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  • Home Cooked Favorites From Near and Far
    • Home Cooked Favorites Odds and Ends
      • Basic Pie Pastry Recipe
      • BBQ Rub For Smoking
      • Tortola Rum Cake
    • Asian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Cantonese Beef Steak
      • Chicken and Mango Stir Fry
      • Chinese Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
      • Chinese Beef Curry
      • Chinese Chicken Curry
      • Chinese Hot and Spicy Chicken
      • Fresh Spring Rolls
      • Hot and Sour Soup
      • Indonesian Beef Rendang
      • Pork, Asparagus, and Red Peppers With Oyster Sauce and Noodles
      • Pork (or Chicken) Stuffed Pineapple
      • Singapore Rice Noodles
      • Spicy Ground Pork With Tofu
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Udon Noodles
    • Canadian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Beef Bourguignon or Beef Stew
      • Bratwurst Casserole with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Deep Dish Turkey Pot Pie
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
      • Hungarian Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy
      • Pork and Lima Bean Casserole
      • Pork Loin Roast With Potatoes, Onions, and Carrots
      • Quebecois Tourtiere Recipe
      • Shepherd’s Pie
      • Sole Filets a la Bretonne
      • Steak and Kidney Pie
      • Swedish Meatballs and Gravy
    • Italian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Baked Balsamic Chicken Parmesan
      • Baked Cheese Cannelloni In Meat Sauce
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara With Smoked Meat
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Chicken Puttanesca Recipe
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Lasagna
      • Italian Meat Sauce
      • Italian Pastas
      • Italian Tomato Sauce
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Pasta With Ground Lamb and Tomato Sauce
      • Ravioli with 3 Cheeses in Meat Sauce
      • Smoked Chicken Carbonara
      • Spezzatino di Manzo al Chianti (Beef Stew)
      • Veal Scaloppini in Green Pepper Sauce
    • Mediterranean Home Cooked Favorites
      • Lamb Meatballs in a Curry Sauce
      • Mediterranean Cod With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Moroccan Chicken With Lentils
      • Moroccan Ground Lamb with Chickpeas
      • Orzo With Fresh Basil and Parmesan
      • Orzo With Parmesan, Peas, and Tomatoes
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Veal Scaloppini with Saffron Cream and Mushroom Sauce
    • Mexican and Latin American Home Cooked Favorites
      • Albondigas Soup (Meatball Soup)
      • Black Beans and Rice
      • Chipotle In Adobo Sauce
      • Enchilada Sauce
      • Fish Tortillas
      • Guacamole Salsa
      • Mexican Beef Birria
      • Mexican Chicken Enchilada Casserole
      • Mexican Rice
      • Mexican Stuffed Green Peppers
      • Pork In Tomatillo Sauce (Yucatan Salsa Verde)
      • Pork Tortillas
      • Smoked Pork Burritos
      • Tamale Casserole With Masa
      • White Bean Chicken Enchilada
  • My Reviews of Netflix Foreign Movies and TV Series
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Belgian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Danish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Dutch
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Finnish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – French
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – German
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Icelandic
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Norwegian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Polish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Russian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Spanish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Swedish
  • Travel Stories – Then and Now
    • Countries and Languages
    • Food and Recipes
    • Travel – Land, Air, and Sea
  • Travel Phrases For Using On Cruises or Resorts
    • Travel Phrases – Dutch
    • Travel Phrases – Finnish
    • Travel Phrases – German
    • Travel Phrases – Indonesian
    • Travel Phrases – Italian
    • Travel Phrases – Norwegian
    • Travel Phrases – Spanish
    • Travel Phrases – Swedish
    • Travel Phrases – Turkish

Category: Generic Blogs

A Little This, A Little That … Crazy Month of March…

March 25, 2020 jamesbalicki

This time last week – Mazatlan!! Okay, that didn’t quite work out the way we expected. We were supposed to…

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A Little This, A Little That … First Week of March…

March 8, 2020 jamesbalicki

This time next week – Mazatlan!! We have found 5 listings that we are interested in and we will get…

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A Little This, A Little That … Last week of February…

March 1, 2020 jamesbalicki

… and first day of March. On to Mazatlan in 2 weeks!! Photo in the corner is Kelly checking out…

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A Little This, A Little That … Third week of February…

February 23, 2020 jamesbalicki

On to Mazatlan in 3 weeks!! Photo in the corner is Fidel – this is how he would greet us…

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A Little This, A Little That … Second week of February…

February 17, 2020 jamesbalicki

On to Mazatlan in 4 weeks!! That’s Kelly in the corner … demonstrating how to pick up a shot glass…

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A Little This, A Little That … First week of February…

February 10, 2020 jamesbalicki 1 Comment

Picture in the corner? Kelly and I in Mazatlan March 2019 – in 5 weeks we’ll be re-enacting the shot…

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A Little This, A Little That … First couple of days of February…

February 3, 2020 jamesbalicki

Picture in the corner? Kelly doing the move 6 years ago that inspired JayLo during last night’s Superbowl. The next…

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A Little This, A Little That … Fourth Week of January …

January 27, 2020 jamesbalicki

Picture in the corner? Zeke the Dog helping with the cooking. Well, so much for Tennessee, they got completely outclassed…

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A Little This, A Little That … Third Week of January …

January 19, 2020 jamesbalicki

The picture in the corner? Nothing to do with the week, but Kelly framed some pictures from the cruise last…

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A Little This, A Little That … Second Week of January …

January 12, 2020 jamesbalicki

The week was fairly quiet … first full week of work in about six weeks … so much fun that…

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A Little This, A Little That … First Week of January …

January 5, 2020 jamesbalicki

The first five days of 2020 have come and gone … New Years Eve was pretty quiet; we were in…

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A Little This, A Little That … last week of December …

December 29, 2019 jamesbalicki

I had hoped to keep the blog going while we were on vacation (1 to 13 December on the Celebrity…

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Celebrity Silhouette Caribbean Cruise December 2019

December 25, 2019 jamesbalicki

Three weeks ago on December 1st Kelly and I were nervously waiting to take off on the runway at Pearson…

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Posted in: Generic Blogs, Travel - Land, Air, and Sea, Travel Stories - Then and Now Filed under: Celebrity Silhouette Cruise Nov 2019

A Little This, A Little That … last week of November …

November 30, 2019 jamesbalicki

24 hours from now will be our first day on Silhouette – fly to Fort Lauderdale, get on the ship…

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“Pineapples don’t grow on trees, you know …”

November 19, 2019 jamesbalicki 1 Comment

I always thought they did – and so did Kelly. But one day, at band camp … actually one day…

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