Umbrian countryside A highlight of a recent trip to Umbria, a hilly, rural region of Italy located between Rome and Tuscany, was the sampling of many fine wines and comestibles. Six friends gathered to experiment with the many superior house wines (and remarkably few duds) typically available in the in the small cafes and dining establishments of the various hill towns we visited. John and Linda, like my husband, Steve and I hail from Northern California, while Cindy traveled from Southern Ca
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Wining and Dining in Umbria, Italy
A landscape icon in San Diego and throughout Southern California, the ubiquitous oleander (Nerium oleander) is falling victim to an incurable disease. Native to the Mediterranean region, these versatile shrubs with slender leaves and azalea-like flowers are a carefree screen, defining property lines, providing privacy or, as one gardener admitted, “separating me from the junkyard next door …
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Get ready to replace those dying oleanders (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Classy chaser State Of Play is unlikely to be seen over fences until he runs in the Grand National, according to his trainer Evan Williams.
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Evan Williams plays weighting game over National hope (Evening Standard)
Scientists recently named a new species of chimaera, an ancient and bizarre group of fishes distantly related to sharks, from the coast of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico. The new species is the Eastern Pacific black ghostshark.
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Ancient And Bizarre Fish Discovered: New Species Of Ghostshark From California And Baja California (Science Daily)
The scene: Occupying a corner spot on Olympia’s main drag and kitty-corner from the new City Hall under construction, Cicada is an intimate dining destination. Big windows look out to the street while local art fills its interior walls. The restaurant is named after the big, vociferous bugs native to the southern United States.
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Northwest foods, Southern flavors (Tacoma News Tribune)
The scene: Occupying a corner spot on Olympia’s main drag and kitty-corner from the new City Hall under construction, Cicada is an intimate dining destination. Big windows look out to the street while local art fills its interior walls. The restaurant is named after the big, vociferous bugs native to the southern United States.
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Northwest foods, Southern flavors (Tacoma News Tribune)
Fish On! For those of you that are not familiar with the southern waters, when someone says they went dolphin fishing, they may also refer to it as fishing for Mahi Mahi (which is how you see it referred to most often on a menu), or dorado fishing. Now that I have cleared that up and know that I won’t have Green Peace sending me hate mail, I can pass along what I think is good information for anyone new to South Florida sport fishing, while also telling the tale of a great day out on the boat
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A Beginners Guide to Dolphin Fishing off South Florida
ALAN’s Picks is a monthly book review column compiled and edited by Dr. Pam B. Cole of Kennesaw State University. Be sure to check ALAN Online each month for a fresh look at the latest in YA Lit.Reviewed this month: Ballad: A Gathering of Faeries by Maggie StiefvaterBoy Minus Girl by Richard UhligBoy on the Lion Throne: The Childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama by Elizabeth CodyThe Comet’s Curse: A Galahad Book by Dom TestaCreature of the Night by Kate ThompsonDeep in the Heart of High School by Ver
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ALAN’s Picks: August 2009
We’ll try and update what’s going on outside the epicenter that is known as Husky Stadium this fall camp, so y’all know that other coaches and players in the Pacific-10 Conference are working just as diligently as the home purple-and-gold Huskies: ARIZONA: Slimmer Horton trying to make transition to defensive end. ARIZONA STATE: Hometown speedster set for big year in receiving corps. CALIFORNIA: Reserve punter getting double duty as Bears get into pads. OREGON: Black j
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Submitted by A Painting for You! The shimmering gold of the aspens is a beautiful contrast to the deep bluish purple of the mountains. According to Indian legend, the aspens quiver eternally because they once failed to do so before the Great Spirit. Enjoy! “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
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“Shimmering Gold” ~ 30″h x 24″w A Painting A Day Hudson River School Colorado Landscapes by Connie Tom