Weekly Round Up: Trader Joe's & Books

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  In this week's edition I stocked up at Trader Joe's and read a lot of books.

Content warning: this post contains a picture and a positive review of an oatmeal raisin cookie

Weekly Round Up: So Easy, So Good

 

A weekly round up: eats, watches, workouts, and reads.  This week I'm here to tell you about a cookbook called So Easy So Good plus this n'that.

State Flags I Have Known: A Rundown and Ranking

 

Do you know what your state flag looks like?

Until a few years ago I did not, and honestly it took me a bit longer than that to figure out that each state had an official flag.  The first time that I remember state flags being on my radar was this picture, which I snapped in Sandusky, Ohio back when I took The Goodtime I Island Hopping Cruise on Lake Erie.  This is a port of entry between the US and Canada, so the US and Canada flags made sense, but I wondered what the other two flags were.  The white flag is for the city of Sandusky, and the flag on the right is the Ohio state flag.  

I make a point of visiting State Capitols when I can, and a few of the other state flags have features that have made me ponder.  The idea for a post about state flags started brewing in my brain, and then this morning I clicked over to the Washington Post and was stunned to see this top story: Texas schools nix lesson over Virginia state flag’s exposed breast.

Say what?  To save you the trouble of clicking on the gift link, the first sentence reads: "School officials in one part of the Lone Star State are no fans of the lone nipple on the Virginia state flag".  Yes friends, Virginia's state flag depicts the goddess Virtus, and 100 hundred years ago someone thought that the lady looked like a dude so they lowered her neckline to clarify things.  Since I have not yet been to Virginia's Capitol, I don't think it is fair for me to show the picture yet, but you can see it here.  In any case, if state flags are making the news, it's time for me to start writing about them.

Weekly Round Up: I'm Mostly Here

 

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  This week I'm mostly here to talk White Lotus and books.

Weekly Round Up: I'll Have What She's Having

 

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  This week I became obsessed with someone else's food and made it my mission to have what she was having.

Weekly Round Up: I Can Explain

 

A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  This week I tried out a few things in the kitchen and saw an incredible TV show.

Weekly Round Up: Stuff I've Loved Recently

A weekly round up: it's normally eats, workouts, watches, and reads, but this week we're using a looser format so that I can tell you about a bunch of odds and ends.  We'll kick it off from a picture from one of my hikes this weekend, and then get into the goods.