Food on the Hill: Fettuccine Alla Puttanesca
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com‘The Performance Myth’ at TOTH Sunday
Lisa-Jo Dunham, Lisa Rothrock, and Jennifer Griffin of the Generations Band performing at Trinity on the Hill. Photo by TK Thompson
The Generations Band from left, Joe Fawcett (lead guitar), Maryann Blackhart (projection), Lisa-Jo Dunham (vocalist), Lisa Rothrock (vocalist), Jennifer Griffin (vocalist), Joash Inoferio (drummer), Jason Osborn (bass guitar), Mark Hartman (sound), and Rick Rothrock (video). Photo by TK ThompsonChristmas is coming—hooray! The Generations service at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is this Read More
Christmas Bazaar for Children Saturday
TOTH Children’s Bazaar 2012. Photo by David Griggs
TOTH news:
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr., will hold its annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7 in Kelly Hall.
The Bazaar is held for children kindergarten through 6th grade to shop for their family and friends. “Elves” are available to help children shop and free gift wrapping is available. The best part of the Bazaar is that parents are not allowed in Kelly Hall. Parents are banished to a café style atmosphere where coffee and treats are served.
Gift items are priced very reasonably Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
Have you ever tasted dog food? Wow. Bland. I had to learn the hard way that dogs can taste that stuff. I wondered, because DeeDee and Scooter have always snarfed the dry biscuits down as if they’d never see food again.
Now I know why. It was because they probably survived on their own for a week at age two or three months (after the fire in 2000) by eating whatever—or whenever a kind person responded to their big eyes and smudgy black and white spots would give them.
Once, when I wanted to see if they would self-limit, Read More
On Horizon: First Organic Solid Waste Powered Community
Artist Taylor Baldry created this Save the Waste watercolor for the PLACE efforts. Courtesy/PLACE
PLACE News:
PLACE, which gave presentations in Los Alamos over the last couple of years is now closer than ever to building the world’s first community powered by organic solid waste.
Imagine homes, makers’ spaces, and businesses being powered in a closed-loop system: waste makes power, community makes waste, which makes more power, and so on. No other municipality is using its organic waste in this way.
This first E-Generation project has the potential to truly change the Read More
Holiday Gala Designed for Small Groups and Businesses at Buffalo Thunder Dec. 13
HSFB News:
- Gourmet Meal, Cocktails, Live Music and Gift Giveaways
Ladies Auxiliary Hosts Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair
LALA News:
The Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos is sponsoring a Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair to raise money for donations to needy families, a Santa Fe soup kitchen and a state orphanage.
The fair is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. There are a variety of vendors signed up with many different items to sell.
This will be a great opportunity for some additional Christmas shopping. The Ladies Auxiliary will also have a hot breakfast and lunch available for all the hungry shoppers.
The Ladies Auxiliary is a charitable and social organization of Catholic Read More
Elks, American Legion and VFW Serve Community Thanksgiving Meal
The Los Alamos Elks in conjunction with the American Legion and VFW treated community members to a traditional Thanksgiving meal Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Dr. The meal was served free of charge and has rotated between the three organizations annually for at least 20 years. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Breakfast with Santa Dec. 7
Kiwanian John Arrowsmith scrambling eggs and flipping flapjacks at last year’s Breakfast with Santa event. Courtesy photo
KIWANIS News:
The annual Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is set for 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
The breakfast is free. In return, attendees are requested to donate either non-perishable food items or money. Food collected will be used by LA Cares to feed local families in need. Money donated will be used for the Kiwanis/CYFD Foster Children Christmas Party. Any money left over from the Foster Children’s party Read More
Skin Care Column: Conquering Rosacea
Skin Care Column: Conquering RosaceaRosacea is a condition of excess blood (hyperemia) characterized by congested capillaries (erythema) and permanent capillary widening ordilation (telangiectasia).
Studies have shown that blood flow from the face via the veins to the brain, are suppressed in patients with Rosacea. Therefore, a functional impairment of blood flow and abnormal vascular response to heat and other stimuli may create changes in the facial skin leading to the disease. This is a serious condition that leads more than 13 million people to their dermatologists Read More
Dixie Girl Creates New Pub Menu
Dixie Girl Restaurant at 1789 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos. File photo
Staff Report
New owner Victor M. Medina of the Dixie Girl Restaurant at 1789 Central Ave., has developed a new pub menu with weekly liquor specials. (See menu below)
Medina told the Los Alamos Daily Post this morning that the restaurant will be open late Friday and Saturday evening so people can treat their out of town guests to dinner and drinks.
