Monthly Archives: September 2010

Are you sipping some wine right now, starting to feel a bit like a aficionado, swirling that wine around in your glass, giving it deep sniffs, airy sips, dainty front-of-mouth gargles over your tongue? Thinking life is fine, if not … Continue reading →

Compare my Mom at 19 years of age: To yours truly at 18 years of age: Observe closely and you will see that the cigarette and sunglasses are the common factor. I hadn’t quite mastered (still haven’t) the girlie pose.

Nothing in the world is more satisfying than a broiled cheese and tomato sandwich. Add a glass of wine, Mick Jagger belting out Paint it Black, and you have a perfect end to an evening of lawn bowling. Okay okay … Continue reading →

Walsh Cooks has moved to: http://walshcooks.com Don’t be left behind… please… I’m having enough anxiety with moving this to a new location. I fear, FEAR, that I will lose you. Please click the link, and join me at my new … Continue reading →

I liked Blogger. It got me started and established in the blogosphere, but the time has come to move on to Word Press, which seems to me, a very popular tool to blog with. So here I am. You found … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, Michael and I attended a silent auction fund raising affair at the Varscona Theatre called the Crystal Ball. It was a hoot, and I came home with lots of loot (mainly on account of not understanding that … Continue reading →

WaterFlows over beansInto meEyes awakeCoffee I started drinking coffee in high school, and I haven’t looked back. I remember many, many mornings sitting with my Mom at the kitchen table, both of us reading the morning paper, chatting, and drinking … Continue reading →

I don’t mean to sound snobby, but I would have never thought I would have a great dining experience at the Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall. Ever since the place was built, I was a bit cynical about a … Continue reading →