Category Archive: eating out

095 – Pick up the prescription

095 – Pick up the prescription

My friend Alison emailed me today offering a prescription from a certain dispensary up town a little. The email arrived as I was having one …

 

091 – Food for thought

091 – Food for thought

There’s always the daily crisis meeting – this is something that makes the UN, Global Summits, and Copenhagen Conference pale into insignificance – what shall …

 

076 – Nuffin beats muffins

076 – Nuffin beats muffins

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions. — Earl Gray Stevens In our house …

 

076 – Banana man

076 – Banana man

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in …

 

072 – PMI

072 – PMI

Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path, but the lesson to be learned is always ours. – Anonymous An …

 

071 – The triceratops and the rocket ship

071 – The triceratops and the rocket ship

At lunch today we were joined by an itinerant triceratops. Luckily we we eating vegetarian food so the triceratops felt absolutely at home. We ordered …

 

050 – Squint

050 – Squint

Can it be? A sunny day? Finally? And suddenly everyone’s out strutting their stuff and life is good. It’s been funny, tho, seeing everyone wandering …

 

047 – Chocolate fish

047 – Chocolate fish

Mira, our youngest daughter, turned up for a surprise weekend visit. “What are we doing today?” she asked as she was lying on our bed after …

 

044 – Smile

044 – Smile

Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That’s the time you must keep on trying Smile, what’s …

 

035 – Waiter, waiter…

035 – Waiter, waiter…

Being a waiter is a lot like theatre – it’s not surprising given that starving waiters all over the world have to support themselves by …