Making the Switch
Almost a year and a half ago, in January of 2009, we decided to stop using our electric drip coffee maker and start using a French press. This was after recommendations from several people and reading the following in one of my favorite cooking magazines, Cook’s Illustrated:
For a more full-bodied brew, we recommend using a French press, which not only reserves the coffee’s oils, but also allows you to control water temperature and brewing time.
We ended up buying an 8-cup Bodum French Press
A Broken French Press
Unfortunately, the spout on the glass beaker part of the French press cracked two weekends ago. Rather than taking a chance at drinking chunks of glass, I threw the broken press into the garbage and ended up brewing some Earl Grey tea for myself.
I haven’t had time to get a new French press and this morning, I wanted to have some coffee without having to go buy a cup somewhere. I started thinking of ways I could brew some coffee and remembered the coffee percolator I have in my camping supplies. Why not give it a try?
Turns out that the percolator will definitely work in a pinch. But I’ll still be shopping for a new French press.
Turn Your Lights Off at 8:30pm
On Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour will once again cascade around the globe, from New Zealand to Hawaii. Participate in Earth Hour tonight. Flip off your lights on March 27th at 8:30 p.m.local time and you will be making the switch to a cleaner, more secure nation and prosperous America.
Learn More About Earth Hour
View the toolkits, to find out what else you can do to get involved including leading the Earth Hour movement in your community:
Status on moving flyinggalindo.com to galindo.me
Around the end of January, I decided to move flyinggalindo.com to a new hosting account and set it up on a new domain name, galindo.me. I reinstalled WordPress and restored my posts. Most of the move went off without a hitch, but file references to images on several older posts were broken. I’m in the process of fixing those issues. While going through those posts, I’m also finding some links to external sites that also need updating. I’m going through an audit of those as well. I should have the major posts cleaned up by the end of the week. Thanks for your patience.
Molly
David
Raven