to leave our North Carolina house as high summer arrives. The spring garden was a great pleasure this year, especially after a nasty winter.
It seems that if I sat on the porch with a glass of iced tea, I might start my next book. But Italy calls, as it tends to do. Soon, I will write from there, where the cherries are just coming into season, the workers have taken down the fifty foot Polish Wall, and the garden is merely mud!! A presto!]]>
This from The Wall Street Journal. Estate? Really it's an old farm. On their website, there are more photos.
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On April Fool's Day, my coming-of-age memoir will be published by Crown. What a marvelous team helped bring this book to reality! The physical book is beautiful. I love the spray of images and the bold lettering that gives heft to the background blue. I'm there, at eighteen, looking blindingly innocent, with my gorgeous parents, my maternal grandparents' house that burned, and a pure white magnolia, the flower I loved most as a child.
I grew up in Fitzgerald, Georgia after World War II and on the cusp of the civil rights movement. We were the last isolated generation–before widespread TV–and a small town deep in South Georgia seemed a world unto itself. For me, a marvelous world. I loved the land, the flat horizon, the fragrant nights, the rain that "walked" across the fields, the sun that could melt gold. Like many southern families, mine had it's share of wild, eccentric characters. They were full of love but flailed about in preposterous ways, unable to figure out how to live. I grew up. And thrived. And that green, green world still exists whole in memory, that vast terrarium.
It's not a casual undertaking to write a memoir about growing up in a difficult, loving, often funny family. For one thing, the act of writing pulls up more and more memories from the primordial layers of the past. Another caution is that you involve other people who may not want to be involved. But beyond that, there's a wonderful alchemy that occurs in the process of arranging memories into narratives. Your life begins to make more sense as a continuum. And those sharp memories that have barked at you all those years tend to lie down and sleep. Also, you experience your life all over again. Those long gone rise up whole with all their demands, passions, and gusto. The places you lived in and visited flash forward vividly, allowing you to smell the narcotizing scents of ginger lily and to see the four-paned square of light that hit the wall every morning of your childhood. The writing is a lively pleasure, with painful revelations at times, and over all, the writing process makes you appreciate the startling gifts of everyday life.
I hope you will like taking this journey with me back into the deep South. If you've read my (mostly) sunny, happy books about Tuscany, you might be surprised by my early life. Oddly enough, I was always confident of my happiness. I never doubted it! The best thing writing a memoir might do for the writer is to reveal that you were always exactly yourself, inevitable as a planted seed, regardless of circumstance. I see that I started out writing my life.
In April, I'll be on a book tour and I'd love to meet you. The blog comments are such a thrill for me. I feel that I know many of you who've written in. So check the TOUR heading soon and if you're near where I'm traveling, please come. And please do let me know what you think of the book!
My publisher, Crown, will randomly choose five people from those who respond with comments here, and mail them a signed book. So just write in, even just to say CIAO!
If you are nowhere near where I'll be traveling and would like a personalized book, please order one from Purple Crow Books in Hillsborough, NC, my home town, and tell Sharon how you would like it personalized. Her email: email@example.com She will mail it right out to you.
Here's the opening:
At a few times in my life, I've not been aware that I've just stepped onto a large X.
Change might not be on my mind. Why change? I've always admired lives that flourish in place. The taproot reaches all the way to the aquifer, the leaves bud, flourish, fall, and grow again. I like generations following one another the same house, where lamplight falls throughout the windows in squares of light on the snow, and somebody's height chart still marks the kitchen doorway. But there I stand on the X, not knowing it's time to leap, when, really, I'd only meant to pause. In Oxford, Mississippi, one chance weekend, the last thing I expected was a life-changing epiphany.
These were lifted by the little crane on the truck and are quickly becoming a stone terrace with our best view.
As everyone who's ever restored knows, one thing leads to another. Our old limonaia will become a summer dining room / kitchen. Right now it's a muddy, rubble-filled shell. Now that the sun is out and all the fruit trees in Tuscany are turning into pink or white clouds, work is moving along at a great pace. Everyday, progress.
The fountain is almost done.
Beginning to think about restructuring the garden, we visited Vadi, outside Cortona, where they fire their own terra-cotta pots. There are differences between the handmade and the industrial. The colors are so chalky and subtle. And they don't crack in winter like normal pots. We found two to surround our big jasmines plants. Our workers cut off the bottom and back so they could attach the pots against a stone wall. How skilled they are. I held my breath, fearing that the pots would shatter. I may go back for this one:
At night, plenty of time to dine. We've been to two new places nearby. Lodolo, outside Foiano, is a small and charming place with an appealing menu–lots of things usually not found on traditional menus–puntarelle, a type of chicory salad, a savory ricotta "gelato," meat loaf stuffed with black olives, a very tasty maltagliata pasta with cauliflower and sharp pecorino. A good wine list and a cheery, quirky atmosphere, good friends Debbie Travis and Hans Rosenstein, and there's a perfect evening.
