Barry Bowe's Blog, page 73
July 18, 2019
Out With the Old, In With the New. Sort of
Jeff—Saturday
Last Sunday, Greece elected a new Parliament, and though the results were generally as predicted—NEW DEMOCRACY in, SYRIZA out—predictors are now hard at work anticipating all that could go wrong.
I guess it’s more newsworthy to look at the half-empty glass. To me the question has always been what’s in the glass—and is it flammable—but that’s another story.
Still, there were some surprises.
Most telling, perhaps, is the defeat of the neo-Nazi Chrysi Avyi (aka Golden Dawn) party,...
Row, Row, Row Yer Boat…
Zoë Sharp
I’m all for a challenge and I genuinely enjoy acquiring new skills. It’s probably for this reason that I am au fait with the basics of building a dry stone wall, what to do when passengering a Formula 2 sidecar outfit, how to use an electric arc welder, or the etiquette of engaging in a sword fight. You never know when such knowledge will come in handy.
Yup, that's me on the back, lapping Mallory Park!
I confess, though, it wasn’t entirely with research in mind that I ventured out onto...
Manhattanhenge
Annamaria on 14th Street
Sunset on Manhattanhenge
To calibrate the relationship of the earth to the sun, the English have this:
We New Yorkers have this:
When the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 laid out midtown Manhattan, they set the grid 29 degrees clockwise from true east-west.
Still twice a year the streets line up with the sunrise and twice a year with the sunset, which can be pretty spectacular if the weather cooperates.
New York's favorite astrophysicist, Neil DeGrasse Tyson named the phenomen...
July 17, 2019
apéritif dînatoire
Never heard of it? Let's explore because summer is the time for apéritif dînatoire in France. Which translates to a chic cocktail party. Imagine this scene:
Different drinks : aperol spritz, pastis
Depending on the number of guests you stand or just sit around on some chairs.
Finger food is offered either on a large table buffet style or presented on the center cocktail table. The apéritif food can be hot or cold, but it is finger food. But filling enough to leave the party feeling you've eate...
