Les Dames d’Escoffier foodies savor flavors of Wheaton’s diverse delicacies: that headline from the Gazette online says it pretty well. The Dames is a culinary society, the DC chapter of which recently visited the lovely and tasty community of Wheaton.
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Storm Without Power Cut!
Wheaton had a pretty decent-sized storm yesterday (Wednesday) evening. But we never lost power for more than a few seconds at a time. I was relieved that we didn’t have a power cut, but I think that the kids were a little disappointed. I was surprised, once we got out this morning, at how many [...]
Photo of the Summer
Of all the photos I took this summer, this “leaning shack of Wheaton” best captures our first summer in Wheaton/Silver Spring/Montgomery County/Maryland/DC area. It’s outdoors. It’s local, from Wheaton’s wonderful Brookside Gardens. It shows storm damage. We had three storm-induced power cuts this summer: 54 hours, 24 hours, 4 hours. I regard summer as over, [...]
Three Pools and a Coupon
We’ve recently tried out three swimming pools, two in Wheaton itself and one in Silver Spring. First we went to a start of season party at the Parkland Pool, on Arcola in Wheaton. We found out about the party via a flyer at the nearby Little Gym of Silver Spring, where the kids enjoyed some [...]
Tasty Wheaton
The 15th annual Taste of Wheaton merits a post, even though I’m a couple of weeks late. The photo is from the local Gazette. It shows lemongrass chicken from the Saigonese Restaurant. The Saigonese stall was the first one I visited; we intend to have more of their food. We enjoyed our first-ever pupasas. I [...]
Now the Day is Really Bright
The coffee machine has broken! Or rather, on Saturday evening, after a busy day, it refused to drip water. Sunday wasn’t too bad. But Monday morning without coffee was tough… until I remember that I have backup, in the form of a French press. I’d actually prefer to grind beans and then use the French [...]
Wheaton: It’s Tigerific!
How is Wheaton terrific? Let me count the ways, stopping at three for now: It’s poised for a boom. That’s according to city planners and via the local Gazette, so it must be true. Wheaton library hosts Year of the Tiger celebrations this Saturday, March 6 (again with the Gazette-linking). It is home to a [...]
Snoburbia: Not Just for Winter
Here’s another map of the USA, to go with the one I posted earlier today. It adorns a t-shirt available from Snoburbia. That’s not a reference to our recent weather, but is the result of: snob + suburbia. I became aware of Snoburbia via a post on its blog, which I in turn found via [...]
Happy New Year
Year of the Tiger, that is. This rather lovely poster is by Lili Chin. Our rather tasty lunch today was from Paul Kee. It seemed that everyone in the county was picking up a large order when I was there – and that was before noon.
Wheaton Library to Stay
Today I actually got some news from a newspaper: the Wheaton Gazette, which gets delivered every week. As an unsolicited paper object (UPO?) it’s less unwelcome than the telephone directories that Verizon inflict upon us. The news is that Wheaton Library will stay at its current location. I regard that as good news, since I [...]