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Sparklers for one, please.” Late last year my partner of 11 years and I went our separate ways. So Independence Day 2008 found us, well, independent, for the first time in more than a decade.
Summer? What summer? It’s nearly the Fourth of July, and in a lot of ways, this one has been a wash.
Americans have embraced plenty of four-star French desserts, including crepes, crème brulée and cream puffs. But the less glamorous clafouti remains something of a novelty.
To the list of world-famous inventors like Mary Anderson (windshield wipers), Archimedes (the Archimedes screw) and Karl Benz (petrol-powered automobile), add Fast Eddie Crane, bartender and co-owner of Westport’s Blanc Burger + Bottles and the Drop in Martini Corner. After years of deliberation, followed by experimentation, Crane has concocted a new way to enjoy what most people refer to simply as a cocktail.
NEW ORLEANS | This battered, noisy, exotic, wonderful, important city is thanking God for people of faith.
In June last year I booked a flight to Europe on Delta Airlines, but my luggage never made the trip. My claim to Delta was for $4,224.11, which included the contents of the lost bag, the lost suitcase, necessary replacement expenses and telephone expenses incurred in Europe.
I have a new crush. He’s a native of subtropical South America. He’s adored in Germany, but Midwesterners seem immune to his charms to say the least. I’ve been warned that he’s finicky and even dangerous.
S o the free pretzels are going away. There’s one more thing to pack in my bag — you know, the one I’ll be carrying aboard the plane because it’s going to cost me more to check it.
Two years ago April Lacher was a stay-at-home mom and wife. That alone was hard work — taking care of her son, paying bills, cleaning house, running the day-to-day errands. Still, she wanted more.
A bout six years ago Roger Kemp met with Bob Fessler at Lamar Advertising, asking him to help find the killer of Kemp’s 19-year-old daughter, Ali.
