Vermont

I'm in Vermont this weekend, where a friend from college recently purchased a house. Vermont is perhaps the most Christmasy of states, so it a great time of year to be here. We've had a great time, eating blueberry pancakes, visiting a Christmas tree farm, decorating the tree purchased at the farm, enjoying the "Ye Olde" charm of the Vermont Country Store, and munching on chedder cheese.



Last night we drank "Vermont mohitos," which consist of rum, maple syrup, seltzer and lime. These taste much better than you might think.




We later ate chicken with 40 garlic cloves, which was delicious, followed by yummy apple pie and vanilla ice cream.



We mangaged to get the tree up without incident, and I even learned a great tree decorating trick. We had forgotten to buy ornament hooks, so it looked like the tree decorating was going to have to put on hold. Then someone remembered recent tip from some T.V. life-style maven, which was to use garbage bag ties. They worked wonderfully and keep the ornaments on more securely than the hooks.







Now it's time to go eat egg nog french toast and thick cut bacon, then take a walk around the old cemetary.