The next night, La Toraia near Sinalunga with Fulvio and Aurora Di Rosa, who have a talent for finding interesting places to eat and travel. The bull barn! A grand red brick structure that shows just how valuable the Chianina bulls are! Their names are still over the stalls, and now tables are placed over the former manger. The specialty, you know already, is Val di Chiana beef. I had my first hamburger ever in Italy! The famous bistecca Fiorentina reigns here and is a masterpiece! Fulvio is reaching for the knife. He and Ed shared this huge, sizzling, and tender cut. I had a bite. They have a shop, too, where they sell their beef and also an excellent artisan beer. If you're near Cortona, Pienza, Montepulciano, both of these places are excellent diversions.
Last night we visited one of our long time favs, Trattoria Dardano, whose owner Paolo we've known since he was a child, and who is now one of my partners in Tuscan Sun Wines. He makes the very quaffable Tondo Tondo (Just right). There we ordered, as usual, fried porcini mushrooms, and, what, more beef? A filetto di vitello, from just up the mountain in Teverina, and with more porcini on top. Porcini are not in season here, but Paolo has them flown from North Africa.
These two major beef experiences will hold us for awhile! Excellent, excellent. Tonight we dine with our neighbors, who are grilling a guinea hen and sausages. How amazing the food is in these parts. We're forever enthralled!
Next week I will be writing a big Ta-Da!!! for my new book. It's a memoir about growing up in the South and I hope you'll indulge me while I swing away from Tuscany and toward my original home.
We're thrilled to see spring. It's breaking out everywhere–even out of stone!
At least the crane is gone. Progress! On our January trip, this is how we spent many days:
Valter, the architect (in the middle), is a hands-on, droll, and resourceful person who keeps us calm. He's there several times a week, paying attention to the minute details. Sergio, second from right, is the builder. We huddled many mornings in the rain to review the work. What IS Ed laughing about? That ganglia of tubes mystifies me. What they're standing on is the new marciapiedi, made from old stones Sergio found in a crumbling barn. This walkway seals the bottom of the house and will prevent moisture from seeping up the walls. The facade is all restored except for the bottom part. They are waiting on that until the marciapiedi was laid and everything has a chance to dry. With the rain we had while we were there, when might that might happen?
Mud is a pretty good word, but the Italian word fango sounds more like what you see above. This looks like a BEFORE picture, but actually, it's AFTER. As you may recall from previous posts, this is what the front garden looked like before:
In spring, we'll put down new grass, pull the lemons trees out of the limonaia, plant big pots with spilling geraniums, and hope that it returns to its former beauty.
When we were not knee-deep in mud, we were, of course, eating. Most restaurants are closed during January but the ones that remain open seem especially cosy and jolly. And, ah, the winter food! Polenta with mushrooms and sausage–as in The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, and what we loved at the tiny trattoria Fettunta–polenta baked with tallegio in the oven. At Bar Tuscher, where we had many lunches, they make lasagne with a twist. The tender layers of pasta and ragù are served on a little pool of béchamel, rather than the béchamel being incorporated into the ragù layers. I loved this idea because the lasagne seemed lighter and the flavors more nuanced. At home, we savored the big pork roasts, pasta with wild boar, and the marvelous thick soup, ribollita. We managed only one party and for that Gilda made zeppole.
Fried bread, but so light. Usually they're sweet and sprinkled with powered sugar but for the antipasto course, she served these as savories. Some with cheese stirred in, some with anchovies. Recipe? "There is no recipe, you just make them." Next time, I'll try to write down how, exactly, they're done. I looked for recipes on line and didn't find anything similar. If anyone reading this has a recipe, let me know!
We have not been in Italy in winter in several years. The streets shine in the rain, shop owners cover the windows with newspaper while they spruce up their walls or rearrange, one lone man leans into a doorway out of the rain. He's gazing out at the empty piazza and I think he could have been there for a thousand Januarys.
Tourists? There's one, an American from Michigan, and he's in Bar Tuscher every day. I think he's learning Italian very fast because, in this season, everyone wants to talk. Last seen, he was holding court with several policemen and they were enjoying an afternoon prosecco. Such are the charms of winter–an intimacy, a privacy with a place, bright faces in the rain, that second bottle of wine you share with a neighboring table where you've just met a couple down for the weekend from Torino. An icy wind whips down from the Alps and smells like snow. Spontaneous waterfalls in the woods surprise you on long tramps in rubber boots.
