Author Archives: marigold

In Dublin’s Fair City…

Posted on October 30, 2012 by marigold

A lot of the people you meet aren’t Irish.  Many tourists and a lot of the staff at the very nice Brooks Hotel come from elsewhere, in fact, a bartender told me that the second largest concentration of Polish people … Continue reading →

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Let’s Do Lunch

Posted on October 18, 2012 by marigold

In the 1920s,  New York City housewives bought nuts from peanut vendors,  chopped them into a rough form of peanut butter and rendered the stuff spreadable with condensed milk or chili sauce. (My mother, nobody’s fool but someone whose idea … Continue reading →

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Birds of a Feather

Posted on October 13, 2012 by marigold

  DUMBO beneath the Brooklyn Bridge In Manhattan we have Dumbo (Down Under the Brooklyn Bridge), NoHo (North of Houston) and FiDi (the Financial District.)  Not to be outside the acronym loop, there is a splendid restaurant in southern Vermont … Continue reading →

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Godfather Redux

Posted on October 3, 2012 by marigold

Have you re-watched all three Godfather movies recently? If not, give them a shot.  The films are terrific, especially parts I and II– part III feels as though Coppola ran out of steam and stretched to tie it all up … Continue reading →

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The Great Out (and In) Doors

Posted on September 26, 2012 by marigold

Years ago, someone described what we refer to as our annual “camping trip” as a series of activities organized around meals.  How true. Although, depending on weather and locale, we generally work off at least some of the calories hiking, … Continue reading →

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Going to the Dogs

Posted on September 14, 2012 by marigold

Sheepdog trials are fascinating and this year’s North East Border Collie Association’s, held September 8 and 9 at Merck Forrest in Rupert, VT, was no exception. Border Collies are in the MENSA category when it comes to smarts—those we saw … Continue reading →

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Say Cheese

Posted on September 9, 2012 by marigold

As a cheese, to say nothing of a goat and sheep lover, what could be more entertaining than the annual Cheese Tour encompassing farms in Vermont and nearby Washington County, NY? Our first stop was Consider Bardwell in West Paulet, … Continue reading →

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Traffic City

Posted on September 3, 2012 by marigold

Traffic in New York City is horrific but Toronto’s has it beat by a mile. Partly, it’s because of the tremendous amount of building going on—cranes are the main feature of the skyline.  Who is going to buy all the … Continue reading →

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Neither Bieb nor Bard in Stratford, Ontario

Posted on August 28, 2012 by marigold

Canadians are big theater buffs if the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Stratford Festival are any indication.  In Stratford with Canadian friends, we gorged on three performances in two days starting with Wanderlust, based on the poems of Robert … Continue reading →

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Cicadas

Posted on August 20, 2012 by marigold

Am I the only one who gets a pang when hearing cicadas at night? It makes me sad because it signals late August meaning the end of summer is near. Back when I went to camp, first in Vermont and … Continue reading →

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