How did Victorian age women get dressed – & go to the bathroom
An amusing article – Victorian Age as in the 19th century. Turns out it took the properly dressed woman 10 to 20 minutes to get dressed. How they went to the bathroom is at the end of the article. Victorian fashion, like many aspects of British society during Queen Victoria’s reign, was defined by order, … Read more
Recent rain and the Croton Dam
Brigid went for a walk over the dam Friday.
Interesting comments by one of Fauci colleagues
Dr. Birx – you may remember her from her colored scarves at press conferences early in the Covid lockdown. She resigned and retired early on, when it came out that she’d broken protocol to travel to see family members. During the press conferences I thought she was a lot sharper and more nuanced then Fauci.
The Moral – don’t rely on Google Maps while hiking
Lucky there were no serious injuries. There doesn’t seem to be a paywall to see this short article. Excerpt below the link. https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/google-map-rescue-22367661.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us A teen hiking group trusted Google Maps on a B.C. alpine trail. It ended in a helicopter rescue. The Howe Sound Crest Trail is one of British Columbia’s most iconic alpine trails, … Read more
Friday cocktail – the (Gin) Yellow Jacket
Very nice. There are other cocktails named yellow Jacket; this one has gin and its’ very good. I’ve put the recipe below the very short video. Farandaville recipe 2 oz. gin 1/2 oz, Yellow chartreuse 1 oz. lemon (fresh alway better) 1/2 oz honey syrup Shake with ice and pour – the garnish is a … Read more
Rand Paul summarizes his views about Fauci
Off CSPAN. Yep. That’s about right.