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Friday March 14th 2025
Searching ”“ A Serial Novelle Chapter 25: “Something Special for Someone Special”
By Patrick Cabello Hansel
Sometimes you have to stop searching, and let the search find you. Sometimes you have to let go in order to hold onto what you really love. Ana and Luz had confronted their pasts, now it was time to discern where the past was going. And as they walked out into the still swirling snow, they realized they had to do this part of the search alone.
“Luz”, Angel said, timidly. “I think I need to go talk to my mom and dad some more. I want to make sure that you”'re OK. I don”'t want to leave you alone when”¦” His voice broke off, and he held his head up to the sky, as if in desperate prayer.
Luz took his arm with her hand. “I”'ll be all right, mi amor. I need to see about some things myself. I”'ll be OK.”
“I don”'t want you to be afraid,” he told her.
“Angel, it”'s one thing to be afraid. It”'s another to live in fear. Do you know the difference?”
“I think so,” he said. “For most of my life, I thought I had to fight my way through every trouble. If I was afraid, I got tougher.… Read the rest “Searching ”“ A Serial Novelle Chapter 25: “Something Special for Someone Special””
Food Obsession: WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
By Jane Thomson
I said to read the whole recipe before making the dish. Here are a couple of recipes that are easy to make if certain very specific instructions are followed. They are in caps here, but such details don”'t always hit you in the eye when you give a recipe the once-over.
BEER BREAD ”“ this quick bread goes with anything and is good toasted. I got the recipe from Mary Gardner, who lives upstairs in my building. She is a frequent host; also an author and teacher at the Loft Literary Center. Among other books, she has written Outlaw Biker ”“ My Life at Full Throttle with her friend, Deadeye Hayes.
Turn oven to 350 degrees. Grease an average-size bread pan very well.
12 oz. beer AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
¼ cup sugar
3 cups of “SELF-RISING” flour: no substitutions; no mixtures
Mix sugar with flour, mix in beer, pour mixture into bread pan. Bake for 45 minutes; cool on rack, turning out of pan after about 15 minutes.
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Lake Street Council Annual Awards
The Lake Street Council (LSC) announced 2011 Annual Awards during 43rd Annual Meeting at Safari Restaurant and Banquet Hall, 3010 4th Avenue South March 15th.
“Each of these businesses has shown exemplary innovation and community responsibility,” Joyce Wisdom, LSC Executive Director, said. “They are committed to the betterment and economic vitality of Lake Street.”
Best New Lake Street Business Start Up
Lake Wine & Cheese, Binh and Christina Le
Binh and Christina took the former G & L Furniture store, which had been looking a little shabby, and extensively remodeled it for Lake Wine & Cheese. The Le family has a background in food/beverage retail and restaurants, operating the Arby”'s and Ben and Jerry”'s outposts at MSP Airport and the Metro Liquor Warehouse in St. Paul, along with a few other businesses around the country. They bring a focus on customer service to this business.
Lake Wine and Cheese is a stylish concept, combining the liquor store with cheese shop/deli/gourmet foodstuff retail, operated by Ken Liss. Lake Wine and Cheese feels like a cozy, European-style market.
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