We spent many evenings by the fire with dinner on trays, and books. I adored Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend and the sequel, The Story of a New Name. We roasted chestnuts and opened our neighbor's nutty vinsanto. I like to step outside late, just to shiver a little and hear the owls calling. What winter has is time. The nights are long and after the rain, the stars are clear and close.
A highlight of the season was a Dutch friend's Rijsttafel (rice table), the feast that the Dutch who colonized Indonesia devised to showcase the cuisine of the area. Rene said he'd cooked only for a week to prepare it.
I've always loved Chicken Satay. His were the best.
Best, too is that Rene knows all the history of the dishes prepared for a traditional Ristaffel and all the influences from Maylasia, China, Sumatra, Bali and many other islands. This feast especially pleases me because I could live on rice. So, you take a big serving of rice and surround it with all these spicy, savory, complex, and tasty morsels. The textures play together: crunchy marinated cabbage, fried tiny bananas, pickles, meats braised in coconut milk, those crunchy shrimp crisps on the right, tender beef similar to shaking beef, and lots of taste-spikes of chili peppers. I've had Rene's wife Gleda's cakes before. This night, she found a recipe for an Indonesian spice cake. Perfect last taste for a transporting dinner.
Somehow, it was an ethnic season. A friend threw a sushi buffet. We had an Indian family feast at Cholanad in Chapel Hill. I ate quite a bit of garlic nan. And then my daughter threw a party for her husband's birthday. He built a bonfire and we ate oysters out in the woods in front of their house. He and his twin are of Greek descent so the menu included grilled lamb chops, roasted eggplant and potatoes, mint-flavored meat balls, and big Greek salad. I volunteered for the spanakoppitas and, quite unGreek, my mother's monumental coconut cake. Both are trouble. Worth it? Oh, yes! That is, after you get the right recipe.
I found the spanakoppita recipe on line. It's been years since I handled phyllo pastry and somehow it seems easier now. I remember cursing or crying over dry and crumbling dough and finding it creepy like human skin. This time it worked just fine–flaky, delicate pastry, and the spinach filling tangy with an artisan feta, green onion, and a little nutmeg. My mother's cake, however, did not work just fine. I think I added the thirteen egg whites at the wrong time because the batter had the consistency of hour-old cement. It rose only an inch. I had to toss the whole thing and go with Ina Garten's recipe. She calls for a seven-minute frosting but I've met that Waterloo before so I stuck with my mother's cream cheese butter frosting. I know my mother's cake recipe can work because she was famous for that cake in my home town. Now I'm blaming my convection oven. I think it bakes too fast and the cake gets set before it has a chance to rise. Anyone know if this happens? Hours later, I presented the grand cake above and it was stupendous. I don't usually think this way but I am thinking that what I read is true—834 calories a slice. So much cooking over the holidays that I've stripped down and cleaned the kitchen and declared it open only for simple meals. Ed has gone full steam into his winter soup mode.
I hate to take down the front porch lights but other than that, the day after New Year's down comes the tree at our house, and out go the greens which are looking a little fire-hazardy by then. Then the house just looks like its plain self again, but somehow renewed and ready to go forward into a new year. As I write, the polar vortex is whirling around causing havoc. It was 3 degrees here, rather exciting for a temperate clime, but no snow. Today the sky is the color of a newborn boy's blanket and the light seems to spark off the edges of trees. The kittens ventured out then ran back, meowing what the hell is this? But–how amazing–bulbs are popping up, the quince is budding, and in our lane the little yellow jasmine is scattering its sparks of bloom.
Some winter books, so far:
The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam, one of those writers that you read and then marvel at how you've never heard of her before.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. A brilliant novel on the twists of friendship.
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. I came to adore Alma and wished this were a true biography!
The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope by Rhonda Riley. Hearkens to traditional tales of the demon lover, but so well grounded that you forget that.
Starting Over by Elizabeth Spenser, and a toast to her for continuing to write fine stories as she moves into her nineties. Brava!
Provence, 1970 by Luke Barr. When Fisher, Child, Beard, and Olny converged in France and lit the match under American cuisine.
A House in Sicily by Daphne Phelps. This was sent to me by Jeff Minnich. Thank you. What charm and humanity in these glimpses of post-war Sicily.
As always, I'd love to hear recommendations from you for the long January nights.
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Then we notice that the pallet is attached to the crane, which has been used to haul up roof tiles during the restoration. NO! Lift off!
Soon, the pot is flying across the garden. Up, Up! "Where's Fellini now that we need him?" I ask the gardener who has devised this unlikely scene. How surreal on this foggy morning. "Magic realism!" Ed says. A few tourists in the road below are laughing and applauding. Our neighbor stops his motorcycle and shakes his head. Crazy Americans! But we didn't think of it! Soon the pot is soaring.
Then it comes safely to rest near the limonaia. They repeat this fifteen times. Not a mishap. I was imagining a lemon tree falling from the sky!
