You’d Be Crazy Not To Try This Cafe

January 7, 2012

Does a sack of flour make a big biscuit? I don’t know for sure because I haven’t tested that theory. I’m told that you really don’t want me to make biscuits for you — biscuits I have made are as hard as rocks and have been termed “lethal weapons.”I can say for sure that Loco [...]

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Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival

October 24, 2011

Día de los Muertos is a ritual holiday (November 2nd) that was observed in Mexico by the indigenous people for over 3,000 years before the Spanish Conquistadors came to the land. It is a celebration of the memory of those who have died. In San Antonio, where I will be on that date, the altars [...]

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Denton Haunts Tour Offers Mystery AND History

October 23, 2011

I had no clue that the courthouse in my hometown had a resident ghost (or two, or three). I just thought that Denton had one of the most lovely courthouses in Texas. I didn’t know it had a ghost story! Sure, I knew there was a tiny cemetery-for-one on the lawn of the building. I [...]

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More Dress Up at Rose Costume

October 17, 2011

I told you that we went to Rose Costumes in Denton to play dress up. If you need a Halloween costume, this is the place to rent it, because it has everything. My thrill in going there is not just about the costumes (which are amazing enough), but the entire atmosphere of the place. It [...]

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An Adventure in Wonderland at Rose Costumes

October 10, 2011

Do you have your Halloween costume yet? No, not the children’s costume … yours! Oh, c’mon. Surely you are going to play dress-up, aren’t you? Halloween is the one time of year when it’s acceptable for grownups to indulge their imaginations. You have to take advantage of it! There isn’t a better place to do [...]

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Donuts With The Right Angle

September 21, 2011

These donuts have four right angles, to be exact. They aren’t round, they are square, and they are delicious! Friends, I was in Hog Heaven when I discovered Bacon Maple Donuts at Denton Square Donuts last week. It does not get any better than this: Y’all do know that I love bacon, don’t you? Of [...]

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Apron Strings

August 17, 2011

I learned a long time ago that you don’t fry bacon nekkid! I’m a quick study like that … my mind just sizzles. So will your skin, if you decide you have to learn that truth for yourself. I suppose that’s why my grandmother always wore an apron when she cooked. Do any of y’all [...]

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Kolache Heaven Or Kolache Haven

July 29, 2011

I fumbled my way to the kitchen feeling “old, tired, and full of no coffee (thank you, Raymond Chandler).” My sweet tooth began to whisper. Does that ever happen to you? Well, maybe it was just the voices in my head. I thought I heard that sweet tooth murmur, “…heaven … kolache … heaven.” Feeling [...]

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Rut Roh, Wrong House

May 4, 2010

On those mornings that you think you are having a bad day, consider the case of Francis Howard, of Denton. Bless her heart, the bulldozers tore down half of her house before some dumb schmuck realized, “Oops, we were supposed to tear down the house across the street!” That’s right. The local newspaper (Denton Record [...]

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Snow Art is Ephemeral

February 13, 2010

I couldn’t resist heading out to take more pictures of snow. Once it is a day or two old, it loses much of its magic, but perhaps you can still imagine it. This is what it looks like in my neck of the woods. I wish I had taken a night picture of the courthouse, [...]

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Are We Addicted To Cell Phones?

January 5, 2010

Do y’all think that we spend too much time on those cell phones of ours? Sometimes it seems like folks talk on them all the dadgum time. This fella was riding in a parade here in Denton (I showed you pictures of the North Texas State Fair Parade back in August), and he couldn’t stop [...]

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Jupiter House Java In Black And White

October 11, 2009

I enjoy making people jealous. Sorry. I’m wicked like that. If you saw “my” coffee house, you would turn green with envy. So, I thought I would show you my morning “routine.” Being a coffee addict, I have to go to Jupiter House, on the square here in Denton, to get my “fix.” I realize [...]

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Only Good is served at Café Garibaldi

October 9, 2009

With a name like “Café Garibaldi,” one might think “Italian food.” One might be wrong! The menu includes Mexican food and on Wednesday nights Peruvian food! This schizophrenic little restaurant in Denton, Texas is a hidden jewel. It is my “good” for this Friday. Truthfully, I wasn’t going to tell you about it, because I [...]

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Sidewalk Art or Vandalism?

September 7, 2009

It’s time for me to try Monochrome Weekly again. Every week, bloggers who also take photographs, post their photos in black and white. If you haven’t visited, you might enjoy it. Now, I’m not a very good photographer, but I’m trying to learn. A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I took a leisurely [...]

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North Texas State Fair Parade

August 25, 2009

A parade! I love parades, and this Saturday in Denton we had one to kick off the 2009 North Texas State Fair and Rodeo. No, that would not be the same thing as The State Fair of Texas, which is at Fair Park in Dallas and has Big Tex. And, no, the parade was nothing [...]

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Up In Smoke

August 17, 2009

Steve’s Barbecue, in Denton, was a colorful little place. You can tell that from the picture, even after the devastating fire that destroyed it. We fell in love with it on our wedding day. Oh, we had known it was there — Steve had been in business for twenty-three years, after all. The little shack [...]

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We All Need Another Hero

July 17, 2009

How would you react in an emergency? I know that I don’t have whatever it takes to be a “hero.” Any time I get frightened or excited, you could put my brain in a bluejay and it would fly backwards. That’s why real heroes like Mike Schmidt amaze me. Last year, he decided to go [...]

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Couldn’t Bring Home The Bacon

June 30, 2009

The recession has hit home to me now. It wasn’t enough that my favorite Starbucks Coffee Shop closed. I expected that. It was down in Colleyville, Texas … and there were four Starbucks within a mile of it (most of them located in grocery stores). I always visited it when I was in the area, [...]

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You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For…

May 31, 2009

You might scream for “ice cream,” but I scream for Italian Ice — “gelato.” I know, I know. It ruins the rhyme. I’ve told you before that it’s not summer until my Italian Ice stand opens here in Denton. I went there yesterday, jonesing for some “brain freeze.” Unfortunately the tiny establishment, New York’s Famous [...]

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Up, Up, And Away

May 18, 2009

I was not a Boy Scout, so the motto “Be Prepared” never imprinted itself on my brain. I was only in Camp Fire Girls, and our motto was “WoHeLo,” which means “Work, Health, Love.” The “work” and “health” part didn’t imprint either, but I digress. Mr. Tucker and I went to get coffee a few [...]

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