Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
At the beginning of each year, I do a writeup of the past one – usually a look at four areas – Casa SaltShaker, Eating Out, Vacations, and Cooking at Home. I take a look at the high points and low points. It often takes me days of figuring it all out. 2020 didn’t take… Read More Should I Even…
I’ve never been good at asking for help, at anything, from long ago in school, on through to my work career. I was raised to be “self-sufficient”, and finding myself in the position of not being so, is, simply, painful. This year, like many, we’ve been out of work. Casa SaltShaker has always been reliant… Read More Asking For Help
I’m not going to claim that life is “returning to normal”, because we’re a long way from there yet. And, undoubtedly there will be a “new normal” by the end of this all. But there’s definitely a movement towards some form of moving along. Not for everyone. I have friends here who still basically haven’t… Read More Where to Eat #12
Let’s see, where are we at with this whole quarantine thing? It’s been extended, yet again, now until October 25th. That’s over seven months now! I’d expect they’ll do it again for yet another 2-3 weeks when we get there. But some stuff is opening up more. Many restaurants now have outdoor tables, either on… Read More Bite Marks #82
Flash News: An announcement from our minister of tourism that domestic and international flights will resume somewhere in the middle of this month, probably between October 12th and 15th. With limitations, but those haven’t been announced. Still, a step in the re-opening our borders to the world direction! Okay, not THAT Pumpkin Spice…. My inspiration… Read More PumpQin Spice Shrimp
I’m going to keep using the “Q” until our president here not only declares that the quarantine is over, but makes that into an actual fact. Though he’s stated now, for a month or more that “there is no quarantine”, and indeed we have some freer movement and more things open, there are still so… Read More Qajun Inspiration
First, you (and I) were probably starting to wonder if we’d ever see another Where To Eat post. This quarantine has dragged, and is still dragging on, over six months now here. But second, we do have a little more freedom, we’re more into the “stay at home when you can” level of things than… Read More Where to Eat #11
Well, it seems it’s finally happened. Sort of. Maybe. Not sure. President Fernandez extended the quarantine until September 20th. That’s the quarantine that two weeks ago he said no longer existed and that he was going to trust to people’s sense of responsibility to properly socially distance, wear masks, etc. Borders are still closed, no… Read More Qreole Steaks