The Rocky Mountain Kids Home Town Roots
The rain let up Saturday afternoon and for the first time, we attended the Whitefish Winter Carnival parade. While Blaine Kern may make better floats, we’ve never been to a Mardi Gras parade that served pizza. Instead of being themed after old Greek gods, this parade’s theme was that all American god, war. Whitefish knows […]
The city of New Orleans is celebrating its 295th birthday. Founded on May 7, 1718, it was named after Orle’ans, a city located on the Loire River in France. New Orleans is well-known for its culinary delights, great music, many festivals, perhaps most notably Mardi Gras. It’s the birthplace of jazz, home […]
As Northwest Montana reaches its peak of fall color, let’s talk about trees. Not a major lecture, just a couple of elementary basics and a few connections. Most of you know that trees fall into two categories; deciduous and coniferous. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and fall off early […]
A roaring fire is ablaze near Hamilton, Montana which is approximately 170 miles south of Kalispell. Roughly 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes due to the looming flames of the Sawtooth Fire. It’s definitely got to be uncertain times and also scary for the people of the Bitterroot wondering if they will […]
It seems to be part of the human condition to complain about the weather. Just a couple of weeks ago, people around here were complaining about it being too cold and rainy. Now the consensus is that it is too darn hot! After a mild 4th of July where it was a pleasure to […]
The moment I walked into the art museum I had a hunch it would be a tough competition. Up to then, I thought we had it in the bag. Hardly anyone was there except for the hosts and caterers. A masked woman greeted us and also handed us some Mardi Gras beads. As I […]
After a long winter and a wet and cold spring, summer has finally arrived to Northwest Montana; perfect weather for a game of cabbage ball. _________________________ Shopping for an Indoor Ball For weeks I had shopped the sporting goods and department stores before I realized that just as pickle meat, coffee and chicory, and fresh shrimp are not […]
Mother’s Day will be here soon and I want to tell you a story about my mom, but before I tell the story, here’s a little introduction. You’ve gotten to know her in articles titled Know Your Mother, Nine Great Tips on How to Have a King Cake Party, and most recently in my post […]
Don’t laugh. I know it looks like I have a flying saucer (I just can’t seem to get away from that alien theme) on my head or some such contraption. Perhaps my husband David thinks it looks more like the decoration that Lady Capulet wore to the ball where Romeo meets Juliet. Oh never […]
Below is my top 10 list of Mardi Gras memories followed by a recipe for a family favorite: Poppy Seed Cake. Number 10 – Dressing up like a geisha and watching the dinky Arabi parade. This was in the days before Da Parish had proper floats. Those were the days, dawlin’. Number 9 – Catching beads by […]
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