Month: December 2009

  • Riviera Maya Scam #2

    Aahhhhh, we were finally relaxing by the beach.  Beautiful weather.  Great view.  The staff came around and asked what we’d like to drink.  Now, this is R&R! As we were sipping our drinks, a man approached us and asked how we were doing, are we enjoying our vacation, etc.  He asked if we’d be interested…

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  • Banana Flambe – Betty Don’t Die

    Sue organized a surprise birthday dinner with friends for me at Les Halles at Park Avenue last night. The evening concluded with desserts, one of which was the banana flambe prepared tableside. Our waitress wheeled over a little serving trolley with stove, and parked it next to Betty.  Sprinkled with powered sugar, the bananas were…

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  • vacation food porn #7-#11

    And the series continues with … vacation food porn #7 – grilled lemon chiboust, refreshing champagne and crusty coconut chocoroll, baked peach in cacao butter, diluted wine, gelati vacation food porn #8 – thyme-marinated duck magret, tangerine chutney, pistachio and honeyvacation food porn #9 – shrimp cocktail al fresco vacation food porn #10 – beef…

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  • New Theme stays !

    The poll is closed, results are in.  First, I want to thank all of you who voted. The new theme – ChaosTheory is IN and will stay for the time being.  I have also turned on Falling Snow – a holiday feature of WordPress. The picture above is a mock up of the old theme…

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