January 12, 2020

Good yarn, liked it but ending was too pat.



An incredible read. History as it wasn't taught in the classes I had.



Ludwig van turns 250 this year,will listen to the symphonies.

September 30, 2017

$19 win !



The film Rhinoceros paired Zero Mostel with Gene Wilder. The 1961 play had Zero with Eli Wallach.



To really understand A Legacy of Spies, I had to reread The Spy who Came in from the Cold. I recently read Call for the Dead, which has both George Smiley and Hans-Dieter Mundt.
Now I get it.



Blondie wall art on the lower East Side.



Pretty soon, flowers will be the main event at the Greenmarket.

September 10, 2016

The Pigeon Tunnel was good. Tales of betrayal are what he does best.



From 1997, an interview with John le Carré in the Paris Review. And, here is an appreciation of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

September 3, 2016

Beef on Weck with a Callicoon Brown Cow Porter at the Callicoon Brewing Company.



View of Kauneonga Lake, NY from The Fat Lady Cafe. Good food !




Callicoon Creek.




Army blanket, wool and warm.



As kids, we called this back-woods rock, Plymouth Rock.



The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré is next on my purchase list.



My brother told me about Microwaving Corn on the Cob. Yes, it works.

June 11, 2011

The BBQ Party to end all BBQ parties starts today. Rain or shine, will be there. Goose Island Brewery of Chicago will pour the event's Beer.



Pretty Things Brewery from Massachusetts always has interesting and historical brews. This East India Porter was in Cask Ale form and full of flavor. The brewery page links to Beer Historian Ron Pattinson. His findings, the troops drank Porter while the officers drank Pale Ale. Interesting stuff, he brings out the Class part of this equation.



This Golden Bock from Sierra Nevada is about to be tried.



Pretty Things Field Mouse's Farewell is a Saison Style and quite tasty.



With BBQ and Beer abounding, got to have at least one book.