A tense raid took place in Brussels, with grenades lobbed, smoke rising and shots fired. Police wounded and apprehended France’s Public Enemy No. 1, Salah Abdeslam, known as the man who drove accomplices to the Bataclan Theatre in order to perpetrate the November 13, 2015 terrorist massacre there. Abdeslam has been on the run until today […]
Muslims Incompatible with French Society
Originally posted September 15, 2014. Seventy-four percent of French believe this is so. And an even greater number of French lack faith in Socialist president Hollande. I hear both themes repeated often when Debbie and I are in Paris. The French most certainly know they have made a mistake with their lax immigration policy and […]
Beyond Butter
Originally posted August 14, 2014. In the 1960s, U.S. government health guidelines, the medical establishment, and especially the processed food industry urged Americans to forsake butter and instead focus on grain-based processed foods and industrial-produced seed and vegetable oils. Grocery shelves were soon brimming with low-fat and no-fat faux foods packed with sugar, carbohydrates and […]
Finding Midnight in Paris
Originally posted May 22, 2015. Why do tourists flock to Paris? Well yes, to see the Louvre and La Tour d’ Eiffel, to walk along the Seine and in the Jardin des Tuileries, to shop at Hermes and Bon Marche, to light a candle at Notre Dame and hear a pipe-organ concert at St. Sulpice, […]
Counterfeit Duck Confit—Big Flavor Fast
Originally posted August 3, 2015. David Lebovitz—chef, baker, cookbook author, and ex-pat living in Paris (read his The Sweet Life in Paris) says that traditional recipes for duck confit can involve dozens of steps to prepare. Duck confit is the ancient way of preserving meat in an airtight grease pack. Before the days of refrigeration, […]
Yeti Coolers
Yeti keeps stuff cool. Videos like this help me get through the winter.
Commit to a Life of Success
You may be familiar with Shane Ellison from his book Over-the Counter Natural Cures and his action-oriented website www.thepeopleschemist.com. I’ve read his book several times and refer to it, and his website, regularly. Shane suffers no fools. He tells it the way he sees it, often times, with language not meant, shall we say, for […]
Greetings From New Orleans, IV
Greetings From New Orleans, III
Greetings From New Orleans, II
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