Family Ties, Part 2: Thanksgiving - Celebrate, Castigate, or Just Do It!?

Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 16:05 | Category : Culture, Food, History, Museums, Native American
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Here’s where I stand on Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the one holiday I can feed my face with the most delicious comfort food, get together with family to share family history, stories, a few laughs, every now and then some drama which over time becomes just another page in the [...]

Makeover of “America’s Attic” Near Completion

Monday, 6 October 2008, 9:18 | Category : Culture, History, Museums, Washington
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Click your heels three times. The Smithsonian’s Museum of American History re-opens November 21 after a two year renovation. Are the ghosts still there? My uncle DQ spent many walking days in this museum. Is that cake I smell cooking in Julia Child’s kitchen? Keep up-to-date on the NMAH blog [...]