Side Trips

Monthly diversions that didn’t make the front page

Trail Crawl 2015

Fifteenth Annual Trail Crawl – Sunday March 29, 2015  THE MAP FIRST STOP    Helen walked over to Abeyance with Camille and when they arrived at Megan’s house, they were greeted by a couple of cheerful blue bottle trees. HOST OF THE WOODS    It was fitting we should come across a small herd of […]

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March at The Plant

MARCH AT THE PLANT There’s always something going on at work, mostly having to do with local food and community – March, 2015 LOCAL FOOD    Camille signs a copy of Two Brauds Abroad for Rose at Local Food Friday lunch and Farmer Chef Geoff brings a cart of vibrant plant starts over to Piedmont

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Garden Starts

In which the seedlings Bob started last month make their way outdoors into what was once a swimming pool – March, 2015   BLAST FROM THE PAST – THE SUNKEN GARDENS OF MONCURE    The garden before it was a garden and as it stands now. Before we even bought the house, Bob and Lyle

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Mushrooms and More

Because, sometimes you just have to take a bunch of mushroom pictures with yer phone- August 5, 2014   A BIG MUSHROOM MONTH    After a few days of rain, mushrooms were popping out all over, in meadows, woods and lawns.   ALL KINDS   Our friends noticed it too – there were all kinds

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TASIS Reunion

An unforgettable 40th reunion for the The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) class of 1974 – June 12 – 15, 2014 BLAST FROM THE PAST    Bob attended TASIS for his last three years of High School. Although he was in the class of 1976, he knew the class of 1974 as the “big” Seniors

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Lugano

A very special place, the Italian part of Switzerland – June 11 through 16, 2014   ARRIVING IN LUGANO    We arrived by bus with a number of fellow reunion attendees from Milan. As Mt. San Salvatore and Lake Lugano come into view, the reality of actually returning after 38 years began to sink in.  

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Gastronomy

Excellent food and drink on the continent Switzerland and Italy, June 12 – 24, 2014   RISTORANTE PENSIONE AGRA    We hiked up the Collina d\’Oro to Agra on a gorgeous day, and stopped at a place Bob had visited 38 years before for a beer (or two) and a salad.   FELDSCHLÖSSCHEN    Feldschlösschen

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