Before they're muscled into the lemonaia–these pots weigh a lot–I harvest all the ripe lemons, then the pots are crowded in together. Each pot has a mark on it to show that spot faces the sun. All winter, you can slip in among the pots and find a lemon, smell the tight aromatic blossoms, and feel your hair curl from the humidity generated by so many leaves. Fabio, the man with the red glove is just SO good. What a bold idea!
The lemon may be my favorite ingredient in the kitchen. For the quickest pasta, I love the crab and lemon spaghetti (page 85) in THE TUSCAN SUN COOKBOOK. It's light and unusual, as good a choice for a first course at an elaborate dinner as for an instant family meal. For the holidays, I suggest the lemon cake (page 210), a family favorite and I've made it a million times. It's a lovely gift, as is a jar of seasoned salt (page 24) with a half of a lemon blended into it.
Someone just gave me a jar of their persimmon and five spice marmalade and I will serve it with some aged pecorino. The homemade gifts are the best. They just have a lot more heart than those acquired by "proceed to checkout." I would love to hear what you're giving from your house. I just took a pan of pecans out of the oven. The easiest gift imaginable: Arrange a pound of this season's pecans in a single layer on a baking pan. Dot with a stick of butter, and sprinkle with salt. Roast at 350 for five minutes, watching them every minute, and turning them over twice to coat them with butter. Nothing is easier to burn than nuts. Marvelous to serve with drinks, along with some cheese straws. I think most people have one thing they find irresistible during the holidays. Mine has, since childhood, remained roasted pecans. Maybe it's because I was made to pick up the nuts in our back yard, and to help shell them. At least there was a big reward. Let me know what you're finding irresistible!]]>
Most of the old tiles went right back on. A few damaged ones I will keep and make little votive spots in the garden. Renovating seems easy when you're not doing any of the work yourself. In the previous renovation, I scrubbed grime from brick floors, Ed swayed on a tall ladder, refinishing beams, and for weeks we had flecks of whitewash in our hair. I miss the direct involvement a bit, but even the sight of the ladders up the scaffolding give me vertigo. Instead, the men are fearless and SO skilled. The architect pronounces the job "exceptional."
Now we move to the next chapter, the stabilization of the facade. Sergio's men are lovingly patching the stucco, and two smart women–renaissance painting restorers–will work their magic on blending the colors on the patches to the rest of the smeary apricots, gold, and rose that time has given the house. If you look carefully, you see cracks on the left and a big patch of missing stucco on the right. Those will be seamlessly repaired, along with a lot of missing stucco hidden behind the lemon trees and in the upper corners. We risked losing the facade if we didn't intervene.
Because of the additional weight of the new roof, we will have to run iron rods along the top of the interior walls all the way around the house. Not sure how I will blend those with the painted vines in my study and a bedroom. These rods are attached outside to iron structures called "chiavi," keys, in Italian, and in English "anchor plates." We are having Egisto, master blacksmith, make the eight keys that will attach to the upper eight corners of the house on the outside, tied to the rods inside. He's an artist. This was the first design but it proved to be too tall. Tomorrow, he's coming with another sample. Bramasole will have his artistic keys as part of its permanent look.
One thing leads to another, of course, when you start renovating anything. So we are meeting each day with carpenters, electricians, plumbers. A lot of things that have just slipped over twenty-four years will be updated, improved, repaired. One major project is the shutters. They need work and repainting. When I first saw the house, before I bought it, the shutters were faded green. When I came back the next year and bought the place, the owner had painted them brown. Brown and park-bench green are THE approved colors of Tuscan shutters. But I used at the mountain house another green, the color of the doors on San Domenico church, a heathery olive soft green. Do I dare paint my shutters that color?
We're most familiar with those greens right now, having just finished the olive harvest. We were so involved with the house project that Ed's sister and her husband, along with four Italian men, did all the hard work and we just showed up at the mill to taste the first green-green oil, limpid and darker than in years, with the characteristic peppery taste and a tiny hint of sweetness that I don't recall ever tasting before. Immediately, we launched into bruschette for every meal, and dinners at which everyone compared their own oil to everyone else's. From this corner of Tuscany, they're all good!