“I also want to let the community know that we are going to start having entertainment and are looking for musicians, either solo or bands to play in the restaurant,” Read More
Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Elks Lodge
Roast turkey. Courtesy photo
ELKS News:
The Los Alamos Elks in conjunction with the American Legion and VFW are sponsoring a Thanksgiving Dinner 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Dr., next to Sonic.
A traditional Thanksgiving meal will be served free of charge to anyone who would like to attend.
The dinner, which has been held annually for at least 20 years, gets rotated around to the three organizations. Read More
Sheriff’s Posse Flips Seasonal Surprise Pancake Sunday
SHERIFF’S POSSE News:
When Sunday rolls around, you will no longer have to be cooking for your Thanksgiving guests. The Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse will be serving up the monthly cowboy pancake breakfast 7-11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Lodge at 650 North Mesa Road..
Fluffy hot pancakes in a wide variety of flavors, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, juice and hot coffee will be served just in time to help entertain your holiday crowd. In addition to plain pancakes and perennial favorites such as blueberry, banana, and chocolate chip, the kitchen will be flipping Read More
Food on the Hill: Savory Monkey Bread
This Week’s Recipe: Savory Monkey Bread
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients:
Directions:
Take each piece of dough and split it in half. With your thumb make a well in the center of each piece. Put a little bit of the crumbled pieces of bacon in the Read More
Shop on the Corner Offers Christmas Bargains
SOTC News:
The annual Shop on the Corner Christmas Sale will offer holiday bargains on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The thrift shop sale is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and includes both brand new and gently used items, which the volunteers set aside all year.
Holiday decorations, festive and new clothing, toys and games, books and music, linens, china and glassware, jewelry, leather goods, and gifts are some of the items that will attract scores of bargain hunters, collectors, and hobbyists.
Shop on the Corner thrift store is in the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, off Canyon Read More
Celebrate Green Friday in Los Alamos!
ART CENTER News:
Feel like shopping a bit on Black Friday, but don’t want to brave the crowds, long drives, and craziness?
Why not shop locally instead and celebrate Green Friday? Of course we encourage you to start with the 2013 Affordable Arts here at Fuller Lodge Art Center, and then move on to explore some of the “hidden” options for local holiday shopping in Los Alamos: the Co+op, PEEC, the Historical Museum gift shop and more.
The Art Center’s Affordable Arts show is a local holiday tradition. The Gallery Gift Shop spreads into the Exhibition Hall to create Read More
Crowd Supports Troop 22 Activities
Sunday’s annual Boy Scout Troop 22 Turkey Roast was held at the 50’s diner on Trinity Drive due to snow and ice conditions in the area. American Legion Post 90 offered the troop the use of the 50’s Diner for the event, which raises funds for the troop. Despite the stormy weather, a crowd turned out to eat turkey and all the trimmings and help out a worthy cause at the same time. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Boy Scouts help prepare Sunday’s noontime feast. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Hungry turkey eaters fill the 50s Diner Sunday. Photo by Leland Read More
NCRTD ‘Blue Buses’ Not in Service Nov. 28-29
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29 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. 2.
The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses over 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Read More
UNESCO Sites: Irreplaceable Sources of Life and Inspiration
Stones of Avebury. Photo by Jason Frazier
Terry Foxx of Los Alamos with her daughter Kerri Frazier, granddaughter Sydney and husband Jim Foxx gathered around one of the large stones of Avebury. Photo by Jason Frazier
Avebury, a Site Worth Visiting
Our traveling family (Kerri, Jason and Sydney Frazier) frequently joke that Kerri should get a bumper sticker that reads, “Will stop for flora, fauna, cheese, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.” Although it may be a joke, there is some truth to this. Kerri confesses “I am a serious UNESCO junkie and admittedly several of the places Read More
Los Alamos Pastor Broadcasts Live Nov. 22-23
RELC News:
Issues, Etc. 24 will be broadcast live Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 and Rev. Brian L. Kachelmeier, pastor of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church (RELC) in Los Alamos, will discuss in the last block of two hours from 8-10 a.m., the Community Lament Psalms.
In particular, Pastor Kachelmeier will talk about Psalm 79, Psalm 44, and Psalm 89. You can listen live by going to the Issues, Etc. website at www.issuesetc.org from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 or download the entire two hour interview later this weekend.
What is Issues, Etc.? It is a talk show radio program broadcast Read More
