Lifestyles

Medicine from the Garden: Five Common Garden Plants that Belong in Your Medicine Chest

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Medicine from the Garden
Five Common Garden Plants that Belong in Your Medicine Chest
By KRISTI BEGUIN

Summer is here! As a result of the recent and very welcome spring rains, our local trails are suddenly burgeoning with blossoms. A stroll through any one of our Los Alamos canyons becomes a sensory-filled experience thanks to the lush colors and scents of the many plants, herbs, shrubs, and blossoms that are coming out in force. Many of us have planted our gardens, and are eagerly awaiting our first harvest.

Summer is the perfect time to collect, preserve and store up a supply of herbs and spices Read More

Art and Inspiration Adorn the Grounds of IHM

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Artistic inspiration surrounds the grounds of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 2700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Established in 1946, IMH is a Catholic Church of the Roman Rite that serves Los Alamos and White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

A tall statue carved in wood of Saint Mary stands outside IMH on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

A peaceful garden area invites contemplation at IHM in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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How the Hen House Turns: Prelude

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How the Hen House Turns
Prelude
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Years ago, while driving down to the State Fair in our grand old Chevy station wagon loaded with daughters and assorted three to eight-year-olds, no seat belts, and sharp fins the height of a child’s eyes, one of our daughter’s friends got car sick. We stopped the car, cleaned up the mess as best we could, and proceeded to the fair, not realizing it was a warning sign of things to come.

It must have been the next summer of 1971, five years before Don built the Hen House, when we drove my dad, Mom and Auntie Flo to Albuquerque for a short Read More

Pajarito Brewpub Partners Form New LLC Hoping to Provide Food & Beverage Operation at Golf Course

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Landscaping in place today at the Los Alamos Golf Course Community Building. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report
 
Council Vice Chair Kristin Henderson introduced an ordinance this evening in Council Chamber authorizing a lease for a portion of the County-owned Golf Course Community Building to Pajarito Golf Group, LLC.
 
Patrick Mockler-Wood and his partners in the Pajarito Brewpub and Grill formed the Pajarito Golf Group, LLC under which, if approved by Council, they plan to provide a food and beverage operation at the Golf Course Community Building for
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State Gives ‘All Clear’ for Brewpub’s Open Air Dining

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Pajarito Brewpub and Grill co-owner Patrick Mockler-Wood stands beneath the new air curtain installed between the restaurant’s kitchen and dining room to satisfy state inspectors. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Just in time for nice weather, the state has granted approval to the Pajarito Brewpub and Grill to once again offer open air dining to its patrons. Co-owner Patrick Mockler-Wood told the Los Alamos Daily Post that the New Mexico Environment Department has given his restaurant the green light to reopen the large
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White Rock Ranks Among Best Places for Home Ownership

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CONSUMER News:

As part of its state-by-state series, consumer advocacy site NerdWallet has analyzed the federal data and found what it considers the best places for home ownership in New Mexico.

Out of 86 places, White Rock ranked 19. Here is how the communities stacked up in the survey:

Data source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

 

 

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Food on the Hill: Cappuccino Bars

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This week’s recipe: Cappuccino Bars
 
 
Ingredients:
 
6 Tablespoons of instant cappuccino
2 Tablespoons hot water
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
2 2/3 cup flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt

Topping:

12 oz white chocolate
3 tablespoons of instant cappuccino
1 ½  tablespoons VERY  HOT water
4 tablespoons sugar
 
5 to 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate
1 quart size freezer Ziploc bag

Directions:

In a large bowl combine the butter and sugar and mix until it is light and smooth.  In a small bowl add together the
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‘Body Reboot: Energy and Metabolism Boosting Strategies’ Seminar Monday

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Lisa Bakosi/Courtesy photo

HYGEA HEALTH News:

Lisa Bakosi will offer a free seminar titled “Body Reboot: Energy and Metabolism Boosting Strategies” at 5:30 p.m., June 9 at Mesa Public Library, Room 3.

In this seminar, Bakosi will explain how to help the body detox and increase energy through four steps: Oxygenation, hydration, maximizing nutrition and improving elimination of toxins and waste.

“Many times, the foods we think we love the most are actually the foods that our bodies have a sensitivity to or intolerance to, keeping us from losing weight and making us feel tired and depressed,” Read More