Post Storm, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores

Post Storm, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores

The Alabama coast dodged a bullet when Isaias decided to go east a bit and come on shore around Navarre Florida. Not much damage, and the power came back online quickly, so we headed down to enjoy the lovely post storm weather. Great biking weather and lots of...
Kaufman’s Nana Bread

Kaufman’s Nana Bread

I’ve been making this basic recipe for 50 years or so — updating to use coconut oil instead of Crisco and other small tweaks from the original.

Brunswick Stew

Brunswick Stew

The time honored recipe that I learned for Brunswick Stew involved 3 or 4 squirrels, a rabbit and maybe a possum (or some other roadkill). Or squirrel, rabbit and chicken at least. Needless to say, I scared a priest from New York (NYC) by explaining this before I served him this version.

Camera time and old friends

Camera time and old friends

Back in early late May/early June a friend from high school (ok, so we’ve probably known each other since elementary school dance classes) came for a few days to visit. We entertained ourselves one morning by wandering around with our cameras — love this...