Solo Traveler: What The French Do Best
Andouillette sausage in mustard sauce with potatoes au gratin, carrot puree, and salad at Restaurant Les Paves de St. Jean in Old Lyon. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Joyce Nickols of Los Alamos in a self-cleaning restroom in Lyon, France. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Solo TravelerThe Michelin guide in France is known for its unfettered judgment of the best restaurants and chefs.
There are a maximum of three stars awarded to any given restaurant. When a chef loses a star, it is said to be as traumatic as the breakup of a marriage.
Reviewers who work for Michelin Read More
Grand Opening Of Unquarked The Wine Room Dec. 20!
Operations Manager Veronica Black-Stepp is busy Thursday afternoon preparing for the Dec. 20 grand opening of Unquarked The Wine Room in Central Park Square. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The flooring has been installed, tables and chairs are in and artwork fills the walls at the new wine room. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The community-wide grand opening for Unquarked The Wine Bar in downtown Los Alamos is set for noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. The event includes live music 5-8 p.m., and appetizers created by local restaurants.
County Seeks Additional Public Feedback Before Dec. 4 Transportation Board Meeting
Atomic City Transit. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The last time a Transit Study was conducted was just prior to Atomic City Transit starting operations, approximately seven years ago.
The County contracted with LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. (LSC), to develop a Comprehensive Transit Study / Updated Five-Year Transit Plan (Transit Plan). This contract was executed in February of 2014. Atomic City Transit is funded primarily with Federal Grant funds. A Federal grant also funds this Transit Study with the goal of providing the most efficient and economical transit system to assure responsible Read More
Blue Buses Not In Service Thanksgiving Or Day After
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27 as well as Friday, Nov. 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Monday, Dec. 1.
The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses more than 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties Read More
Weck’s Restaurant Postpones Los Alamos Location
Weck’s Restaurant at 2000 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo Rumors swirling around town for weeks of a new eatery opening on the hill have come to a temporary end.
Weck’s has decided to postpone opening a restaurant in Los Alamos for at least six months.
Weck’s Santa Fe owner and licensee Michael Dennis explained during an interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post that he had come very close to finalizing negotiations to open a restaurant at Smith’s Marketplace.
“We really like Los Alamos and think it is a great
John Payne Describes Climbing Mt. Denaili At Mountaineers Meeting Tonight
Denali, the highest peak in North America. Courtesy photo
Climbers assend Mt. Denali. Courtesy photoDenali, aka Mt. McKinley, is the highest peak in North America. More than 20,000 feet tall, with temperatures framed by its proximity to the Arctic Circle, winds that can top 10 miles per hour, and an unforgiving landscape of glaciers and crevasses, Denali, of course, is a siren song to adventurers and mountaineers.
At the November meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers, Josh Payne will provide a first-hand account of his 22 days on the mountain Read More
Los Alamos Rabbi Jack Shlachter Visits China
Rabbi Jack Shlachter of Los Alamos with Kehillat Beijing’s Torah in Chinese-style Holy Ark. Courtesy photoSPIRITUALITY News:
Rabbi Jack Shlachter, Rabbi Emeritus of the Los Alamos Jewish Center and a rabbi at HaMakom in Santa Fe, recently returned from a trip to China, where he was the visiting rabbi at the progressive congregation Kehillat Beijing.
In addition to leading High Holiday and weekly Sabbath services, Rabbi Shlachter also conducted a Chinese-style Jewish wedding and a baby-naming, and spoke on the intersection of science and Judaism. He is preparing a slide-show presentation Read More
Food on the Hill: Sour Cream Dill Onion Bread
Photo by Felicia OrthThis Sunday is Family Bread Service at church. Congregants bring two loaves of bread from a recipe that is meaningful to them for cultural reasons or as a reflection of ethnicity.
Although I was aware growing up that my ethnic heritage was German-Swiss on both sides, there was no special focus on that history in my family. Nevertheless, the dishes that appeared on our table routinely and at the holidays spoke volumes: my mother served cabbage as a regular vegetable and made sauerbraten Read More
TOTH Erects New Sign
A new sign was erected Thursday at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Children’s Christmas Bazaar Seeks Gift Items
Courtesy photo
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TOTH News:
Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar to be held at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December.
The Children’s Christmas Bazaar is a fun family event where children in kindergarten through sixth grade may shop for gifts for family and friends without their parents. Gifts are wrapped free of charge as parents relax and enjoy coffee while their children shop. The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community.
Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), Read More
Sunday Wellness Column: The Art Of Sleeping Well…
The Art of Sleeping Well: Natural Solutions for InsomniaWe all have suffered from lack of sleep at one point or another in our lives, and we get through it with some extra caffeine or whatever means it takes knowing that we will catch up on sleep later.
