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#A to Z Challenge 04-24-21 Vermouth
V=Vermouth “Doing a Vermouth” While here in America, we are known to “do shots,” in Catalonia, Spain — they “Do a Vermouth.” The history of vermouth in Spain is not as it’s history in Italy, in Catalonia, they drink their local style straight or on the rocks, or slightly cut with soda. Their version of Continue reading
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Salamanca Market Update, April 24, 2021
Originally posted on The Unfurling Artist: journalising creative journeying : I left the house when it was still dark and lightly raining. Lucky for us the skies cleared, and it ended up being a mild day. Also, lucky for us, is that we’re a COVID-free state of Australia (I say this while knocking on wood… Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-23-21 Ul Boov
U=Ul Boov No, that’s not a pile of twinkies! It’s a traditional Mongolian “shoe sole cake” called, Ul Boov. In the same way we celebrate Christmas by putting up a tree, Mongolians celebrate the Lunar New Year with a days-long holiday, Ul Boov being the centerpiece. It can also be seen as a family shrine, Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-22-21 Taiwanese Toilet Restaurant
T= Taiwanese Toilet Restaurant(s) Pull up a bowl and let’s enjoy a story about a small chain of restaurants in Tawain that honor, well, toilets! In this schticky place (pun definitely intended) everything is devoted to the bathroom it seems. Acrylic toilets are your stools (pardon the pun) and after you pull up to your Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-21-21 Heaven on Seven
S-Sauce-Hot Sauce to be precise! Chicago might not be the first town you think of when you crave some hot sauce, but hidden on the 7th floor of the historic Garland Building is a wall-to-wall hot sauce extravaganza! Besides the location, the name of this famous Cajun spot also comes from the heavenly smells that Continue reading
