Monthly archives of “October 2010

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Osteria Ciceri e Tria

Last night we enjoyed a fantastic dinner at Osteria Ciceri e Tria, here in Toronto, as guests of dear friends celebrating their 25th. Dinner included 5 delightful little antipasti, followed by a choice of primi, secondi and contorni. Antipasti were: mixed bean and leek soup;… Read More

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Seek and ye shall find…

Search term of the day Somebody found this cave in the eye of the hurricane by searching Kojak Colombo. It occurred to me that it would be a great name for a band that played 70s music: Kojak Colombo and the Bad Detectives.

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Storytime

I was asked a while back if I would tell stories and play squeezebox at the Roseland Horticultural Society’s annual awards banquet, which happened finally last night. A few years ago, I did quite a bit of storytelling, as a regular at 1001 Friday Nights… Read More

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Surf’s Up

I don’t even know anyone who’s ever surfed (except the inner-nets of course) Dick Dale   Eddie and the Showmen   The Challengers   The Chantay’s on Lawrence Welk Related Articles Dick Dale’s Guitar Screams With Pain And Pleasure (npr.org)

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Danger in the woods

I’ve mentioned here that I’m really careful about going into the woods with my dogs in the fall because I’m worried about hunters. Here’s why. Thanks to Salvelinas for sending this my way. I’m not an anti-hunting advocate, although I don’t hunt and have no… Read More