History
Chile Ristras and Petroglyphs on the Volcanoes
These are chile ristras. This photo is from the Petroglyph National Monument website, which has lovely ones on display at their Visitor Center. If you ever get to Albuquerque, do make a point of going to the Petroglyph National Monument. You may not know it, but New Mexico is one…
Of Hatch New Mexico, Chiles, and Cheese
image from http://www.centralmarket.com/hatch You know you’re a local New Mexican when the waiter can ask you “Red or green?” after your breakfast order and you know exactly what he’s talking about. He’s talking about chiles. Do you want red chile or green chile? Yes, chile sauce can be served at breakfast….
Anecdote of a Cat – Edinburgh – 1821
Kitty to the rescue.
First Massachusetts Coffee License
Look! It’s a piece of coffee history, one of my favorite kinds of history. And the honor of possessing the first coffee & chocolate license in Massachusetts – possibly in the colonies – goes to a woman: Dorothy Jones in 1670. Yay for enterprising colonial women who know the value…
Dick’s Swell Coffee
From: http://gogd.Tjs-labs’ Dick’s Swell Coffee Eight O’Clock Coffee is still sold in grocery stores in the US, I think. I am going to have to go buy some JUST BECAUSE of this ad. In fact, I want to believe that men secretly gather together and drink coffee from full china/silver…
Song from The Coffee House
Who hasn’t wanted to sing a song about coffee? The original scan was blurry, so this is the best I could do, but those of you who can read sheet music can at least hum or play the melody even if the words are difficult to decipher.
The Taliesin Murders
This is the story of how an ACTUAL CRAZY AXE MURDERER killed seven people – Wisconsin’s worst act of mass murder until 2005, inspired a Thomas Wolfe story – as well as many an urban legend, and completely changed a style of architecture – yet most of us have probably never even…
Uncle Sam’s American Coffee
American coffee from Uncle Sam’s own possessions. You don’t see “buy American” in regards to coffee these days, do you?
Cyber Launch Party: Celebrating A New Release For Susanne Saville
Cyber Launch Party: Celebrating A New Release For Susanne Saville: “Today we’re celebrating the release of Susanne Saville’s HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM.Susanne enjoys caffeine – especially in coffee and tea, tra…”
Titanic Disaster … Fun??
May 23, 1914 Luna Park on Coney Island opens its summer season with a “spectacular” depiction of the Titanic Disaster “in three amazing acts.” Note the people falling off the end of the ship. And the heads bobbing in the water. Way to keep it classy, Coney Island of 1914….