Listen Up! Cowboy Rules.

I think I told you that I’m still working to acquire some Cowboy Cred. Until then, I’m a perpetual student of all things cowboy. One thing I’ve learned in these early days, is that Cowboy Lessons can come from unlikely sources. The following Cowboy Rules came from a Brit, one of Andy’s old school friends, who doesn’t live in Cowboy Country, but rather in...

And the Pilgrims are Rolling Over in The...

Image: http://whatscookingamerica.net The simplistic Third Grade explanation for the Pilgrims’ journey is that they came here for religious freedom, the freedom to worship in a church other than the Church of England. I know better. They came to America for freedom from British culinary tyranny — for the freedom to have a proper Thanksgiving dinner. Being married to a Brit...

I Say Tom-Ay-To. He Says Tom-Ah-To. Or W...

So I was scanning the news feeds and I came across this article about how the Republican party is splitting in two ideological directions. One faction, the Florida Model calls for more moderate views and reaching out to swing voters. The Texas Model says the GOP should consolidate around a staunch right wing agenda as far and as differentiated from the Democratic Party as possible....

Easter in the Death Trap for Children

As a household without children (unless  you count terriers who are perpetual four-year-olds), our house has been called a “death trap for children.” Luckily, not by the parents of children that we invite to our house regularly. And there are no people more special than the people we  invite to what we call “The Trifecta” or “The High Holy...

Top Ten Most Popular Posts on Left Coast...

As we do at the top of every month, we’re recapping the most popular posts of the last month as judged by hits and by comments. If you missed them during February, here’s a second chance to read ‘em. Just click on any title to read the full post. Another Stephen Fowler/Wife Swap Pile-On Posted on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 in blogging – Comments: (20) I may...

More Musings on Weird Crap Brits Eat

After more than 20 years married to a Brit, I’m still amazed at their eating habits. Not only do they eat strange stuff like Marmite and Lucozade, but they give it bizarre names. Like Spotted Dick, Toad in the Hole, Rumbledy-Thump and the the ever amusing Drowned Baby. Add to the confusion, the tendency they have to call every dessert, whether it’s cake or ice cream or a...