Lifestyles

Enjoy ‘Wines Of The World’ At Blue Window Bistro Oct. 26!

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Courtesy/Kiwanis

KIWANIS News:

Do you like to travel? Do you like to eat? Or even better, do you like to drink wine?

Get your passports ready and enjoy, “Wines of the World” 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday, at the Blue Window Bistro. The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will host an autumn wine tasting that will pair 10 wines from around the world with 10 incredible heavy hors d’oeuvres. 

Close your eyes and smell the ocean breeze as you sample scallop and salmon cakes dressed with creamy remoulade and sip on California Mer Soleil Silver Chardonnay. Have you been to South America? Plan on Chilean empanadas and a Read More

Manhattan Project Restaurant Has New Liquor License!

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This evening KayLinda Crawford, left, and Marcie Long toasted the Manhattan Project Restaurant finally receiving its liquor license after months in the process. The restaurant on Central Avenue received its liquor license Friday and owner Victor Medina credits Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard for stepping in and helping him work his way through the maze at the state level. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Manhattan Project Restaurant bartender Ashley Shaw was busy this evening filling drink orders. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Victor J. Medina at the Manhattan Read More

Los Alamos Rotarian Tony Chan Shares Travels On The Silk Road

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At the Los Alamos Rotary Club’s Tuesday meeting at the Manhattan Project Restaurant, Rotarian Tony Chan gave a presentation about his family’s trip on the Silk Road, which included exploring Kashigar, Urumqui and Turfan . The photo shown here was taken at a livestock market. Chan also showed photos of treks across frozen lakes and switchbacks climbing up steep mountains. The photos showed everything shrouded in snow and mist, ‘Doesn’t look very friendly, does it,’ Chan told the crowd. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

In addition to the wintery scenes Tony
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How the Hen House Turns: The Human Factor and Dolphins

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How the Hen House Turns
The Human Factor and Dolphins
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Just what do we mean when we refer to something unique about humans? 

All life recognizes other life, so that’s not it. Recent science magazines report that bacteria communicate with chemicals, so individuals can form mats or colonies, when there are enough fellow bacteria nearby. Communication doesn’t make us unique. Perhaps we assume too much.

We experienced a fascinating example of shared experience in the Bahamas with bottlenose dolphins. Our boat was parked near a dolphin feeding ground. Read More

Burglary At The Catholic Church

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IHM News:
 
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at 3700 Canyon Road was burglarized sometime between Sunday evening and Tuesday morning. 
 
Culprits were able to manipulate the safe and obtain the weekend collection, so parishioners who wrote checks this weekend are advised to watch their bank account activity.  
 
The Los Alamos Police Department is investigating.
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Food on the Hill: Apple Cake

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
 
Editor’s note: We are pleased to announce that longtime Los Alamos resident and local home cook Felica Orth has taken over writing the weekly ‘Food on the Hill’ column from Sue York. York recently retired from writing the column after sharing her delicious recipes with our readers for more than two years.

This Week’s Recipe:

Apple Cake

Photo by Felicia Orth

Fall usually brings multitudes of fresh, crisp apples. Delicious eaten from the hand, chopped into salads, simmered into apple butter or pressed into cider, fresh apples also Read More

Unitarian Church Presents Brother Sun In Concert Oct. 14

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Brother Sun performs live at the Unitarian Church at 7 p.m., Tuesday. Courtesy/UCLA

UCLA News:

National Touring Artists Greg Greenway, Pat Wictor and Joe Jencks have made their mark as veteran touring singer-songwriters, but Brother Sun is no songwriter’s round.

The trio’s harmonies, as much as their lyrics, tell what they are about: warm as a campfire, stirring as a gospel church, rousing as a call to arms. Fusing folk, Americana, blues, pop, jazz, rock, and a cappella singing, Brother Sun is an explosion of musical diversity and harmony, in the finest of male singing traditions. Read More

Send Care Packages To College Students And Support Educational Travel For Los Alamos Teens

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Courtesy/eftours.com

COMMUNITY News:

To raise funds for their summer tour, Los Alamos students participating in the Europe 2015 travel are putting together personalized packages filled with gifts for happy college students.

Parents of college students may send their college student a College Care Package from Los Alamos and support educational travel for these 2015 high school seniors.

For $30, Europe 2015 travelers will fill a College Care Package with treats such as homemade cookies, crackers, candy, hot chocolate and tea; school supplies including sticky notes, pens and pencils; Read More