Lifestyles

TOTH Invites Community to Christmas Service

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Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com

TOTH News:

Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church warmly invites the community to its Christmas Eve Family Communion service. The service will include a musical celebration of Christmas, performed by the younger members of the church, at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24 in the sanctuary of Trinity on the Hill, 3900 Trinity Dr.

Some 15 elementary and middle school aged youth will perform “Archangel Gabriel’s Awesome Adventure,” a musical fantasy by Beth Merrill and Allan Robert Petker. 

The composers created this musical from a simple question: if angels are Read More

Blue Window Bistro Offers New Year’s Eve Pre-Party Dinner

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The Blue Window Bistro in Los Alamos will host a 5-course New Year’s Eve dinner from 5-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31. Reservations are required.

A special menu will be served, including three appetizer choices, 3 entrée choices and a complimentary glass of champagne for $60 per person.

First Course

  • Blue Corn Blinis with Smoked Salmon
  • Oysters Trio
  • Maple Glazed Boneless Quail
  • Vegetarian Tasting

Second Course

  • Lobster Bisque
  • Pomegranate and Roquefort Salad

Intermezzo

  • Lemon Sorbet

Fourth Course

  • East and West Seafood Platter
  • Red Chile Marinated Lamb Chops
  • Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast
  • Duo of Black Angus
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Food on the Hill: Crab Benedict

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“Food on the Hill” by Sue York
 
This week’s recipe:
 
Crab Benedict
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
ingredients
 
Crab Benedict
(serves two)
4 poached eggs
Two English muffins, toasted
9 oz crab meat, drained ( I prefer lump crab meat, but can get pricy)
1 cup mozzarella cheese
5 egg yolks
1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice
¾ cup cold butter, cut into 1 tablespoon pieces
 
directions
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Poach the 4 eggs and set aside.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
If they need reheated at the end before
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Column: Align Personal Values with New Year’s Resolutions

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By Jessica Kisiel M.S.

Every April in New Mexico, I observe hundreds of people walking many miles on Good Friday before Easter to El Santuario de Chimayo Shrine.

As I scan the crowd it is clear that for the majority of the crowd this trek is the farthest they will walk all year.

Impressed and confused by this annual spectacle I wondered why these people would undertake such a physical task one day each year.

As a wellness coach, I wanted to know their secret. If I could figure out what inspired them to move, maybe I could use the same power to propel my clients off the couch.

A similar change in health habits Read More

Family Council Continues Year-Long Community Wellness Campaign

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Dr. Tyler Taylor presented a physical wellness seminar Wednesday at Trinity on the Hill Church. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Community members attend a physical wellness seminar by Dr. Tyler Taylor sponsored by the Los Alamos Family Council. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

Take self-improvement slow and steady. Don’t beat yourself up. Incorporate a couple of healthy habits into your life each month. For 30 days walk more and eat a piece of fruit … these are just some of the physical wellness suggestions that Dr. Tyler Taylor offered to community Read More

Children’s Christmas Bazaar Draws 160 Local Shoppers

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Shoppers get busy selecting Christmas gifts for family members Dec. 4 during the Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy/TOTH

Children take a break from shopping to sign holiday cards for soldiers as part of the ‘Mail for Heroes’ program. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

This year’s Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church Dec. 4 drew 160 shoppers, 76 volunteers and a large gathering of parents waiting while their children shopped.

The event also included the signing of 105 cards sent to the American Red Cross for Read More

Stidhams Mark 25 Years at LA Church of Christ

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Timothy and Tanya D. Stidham. Courtesy photo

By Linda K. Wood

In 1987, “The Cosby Show” was the most popular program on television, the New York Giants won the Superbowl and a gallon of gasoline cost 89 cents.

In August of that year, Timothy D. Stidham and his wife Tanya, moved with their four children to Los Alamos from Sherman, Texas.

They were to begin what would be 25 years of service to the Los Alamos Church of Christ. Twenty-five years and counting…

The church honored the Stidhams with a banquet at Hilltop House Hotel Friday, Nov. 30. At that time, present and former church members recounted Read More

Holiday Farmers Markets Coming to Fuller Lodge

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FARMERS MARKET News:

The holidays are coming and so are the Los Alamos Holiday Farmers Markets – Thursdays, Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 at Fuller Lodge from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
Plan to attend the markets for those special gifts and foods to make the season bright.

Foods: Soup mixes, fudge, beans, salsa, cookies, tea breads, sticky buns, coffee cakes, breads, stolen, pizza, red chile powder, jams, jellies, honey and honey sticks, apples, apple cider, green chile powder, pinon nuts, tamales, dip mixes, chile pods, winter squash, vinegars, ginger snap cookies, hand-tossed breads with Read More

Food on the Hill: Rice & Mushrooms

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“Food on the Hill” by Sue York

This week’s recipe:

 

Rice & Mushrooms
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 cups long grain rice
  • 1 can beef consomme
  • 1 can french onion soup
  • 2 small cans of mushrooms (juice from 1can, drain the other can)
  • 1 stick of butter
 
directions:
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Dump everything in an 8×8 baking pan, stir one time and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
This is a wonderful side dish to take to parties and it is quick to make (1-1/2 minutes
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Mountaineers Share Adventures From at Least Four Continents

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Cholatse and Taboche Peaks, both above 21,000 feet, and Ngozumba glacier. About a mile below the peaks lies the village of Gokyo, one of the highest inhabited places in the world. Photo by Don Krier.

MOUNTAINEER News:

The community is invited to join Los Alamos Mountaineers as they celebrate another great year with a potpourri of their 2012 accomplishments.

The “Annual Potpourri Event” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 at Fuller Lodge will tell of member adventures from as far afield as the Khumbu in Nepal.

During the past year, the club offered 43 official outings, and members had Read More