The adventures and various works of a photographer, road tripper, local historian, former patron of the local arts, aspiring app developer, and late night coffee drinker and conversationalist.
News and Updates
Thirteen new comparisons have been uploaded to the
Album Comparisons collection. Also, be sure to check out the "Ghosts of DFW music history" blog series, an ongoing series of posts about our area's historical music venues and record labels.
The
Then & Now photo series illustrates how places and things change over the years.
I've always liked flavorful and aromatic rices, and Indian-style rice was an early recipe candidate for me once I began to focus more on cooking. Here is my current recipe, put together by combining and tweaking elements of multiple other Indian rice recipes I've made, and with the end result having actually been approved by at least one Indian acquaintance...
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I've always liked flavorful and aromatic rices, and Indian-style rice was an early recipe candidate for me once I began to focus more on cooking. Here is my current recipe, put together by combining and tweaking elements of multiple other Indian rice recipes I've made, and with the end result having actually been approved by at least one Indian acquaintance...
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A couple of weeks ago, whilst making my usual rounds at some area antique stores, I came upon a collection of interesting historical oddities. These were a decent-sized stack of old nineteenth-century letters, carefully unfolded and presented with their original envelopes inside sealed plastic Ziplock bags. Most were from senders inside the state of Texas, and a few were even addressed to recipients located right here in Dallas...
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A couple of weeks ago, whilst making my usual rounds at some area antique stores, I came upon a collection of interesting historical oddities. These were a decent-sized stack of old nineteenth-century letters, carefully unfolded and presented with their original envelopes inside sealed plastic Ziplock bags. Most were from senders inside the state of Texas, and a few were even addressed to recipients located right here in Dallas. Within the correspondence I saw references to what seemed to be the State Fair of Texas, and I was intrigued...
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