Monthly Archives: October 2012

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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