Anniversary today – here we are in 1982

BUT First! – the champagne cocktail we mentioned here What we will be imbibing for our anniversary – tomorrow  was delicious, although we modded it somewhat. A small amount of brown granulated sugar at the bottom of the fluted glass, saturated with orange angostura bitters. Then 3/4 ounce of cognac and about 3 ounces of … Read more

June 6th, 79 years ago; D-Day – “First Wave at Omaha Beach” – Atlantic magazine

I have posted this the last two years. When you have 15 or 20 minutes sit down and read it. A great piece of writing from their November, 1960 issue. Absorbing reading; terrifying and heroic… An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day … Read more