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By Chile Doctor, on Wednesday, January 14th, 2015, at 5:00 am
I know, two weeks into the year is a bit late to announce the kickoff of another great year. Well, I’m lucky to be only two weeks late! What a start…
The Holidays were pleasant, though a bit frantic at times. Not quite a “staycation,” going to various homes of clan members. A quick trip to […]
By Chile Doctor, on Monday, October 15th, 2012, at 7:00 am
I caught a last-minute chance to run over to Plantersville (Todd Mission, actually, but who knows where THAT is?) and attend this year’s edition of the Texas Renaissance Festival. Boy, was it fun! Music, shows, food and drink, and lots of shopping…
I was there mostly for the music and the provender, and I thoroughly enjoyed […]
By Chile Doctor, on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012, at 6:00 am
Image: appelationamerica.com
Texans have produced wine for 400 years or more, but only recently has commercial wine production taken off. In the past decade or so, the number of Texas wineries has grown from about fifty to well over 200; production of wine has doubled to 1.2 million cases; jobs in the industry have grown […]
By Chile Doctor, on Thursday, December 8th, 2011, at 7:30 pm
Now here’s some Holiday ideas a Real Man can use! CNN’s Eatocracy recently posted a note about new gift guide. Kevin Diedrich is the bar manager at Jasper’s Corner Tap & Kitchen in San Francisco. He offers five good options in the list:
Give the gift that gives all year: Sign them up for a […]
By Chile Doctor, on Saturday, October 8th, 2011, at 5:00 pm
After mind-altering, tough negotiations that lasted less than 30 seconds we now have set the date for our annual family outing to the Texas Renaissance Festival: We’re going on October 22. It’s a long day, starting before 5 A.M. and ending sometime short of midnight; at least it’s traditionally that. I do the driving […]
By Chile Doctor, on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, at 11:30 pm
With all the celebrating and visiting over, it was time to head home to Texas. We made breakfast at Marilyn & Lee’s place (Thanks, folks! We owe you.), a breakfast casserole that we’d put together the evening before. While the casserole heated we loaded the car and chatted with our hosts. Peeps, the peach-faced […]
By Chile Doctor, on Monday, October 3rd, 2011, at 10:00 am
Sunday afternoon we all convened at the Thiebaud Auditorium (in beautiful, downtown Lamar) for the Big Event. And I mean ALL. Over 110 folks, or nearly everybody who’s anybody in Barton County, MO (and for miles around). At least five generations were represented, including a small army several of my cousins of all degrees […]
By Chile Doctor, on Saturday, October 1st, 2011, at 10:00 am
We’ve had all the hot days and no rain we can stand. We’re on the road to Lamar, Missouri, birthplace of “Give’em Hell Harry” and a large number of like-minded folk, many of whom are relatives. We expect cool mornings, great food, unbelievable tales (and believe me, nobody will be believing them), fishing attempts […]
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