I’ve been a little under the weather lately, fighting with a chest cold. It doesn’t help that good lord, the city is still filthy with rain. I’ve been slamming the zinc and echinacea, crawling off to bed mid-day, and generally wallowing in lethargy. Two things converged today that forced me out of the house. First, …
I had a Romper Room moment while reading a travel column on Yahoo the other day. (For non-Romper Room kids, Miss Mary Ann used to hold up the magic mirror and say “I see Jimmy and Kelly and Margaret and and and…I see you!”) I saw my expat friends. See, the column is entitled “Exploring …
Looking down the alley towards the south from my Seattle bedroom. That big old volcano in the distance is Mount Rainier and yes, you really can see it from my house. The best view is from the shower, but setting up the tripod in the bathtub is really awkward. I’m messing around with high ISOs …
Hello, welcome! I know you’re here to read about soup swap, but stick around – it’s more than just soup at Nerd’s Eye View. You might also enjoy: To Venice for Lunch You Are Here While My Uke Gently Weeps or, who knows, maybe not. There’s stuff about cooking seafood, local and international adventures, ukulele …
Rockfish is a type of bass. It’s got a firm white flesh that does well in the oven and you really have to try to overcook it. It’s good in heavy red sauces and stews, though I suppose it would be a good chowder fish, too. I roasted the zuchinni with garlic first. Then, I …
It might be time for you to toss that Halloween pumpkin into the yard waste bin. If you can afford to buy a swank new flat screen monitor, you can afford to recycle the old one properly instead of kicking it to the curb where it will be ruined by the rain. A few minutes …