Not so, in the wide world. Below is a photo behind our pristine mill. That mound of waste from the first pressing will be shipped off, pressed again with terrible solvents, and sold as "pure" olive oil. The deep fruity fabulous oil is still inside the building! Beware. Great olive oil is the best gift for your kitchen. Look for specific info on the label, and especially a harvest date. Olive oil is subject to too few restrictions and you easily can pay way too much for a stinky product! As a grower, I know that if it's cheap, it's cheap. Not good. The cost of a grove and the harvest and the milling just cannot be a bargain. But, really, great oil is a fabulous buy. You pay $30-40 for a restaurant wine, yes? It's gone in an hour. That much for marvelous oil repays your feasts and fun a hundred time. If you're traveling to Italy at this time of year, double-wrap in plastic bags and stash a few liters in your checked luggage. For more info, check our www.thetuscansun.com
After the harvest, we escaped for a four-day r&r pass and drove down to Gargano, the spur of Puglia. We stayed at Il Porto in Mattinata, where we looked out at a crescent of beach and an infinity pool that you wade into. http://www.ilporto.travel
Way too chilly now but it sets me dreaming of a late June jaunt. Monte Sant' Angelo, Vieste, Peschici–so charming these white, sugar-cube towns overlooking the sea, and vast olive groves running down stony hills to the water. The bread is the best. We kept a loaf in the car and just ate hunks as we drove alone winding, empty coastal roads lined with wild pink cyclamen. Much of the area is a national park, great for hiking. I kept saying, "This is Greece." "This is north Africa," "This is Spain." As I've written, probably more than once, Italy is endless. Just five hours away from Cortona, the Gargano is another world. Its beaches invite long walks. The white villages meander and climb and everywhere there are sudden views of the Adriatic. When we go again, I'd like to hire a boat because secret blue coves are everywhere. In summer, there must be hoards of people, but right now, if you go, you have it to yourself. We didn't encounter a handful of tourists. Along the road:
One of the most astonishing sights that I've ever seen–the walled olive terraces. The earth is so stony that these walls were made by picking up stones on the ground, building terraces, and carving out land for olive trees. The human labor involved staggers the imagination.
Beautiful steps between olive terraces:
We spent the last night north in the Marche in the seaside town of Grottammare, with a twisty medieval borgo above, and a town below replete with Liberty (Art Nouveau) villas along the seafront.
I love how invigorating a short trip can be. Four days seemed like ten. There are still so many new places to see in Italy, even after twenty-four years.
I'm walking every day. Hard to stay inside when the air is golden and the paths are littered with leaves in all the colors of autumn. People are always asking what the best time in Tuscany is. Ed is prone to saying, "January through December," because he loves all the seasons. But, really, October is hard to top. The most consistent blissful weather. A few foggy, rainy days, but mostly munificent sun-drenched days and a fresh undercurrent to the balmy air. I'm loving listening to audio books on my walks, though it can seem surreal to hear Edith Wharton's HOUSE OF MIRTH as I wend my way through the wild chestnut forest.
Perfect travel weather, cooking weather, new-roof weather.
Last night I made a mountain of Pasta with Sausage and Four Cheeses. Two to take to families with losses, and one for us. On a crisp fall evening, this must be one of the best things one possibly could devour. It's in The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. I highly recommend it for your fall gatherings. Tomorrow, I'm making the Apples in a Cage–pastry wrapped baked apples–because our two apple trees, after eight years, have seen fit to donate a couple of dozen super-crunchy, gnarled little specimens. We're taking them to our friends Sheryl and Rob's house, where we will discuss their desire for a new restoration project. Are they crazy? Are we? After a few glasses of Tuscan Sun Wines, I surely the answer becomes clear!
And those fall gatherings at your house–I hope they are plentiful and fun. A marvelous season! Enjoy every leaf that flutters by your window! Love your comments; keep in touch.


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The 14th New Jersey Monument was the first of five monuments to be erected at Monocacy National Battlefield. It was dedicated on July 11, 1907 at a ceremony attended by 180 surviving members of the regiment.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the monument, a ceremony was held on July 7, 2007. In advance of the rededication, the National Park Service initiated a restoration of the 14th New Jersey Monument.
One aspect of the project focused on the removal of biological growth and other contaminants from the sculpture and base. In addition, a number of areas of damage - probably as a result of vandalism - were carefully repaired and restored. The monument's bronze plaques were cleaned and waxed, and the concrete apron surrounding the base was replaced. A plaque commemorating the monument's anniversary was unveiled at the rededication ceremony.
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Location is great - Russell Square, Euston, Euston Square, St Pancreas, Kings Cross all within 10 minute walk. Good breakfast for B & B
Breakfast only served 7:30 - 9 (M-F) & 8 - 9 (weekends). Shower luke warm 2 out of 4 days
Location was great!
They sprung a price increase on me for my last night, plus 135GBP a night for that bed is a little upsetting.
Breakfast room staff Cleanliness of room
old staircarpet and surliness of reception staff
Really close to King's Cross station and walking distance from lots of tourist attractions as well. Small but perfectly adequate and clean single room and a great breakfast.
There was a funny smell in the hotel, worse in the corridors, better in my room; I am not sure what it was, and it only bothered me on the first evening, but then I got used to it.
