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It’s a long weekend

After a long week, that I’m now straining to remember. Pudding, lentils, and pig, were the food themes as I recall. I know I woke up in Chicago last Sunday morning – I drove down Friday to deliver John’s new laptop. Didn’t do much that evening – stopped at John’s apartment, found a parking spot […]

Disappointment and Excitement in WI

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers lays (sic.) on the field during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff game against the New York Giants Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Green Bay. The Giants won 37-20. A sign in front of Madison’s Labor Temple announced the status of an effort to recall Gov. Scott […]

Home cooking

Since Thursday’s dinner, as usual, I’ve been using up leftovers for meals en famille. We are hosting an AFS student from the Netherlands this semester, and she arrived on Friday night. We ate the Spanish country soup that Mark made last weekend (for the Downton Abbey 2-hour season premiere), along with leftover borscht and cheese […]

Superbowl Food

I hope I didn’t make the Steelers lose. As a Pittsburgh girl, who’s lived in Wisconsin for more than half my life, I tried to have an even mix of Packer food and Steeler food to eat during the game. The Milwaukee paper ran some recipes for Superbowl food – that’s what the football depicted […]

Superbowl – Sconnie style

The folks that make the ‘sconnie shirts – as in Wi-scon-sin – have this Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood shirt: Don’t think they knew that the real Mr. Rogers Neighborhood is in Pittsburgh. Visiting Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood WQED Pittsburgh