I am watching the weather online with horrified fascination. It is seventeen degrees F outside. Do you have any idea how cold seventeen degrees is? It's is far colder than Cape has any right to be. Brrr.

Dennisport is getting a Dollar Tree. It's going to move into the old rusted out hulk of the A&P building. On one hand, it's probably good that someone is rehabbing the rusted out hulk of an A&P building. On the other hand, does the town really need one more store filled with discounted crap? Questionable ( Read more... )

( Seen on the forest floor today. )

Why is it when something right-wing and idiotic is going on Cape, it's always out of Sandwich?

Everything and I do mean everything that is wrong with non-resident taxpayers can be summed up in a recent letter to the editor in the Cape Codder.

Someone is writing because he is unhappy with his lot in life. He is a permanent resident of one of the most expensive states in the Union (New Jersey) and owns a second home in one of the most expensive ( Read more... )

kathygnome  and I went to a Slow Food event, with many of the same people (and the same chef) from the local food event back in December.

The menu was as follows,

• Welfleet Oyster Stew with a pastry "package" of venison
• Assortment of venison shank, sirloin, roast and rib heirloom sweet potatoes with veggies & pomegranate infused venison jus
• Preserved pear, blood ( Read more... )

Thursday evening, we went to a local food event that was WONDERFUL. All the key ingredients were grown/raised around Cape Cod.

The menu,

• Duo of Eastham & Barnstable Turnip Bisque Amazing soup!
• Roasted Pistachio & Heirloom Sweet Potato Strudel
• Assorted Lamb, Brussel Sprouts, Braised Turnip Greens, Just Dug Potatoes & Goat Cheese As part of presenting ( Read more... )

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Overheard today at work,

(paraphrased) "Those young people of today just don't understand freedom and our great nation because they haven't served."

(inside of my head) "YOU STUPID FUCKING FUCK, CAN I PLEASE INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME VETERANS OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN?!"

I was in a really shitty mood yesterday and the best way to deal with that was to get out and to go to an exhibition at the Sandwich Glass Museum.

Ostensibly I was going to go see a collection from several contemporary glass bead artists That turned out to be a bit disappointing, quite honestly I can see work of comparable quality at shows AND I get ( Read more... )