Great location near to Kings Cross station. Extremely clean and seemed well looked after. Very happy with my stay. As with all hotels in London it is over priced for what it is, but you won't find much cheaper that close to the centre.
very helpful staff member very clean bedroom and bathroom comfortable bed fully opening windows
small sized room
I stayed only one night and I can say that the staff were really polite and helpful.The next day I checked out and left my luggage in the reception area so I can walk around the city. Really good location and I can say a good value for the money.
No elevator.
Location, modern clean fresh looking room and bathroom, bed comfort.
Steep stairs to 2nd floor room with no lift.
Bed very comfortable. Room clean and bathroom good.
Can't answer WiFi question as didn't use it. Bedroom right under main hallway and next to stairs... Also prison like door entry system for front door, so noisy.
Friendly helpful staff, great breakfast with really tasty bacon & sausage, compact modern stylish bathroom, easy late night access arrangements, comfortable bed & quiet night's sleep, plenty of hanging space in wardrobe, not far from Russell Square tube, nice pubs nearby
no desk or comfy chair in room, shame breakfast only till 9 am
Gets the mix of the basics and the finishing touches just right. I used the hotel because of it's proximity to Kings Cross. Will do so again
Breakfast was tasty, room and en suite met our needs and staff welcoming.
Nothing really
Excellence of staff serving the breakfasts to many people with great efficiency and pleasant smiles. Generous assistance of Peter at the front desk in dealing with a problem. Room cleaned consistently every day.
Long narrow stairway up to the fourth floor difficult with luggage...
Great location Silent street Good restaurants and pubs arrond the corner Great breakfost Clean bathroom
No elevator Steep and narrow steps Smal rooms - just for sleeping
Friendly welcome, and regret that I couldn't stay in the morning for breakfast. Clearly they are trying to upgrade the place.
Street noise, noisy doors, expensive for not much.
- The Price - Location - Cleanliness
My room was right next to the breakfast room and was woken up very early as people were walking down the laminate floor stairs to the breakfast room. Maybe a new carpet on the stairs??
Location was perfect for us so handy for rail connections. The room was on the ground floor which is good to know as we will use here again. Room was lovely and clean and everything you needed for a comfortable overnight stay. Breakfast was basic but adequate and did the job. Staff very helpful and pleasant. Would stay again.
Location - central but quite quiet Cleanliness Value for money Polite and efficient staff
Queuing for breakfast Painting of corridor towards breakfast room being done whilst breakfast in progress, thereby restricting access along a narrow corridor. WiFi didn't allow access to the full facilities of some websites and did drop connection.
Great value for money and prime location in the heart of London...well recommended for a short stay in the City, especially if you are moving on via Euston or Kings Cross as it is a short walk away. Heathrow airport is also a direct trip from Russell Square tube station.
location, quiet room, Wi-Fi
asked for double bed single occupancy ( almost 40 days prior arrival) got very small room, steep narrow stairs, no lift, no help from hotel staff for hotel guests' luggage, no good value for money in single room, smell of kitchen and burned oil in the morning, bathroom too small, dangerous stair at the entrance of bathroom, TV did not work one night/of 3 , electric cattle button (on/off) broken
close to the stations plenty of restaurants near by.
Bright, clean, quiet room. Happy to have a proper shower and not have to climb into a bathtub. it was wonderful to have a window that opened and was secure. Breakfast was tasty. The location was brilliant; close to St Pancras International Rail Station and Underground.
Close proximity to King's Cross / St Pancras and decent places to eat.
Small, pokey, dark room near kitchen from which a lot of noise was emitted until late evening. In spite of obviously catering for travellers catching early trains, breakfast, which we had paid for, not available until 0730, so had to buy coffee etc at station. I suppose we should have read the small print, but did not feel we got value for money.
Nice quiet location yet only 5 mins. walk to St Pancras. Breakfast staff helpful,we had to leave before 7.30,but they provided coffee,toast and boiled eggs We will use again next time in London..
3rd floor for mountaineers! If you are not good on stairs,ensure that you are given a low floor-no lift. I would confirm this with Hotel when booking. Breakfast doesn't start till 7.30_but see good points.
Closeness of the property to Rail and Underground stations and Restaurants. My room was compact but suitable for my short stay (as is typical on any of the Cartwright Garden properties). My room was clean, and comfortable with a great view of the park opposite. Breakfast was very well provided for, with a very good selection of breads, cereals and cooked items. A very busy room at 8AM becoming quite hectic with only two staff members serving. The cost of the room was reasonable for what I received. Bathroom was recently renovated and a bright start to my day, good shower. Providing a larger bath towel would be a great improvement. I would stay there again on future visits to London.
The ongoing upgrades in the building are obvious but were not a hindrance or create a disturbance, to me anyway. The furniture in the room was dated, very well used, and in a run down condition, including the squeaky box spring.