However, people can experience prolonged periods of poor quality sleep due to being parents of young children, having a job that requires shift work, having a high stress job, having a health condition or going through a big change in their life that evokes anxiety Read More
Donations Needed For Children’s Christmas Bazaar At TOTH
Kids prepare to shop at the 2013 Children’s Christmas Baazar. Courtesy photoTOTH News:
Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar to be held at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December. The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community.
Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), action figures toys, baby toys, jewelry, unopened lotions, perfumes, soap, bubble bath and bath toys, games, craft kits, coffee cups, tea cups, knick knacks, ornaments and Christmas decorations, slippers, Read More
How the Hen House Turns: A Mothering Instinct During WWII
How the Hen House TurnsIn the spring of 1943 we moved seven miles, from San Leandro. Calif., to an apricot orchard on Madeiros Avenue. It lay on 40 acres of rolling hills just outside the city limits of Hayward.
Those were the days when my mirror was telling me that 6-year-olds have big ears that stick out in front of braids that are never long enough. The horrid mirror also was saying that 6-year-olds have knobby knees that wiggle and frown beneath skirts that pull up too short or hang down to long on one side or the other.
Of course, Read More
Los Alamos Subway Scheduled For Nov. 25 Opening
Los Alamos Subway owner Larry Singh told the Los Alamos Daily Post late Tuesday that he intends to open his new restaurant near 15th Street and Central Avenue Nov. 25. ‘We’re down to cleaning and putting everything in order and we will open in two weeks,’ Singh said. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The parking lot in front of the new Subway is being resurfaced. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Subway owner Larry Singh, left, helps paint over the beige trim on his new restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Food on the Hill: A Red, White and Blue Veterans Day Menu
Food on the Hill
Photo by Felicia OrthMy grandmother Mabel regularly hummed a certain tune, unfamiliar to me, throughout the years I lived with her, 1976-1980. She was 76 years old, I was 17 and at a university in St. Louis. She hummed all of it except the words “my buddy, my buddy,” which I took to mean her late husband Leo. Eventually I heard the song played on the radio during a Veterans Day broadcast. Although the song by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson was published shortly
Aaron’s Kids Closet Open Thursday Evening/Friday Morning
Peterson: Help! I Turned To Get The Toast And My Back Went Out
Help! I Turned To Get The Toast And My Back Went OutWe have all heard this story in one form or another, or if we have experienced this phenomenon we know that this condition can literally take you out of commission for a week or more. What really happened and what can we do about it? Enter the world of myofascial trigger points and how they can be treated.
Myofascial trigger points are the discovery of two brilliant MD’s named Dr. Janet Travell and Dr. David Simmons. Their seminal discoveries in chronic and acute pain took decades of research. Currently, Read More
Here Come Da Judge, Here Come Da Judge
From left, Lisa-Jo Dunham, Lisa Rothrock, Jennifer Griffin, Jason Osborn, Joe Fawcett. Forward: Seminarian Laurie Triplett. Photo by TK ThompsonAs children, I’m sure we all got into trouble and hoped our parents wouldn’t find out! How often do we do something wrong as adults and hope that God won’t catch us with our hand in the proverbial cookie jar? Do you see God as a big teddy bear who turns a blind eye? Is He harsh, angry, and immovable, as in the Old Testament? Or does He judge with goodness and love?
This Sunday Read More
Local Students In ‘Europe 2015’ Selling Coffee Again!
COMMUNITY News:
Buy coffee this week and support local students preparing for global educational travel. Fifteen graduating seniors are selling tasty coffee this week to cover some of the costs of their educational tour of ancient civilizations in Italy and Greece.
All coffee is kosher, certified organic, Fair Trade certified, and fresh-roasted after our local order is placed. Coffee is $13 for a 10 oz. bag and can be ordered whole bean or ground, in French Roast, Dark Roast, Medium Roast, and Decaf. Coffee is from the same company used last year. https:////www.nectaroflife.com/
Funds Read More
Rail Runner Express Launches Pilot Program To Provide Free Annual Passes For Veterans
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Just in time for Veterans Day, the New Mexico Rail Runner Express is launching a pilot program that gives veterans with a VHIC (VA Medical ID card an annual pass to ride the train for free!
The program starts this Veterans’ Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11 and runs through Dec. 31 of next year.
“The Rail Runner initiative is another key link the veterans of our highly rural state,” said Secretary Timothy Hale, New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services. “The ability for veterans all along the Rail Runner corridor to utilize a variety of regional and community transit systems Read More
