Club Med…The name conjures up beads exchanged for drinking, wild beach parties and fun for the young. Skimpy bikinis and sexy outfits. Club Méditerranée, commonly known as Club Med, is a French collection of vacation resorts found in many parts of the world. Club Med was started in 1950. Vacations come with expectations and often…
Category: Hobbies
Air and Space Museum, Space Hangar in Chantilly, VA
A great visit for both adults and children! During the holidays I took my grandson to the James S.Donnell Air and Space Museum: The Details 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: 703-572-4118 Website: airandspace.si.edu Admission is free but parking is $15 Hours Daily 10:00 – 5:30 (Closed December 25) Wheelchairs and…
Chicory and Late Summer
This reminds me of my childhood and summer walks in a meadow. Common chicory is also known as blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailors, succory, wild bachelor’s buttons, and wild endive (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). When cultivated, it is radicchio and Belgian endive. This plant has many…
Making Lefse
I am not Norwegian. Just so that is said upfront. My family by marriage is and very proud of it. Lefse is a Norwegian traditional bread. Don’t mistake Lefse (bread usually eaten with butter and sugar) for Lutifisk (fish dried in lye with a strong odor, and tastes just awful). Here is our family matriarch at…
Kayaking in South Bethany on a beautiful summer day
The vicissitudes of aging creep upon us. I have always played racquetball and kayaked since my twenties. It is always surprising when all of a sudden, my age reference point must be now, not the younger image I carry around inside. The outdoors is one of the best ways to spend a day in retirement if you…
Seasonal Strawberry and Rhubarb Pie
When I was growing up my father grew rhubarb in his garden. My mother would fix a strawberry and rhubarb pie this time of year when the strawberries were plentiful. I never liked it as a child but I always feel wistful when I would think of the smells and watching my mom prepare it. Recently…
The Morning Papers
A luxury that comes with retirement, especially if you are a news junkie, is reading many newspapers online while having coffee in the morning for as long as you would like. During the winter I do this while listening to Mike and Mike on ESPN. Then, I check out the usually ever-changing national weather periodically by switching…
Cooking with an Air Fryer
Cooking is a great retirement hobby. Cooking healthy is a life style choice. One of the challenges is cooking fried food and not impacting your health. We have several foods of choice that are fried, including: potato chips, tortilla chips, sweet potato fries, french fried potatoes. As an alternative to the mess of frying and…
What do Old Bay Seasoning, Judaism, and Italians have in common?
Cooking is a fun part of retirement. I am a native Marylander, always looking for recipes that use Old Bay Seasoning. Here is a recipe I found in one of my readings this morning (source is at the end). It is for the observance of Jewish holiday Shavuot on June 3 to 5. This recipe…
Community Events
When I was working I would receive notices from historical societies, environmental groups, libraries….alerting me to speakers on a wide range of potentially interesting subjects. I could never find any time to allocate to any of these, even those that might be of personal interest. One of the ways I found I can spend some…
Life Gets Better 