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The Houston Texans have a couple key players dealing with injuries ahead of this week's big game against the Baltimore Ravens. But judging by coach Gary Kubiak's comments in during a conference call Wednesday, the Texans remain optimistic that some of those names – most notably safety Ed Reed and wide receiver Andre Johnson – could return to the field for Week 3 action against the Ravens.
Johnson hasn't participated in drills since suffering a concussion in the Texans' 30-24 OT win over the Tennessee Titans. Johnson was knocked out of the Texans' Week 2 game after a hit by Titans safety Bernard Pollard in the fourth quarter. Pollard picked up a sizable fine as a result of the hit, though he wasn't flagged on the play by game officials. However, Johnson's late absence didn't sabotage the team's passing game as rookie receiver DeAndre Hopkins stepped up to finish with 117 receiving yards and one touchdown against the Titans. But having their top receiving option back should only make the Texan's even better offensively ahead of Sunday's game against the Ravens.
Kubiak noted on Thursday that Johnson has been making a speedy recovery and plans to practice on Thursday.
"All indicators are – if everything goes well throughout the course of the week – he should be ready to go (on Sunday)," Kubiak said.
In the first two games this season, Johnson has caught 20 balls for 222 yards, with an average of 10 catches and 111 receiving yards per game.
If Johnson's plays Sunday night, the veteran receiver and Hopkins shall test the Ravens' secondary to the full after they gave up seven touchdowns in the season opening loss at Denver, but were able to bounce back with a strong finish in Week 2. The Ravens' defense allowed just six points against the Cleveland Browns last Sunday.
Meanwhile, Reed continues to progress from hip surgery and is eager to play against the Ravens, after missing the first two games of this season. Reed was limited in practice on Wednesday but hasn't been ruled out for Sunday.
"I think he's as close to playing as he has been," Kubiak said of Reed. "His progress has been really good. He's ready to go practice today and take an even bigger load than he has been taking the first two weeks. Hopefully we get there this week."
The outlook for offensive tackle Duane Brown is less clear. Brown, who is suffering from a turf toe injury, did not practice on Wednesday. His status could be an "end-of-the-week decision," Kubiak indicated.
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Stop hating on SEPTA… Philadelphia's public transit has just been given props!
Walk Score, a website that rates the walkability score (to rank where you can drive less & live more), ranked Philadelphia 5th for residents' access to public transit with a transit score of 68! We fall behind New York, San Fran, Boston & DC.
How did we snag the #5 spot? According to PR Newswire, "Walk Score assigns a "usefulness" value to nearby transit routes based on frequency, type of route, and distance to the nearest stop on the route. City scores are then calculated by applying the Transit Score algorithm block-by-block throughout the city and weighting the scores by population density."
Walk Score credits the Millennial generation (born 1980-2000) seeking shorter commutes & sustainable transportation options with the increase of public transit. (Go us!)
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- Public transit saves individuals an average of $10,000 per year
- Americans took over 10 billion trips on public transit in 2011
- The avg number of vehicle miles traveled by US 16-34 yr olds decreased 23% between 2001- 2009.
Walk Score already gave Philly a walking score of 98 (Walkers' Paradise).
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SEPTA could pull ahead with a few improvements, e.g.,
1. Connecting the subway surface trolleys with waterfront light rail lines via Market St.
2. Restoring trackless trolley service to routes 79 and 29 in South Philadelphia.
3. Restoring trolley service on Route 23.
4. Putting more service on bus route 40 (Lombard and South Sts. and West Park.) Service on this line is poor.
5. Sending some of SEPTA's employees to Charm School.
6. Installing many more benches at transit stops, particularly at transfer points.
Thank you for your consideration.
Restoring the trackless trolley on Route 29 would shorten the current route to Front instead of Pier 70. Unless you figure they would run lines down and around Home Depot?
Restoring the 23 to the epic trolley line that it should be would probably cause a lot of problems and slow the line down considering if a bus needs to detour, it's able.
Wishful thinking on the 23. I doubt the 29 and 79 will ever become a trackless or rail trolley…
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Yep, we agree there's a potential for many improvements for SEPTA, but I'm guessing the bus routes give access to the majority of center city. Although it's not perfect, we're better off than other cities!
And it would definitely help for the subway lines to be cleaned up… They're definitely subpar for quality and cleanliness…
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big skinny September 20 at 9:17pm
my boy jacob found a new leopard back 9, 15 i think, ob in swampy duckweed on right,he put in dropbox. name and # on it
Cody Dockrill September 8 at 3:21pm
may or may not have lost my phone here on Saturday if anyone has come across one?
Don Thomas September 5 at 2:20pm
I found a disc on hole 17 today, no name or number. LMK if you've lost something.
tye dye buzz? my buddy lost it on 17 about a month ago.
