October 2022 came in with an attitude and plopped itself down on all of our plans like it didn’t care.  And just stayed there.  Seriously, how many of you were caught short without a sweater or a decent pair of jeans? I had to spend my “weekend with Ian” changing over my summer to winter wardrobes.   Aaaagh! And now it’s …

Well…Instead of sitting here typing this I should be uptown enjoying the fun and chaos of our annual and much anticipated 20th edition of Arts on the Avenue.  What I am doing is listening to the steady drip drop of rain on the A/C unit, and the final swan song of Hurricane Ian.  Unfortunately, because of the mountain of prep …

Pity the onion…An understudy in the culinary cast.  The alto in a room full of sopranos.  The onion only wants a chance to introduce you to its inner goodness, but it can’t get close to you without bringing you to tears.  But once you’ve learned to embrace the onion, you’ll want to meet the whole family…red, yellow and white, the …

Websters defines volunteer as “one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest.” If you’ve been reading along all season, you’ll have figured out that my folksy musings have mostly to do with promoting all that can be savored and enjoyed every Saturday during Farmers Market season.  Especially the food.  I …

Mid-September and time to revise our routines, retire the flip-flops and rethink the dinner menu.  And is it just my imagination or has the thermometer finally dropped below Hades degrees?  If not, at least the sun is sinking a little earlier each day and leaving us with longer evenings and the hint of cooler weather to come.    This has been …

It happens every year…and every year we’re just as surprised and unprepared for it.  Sometime during the night, August slipped out of town and left us with September, with an energy all its own.  To resist is futile.  August isn’t coming back.  But we had a warning…Yep.  There’s always that week in August, when it happens… You all saw them, …

Well, there it goes…another summer and another zero chance to finally wear that bikini I bought 30 years ago…so YOU’RE WELCOME!  To get your mind off that mental picture, let’s talk about something equally unsettling…like the WEATHER!  2022 has been a temperature record breaker…and not in a good way.  The nice tv weather lady says we’re now in our FIFTH …

It’s late August and although the local populace is sensing a change in the air, the produce tables haven’t lost a beat.  The melons are at their thumping best, the beans are snappy and the corn is piled high. In fact, this year’s corn crop is as sweet as I’ve ever remembered…whether all white or bi-colored.  Don’t know why…in this …

I know it’s getting late, but I can’t let the summer end without my annual match-up of summer reads and local food.   So, while there’s still a few weeks left for pulling your lounger up to the water’s edge at the beach, lake or pool, here’s a few to dive into. First up, and an annual repeater, is Barbara Kingsolver’s …

But before you read this…do this: Vote for the LFM’s chance to win $10,000.  Thanks! Last week, lost in my summer cocktail expedition, I completely missed the turn for National Farmers Market Week (August 7-13 for those taking notes).   Recalculating….   The good news is that here in Lansdowne we have Farmers Market Week every week, from Memorial Day to Halloween…so …