Seattle is wrapped in gray during February, while other northerly places in the world enjoy sparkling white snow and cold. It's bracing and it turns your cheeks pink!
Megan and Dave Crosscountry Skiing in Wisconsin
OK, maybe it's the strenuous activity of XC skiing that turns your cheeks pink!
News & Notes
Our winter IS gray, but it's gray in a very expansive way. It reminds us of the artwork of Takao Tanabe.
In February Cafe Edible Canada held a dinner in Vancouver featuring several chefs from the Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild. Tofino is a resort town on the remote west side of Vancouver Island. The food was terrific, beginning with oysters on the half shell, and finishing with a beet dessert -- yes, that's right -- beet meringues with blood orange, chocolate sauce, and sprinkled with sea salt. It was sweet, fruity and delicious!
Salting the Beet Dessert
Among the great gifts from Italy are the Pietà, the Lamborghini and the lasagne: exquisite art; amazing engineering; both.
L's former graduate student Calvin Lin, who is now a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the prestigious Jean Holloway Teaching Award. Students both nominate candidates, and select the winner. L was on hand in Austin as Calvin explained that although it seems teaching is about giving to students, it is in so many ways much more about receiving from them.
Calvin Lin, 2013 Holloway Laureate
Wait! We have sparkling white snow, too ... when the coast is clear!
Mt Constance, Mt Cameron, Mt Buckhorn, Mt Deception