No, sorry, didn't find that one. I'll keep my eyes open for it, tho.
Pat Jackson September 5 at 12:17am
Lost my yellow Star Katana on 15 after it hit a tree and shot left about halfway down the fairway. It was my favorite disc, will trade a a different disc for it if found.
Found it. You ever come up to Hudson scrambles on Tues?
I don't typically but I'm free tomorrow night, what time does it start?
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Nick Bacon August 20 at 7:54pm
Lost a pink mystic past the tree pile on 16. Still missing a white mystic reward if found.
Isaac Lilly August 14 at 10:07pm
Today my frien lost his Z Buzzz on hole 17. Beautiful ty markings. Please hit me up if found. Thanks
Jay B August 12 at 11:12pm
Lost a glow buzzz with a wing foot stamp on it on hole 17 in the river could not see it because the water was to high would greatly enjoy it if it was returned
ill keep an eye out as the water level lowers
Never mind guys I found it today
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Matthew McAlpine August 9 at 2:30pm
Left a yellow star mako sitting on 9 near path and fence
Mat Pollard August 8 at 10:40pm
I lost a yellow MVP Impulse on hole 7. Name and # are on it. Thanks.
Matthew McAlpine August 8 at 8:44pm
Lost an orange discmania fever on 8. I think it it the big trees. Please hit me up if someone finds it.
I'll keep an eye out tomorrow when I'm playing in the morning.
Mark Bradbourne August 7 at 11:33am
Any early risers? I'm planning on an early round on Saturday morning, 7:30ish.
Nick Bacon August 6 at 1:52pm
Lost a black gopro strap mount on the course monday. If you come across it please let me know.
I think I saw it on hole 16
But I didn't know what it was
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Rich Sveda Jr July 29 at 10:24pm
Lost a orange 12x teebird somewhwere out there Tuesday the 29th at scrambles. Name and number on it. She's got a reward on her too!
Do you know what hole you were on I'm going there tomorrow
i have no clue, walked the course once after. i dont even think i threw it, probably just left it laying.
Unless you went safari with it, I didn't see it around when I played today. I'll keep my eyes open for it, tho!
thanks guys, think im headedto play it again......again
Robert Purdon July 26 at 2:01pm
I left a bright green Innova Star Wraith on the course this morning. Can't recall exactly where, but it was at some point during or after hole 12. I'd love to get it back as that one in particular has been a go-to disc for me. Robert, 440-213-0541
if your name is on it and someone drops it in the disc return i'll give you a call
Thanks Jon. Sad thing is I can't even remember if I got around to putting my name on that one as it was pretty new. Ah well, Innova gets more $, lol.
Kevin Hitch July 22 at 7:40pm
Always a good time and an unbelievable value. See this year's package and register online ASAP!
Larry Bright Jr. July 20 at 7:59pm
coming August 10th to Sims....$ims $ummer $lam $crambles Ca$h Tourney!!! Click the link below to get the deal on our doubles event with cash payouts!! $30 per team with $25 going to payouts and the other $5 going to the course!! 2 divisions, with an advanced and general grouping!! Come help support local disc golf!!
Matt O July 20 at 12:20pm
Pretty sure I left my orange 11x Eagle somewhere at the course last Sunday. Stamp is pretty much gone my name is on the inside of the rim. Would definitely hook up whoever returns it to me with an equally nice disc. Thanks!
Mark Bradbourne July 19 at 7:59pm
I'm planning on playing here tomorrow morning, is there any issues after rain, should I avoid it an pick a different day?
Its always a little windy there, but as long as you stay out of the creek that runs along holes 12 and 17 after a heavy rain, you should be ok. It might be a little muddy, but no more so than a wet course anywhere else
We actually didn't get a lot of rain today just at night and the course dries fairly quickly but the creek fills up fast you should be fine
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Although many artists have specific plans on when they will unveil new work, the 28-year-old songstress left this premiere up to her fans.
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Getting ready to enjoy a music-filled evening, Avril Lavigne and Jordin Sparks attended the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner in New York City on Thursday (June 13).
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|IEC 60793-2-50:2008 is applicable to optical fibre types B1.1, B1.2, B1.3, and categories B2, B4, B5 and B6. A map illustrating the connection of IEC designations to ITU-T designations is shown in Annex I. These fibres are used or can be incorporated in information transmission equipment and optical fibre cables. The main technical changes of this edition include:
- aligns the requirements with the relevant ITU-T Recommendations, including tightening the tolerances of many parameters;
- adds a new category, B5, which corresponds to the fibres defined in ITU-T Recommendation G.656; and
- adds a new category, B6, which corresponds to the fibres defined in ITU-T Recommendation G.657.
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|86A - Fibres and cables
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