Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville KY, kith/kin: We visited CHT’s grave as a family. It’s still hard to believe he is not with us. You see him in each of his sons … my husband and his two brothers. I am very fortunate to have had such a great father-in-law. The cemetery is another story. It is huge and the roads meander through it. Interesting history …
Like any Pioneer, when William Johnston decided to build a brick house in the countryside of the fledging town of Louisville, he first searched for a good spring. He found one that helped feed Beargrass Creek, emanating from a large cave that kept it well protected.
When surveyed by Edmund Lee in 1847, the spring was 11 feet above the creek, which was later made into a lake. The spring is protected by a sizeable cave which can be entered on foot for about 30 feet. Crawl space extends another 45 feet. However, footing is treacherous, and the cave is off limits.
Waffle Houses, crime spree: Classically southern … comforting. So it is ironic that it has become the target of a crime spree.
“Another day, another Waffle House robbery,” began one article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as 18 Waffle Houses were robbed this summer.
Throughout the South, it was not so much the three-week crime spree that caught people’s attention. It was the location.
Waffle House, a ubiquitous chain of yellow-roofed diners, is as much a fixture of Southern life as the grits, hash browns and crispy waffles that it serves all day, every day, even on Christmas. In Georgia, where the 1,600-store chain originated, it is hard to find an Interstate exit without the restaurant’s yellow block-letter sign nearby.
In the Atlanta area alone, there are 230 locations, all offering heaping portions, strong coffee and jukeboxes that play songs about Waffle House. And federal emergency officials even use what they call the Waffle House Index to determine how severe natural disasters are in the South. If a local Waffle House is closed, along with a Home Depot or a Wal-Mart, it indicates a longer recovery process.
But in recent weeks, bad news has kept coming for the restaurant chain.
via At Waffle Houses, a Side of Drama With Breakfast – NYTimes.com.
Cooking Solves Everything, Mark Bittman, books, manifesto: I love it when they use terms like manifesto … rarely lives up to the hype.
Bittman argues that a simple meal prepared at home is a powerful tool: It’s one small step toward improving your health and, by extension, the health of the planet. Our reliance on prepared food—in the form of snacks, soft drinks, frozen meals, and fast food—supports a system of agriculture that is playing havoc with our bodies, our economy, and the environment. How can we break the cycle? By cooking.“People who prepare meals—even infrequently—achieve outcomes that extend far beyond the morsel at the end of the fork,” writes Bittman. “Cooking may not solve everything, but it solves a lot. When people make food a priority in their lives, they actively contribute to society. Cooking can change our collective lives for the better.”
Cooking Solves Everything is an engaging manifesto that inspires non-cooks to reach for a pan (Bittman’s shopping list and foolproof recipes will get them started) and encourages all of us to take a closer look at how we feed ourselves and our loved ones.
via iTunes – Books – Cooking Solves Everything by Mark Bittman.
brands, tv, entertainment, infographics:
Everything You Should Know About Hidden Product Placement
via Everything You Should Know About Hidden Product Placement | OnlineMBA.
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