Skip to main content

Vermonters

{classic Vermont flavors: raspberry & maple}
  • We found out that our new place comes with all-you-can-eat raspberries (i.e. we have a raspberry bush in the backyard)! I had always thought "blue raspberry" was something that The Hershey Company made up for Jolly Ranchers, but I've learned that ripe raspberries really are blue! 
  • The other night we decided to go to The Healthy Living Market (some people call it "wealthy living"). It was pretty amazing. First, the parking lot was full of Priuses. So that was funny. Then, we found an entire section devoted to syrup (partially pictured above). As we were wandering the wondrous aisles of local meats, cheeses, beers, wines, produce, baguettes (baguette options from at least 6 local bakeries!), etc., a familiar song started playing. (If you didn't click on the link, the song was none other than the Portlandia theme song. It was one of my favorite things that's happened so far, because the store was pretty "Portlandia," as is the whole of Vermont.)
  • In Vermont, soft serve ice cream is often called "creemee," we've found. We've also learned that a popular swirl combo is raspberry-maple (Vermont's favorite plants), which is divine. We have walked along the Burlington waterfront on a few occasions and have stopped for "creemees" twice. Tessie looks forward to the final cone-creemee bite of one of our cones. 
  • There are miles and miles (and miles) of hiking/biking/walking trails in Burlington and South Burlington (and all around). The past few nights, we realized that we can be in the woods within 3 minutes of walking out our front door! Tessie is enjoying life as an adventure dog. 
  • I got my Vermont driver's license on Friday. Not a great picture. But not as bad as these!


Labels:
Location: South Burlington, VT, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

On voting for Harris

  I know that no one has been sitting around waiting for my input on how to vote this election, but the stakes feel so high that I am compelled to use whatever small voice I have to share my thoughts with anyone who might be moved by them! The question is...where to begin? (Caveat: if you're here to yell about a stolen election or if you are already worshipping the false idol of Donald, this is probably not for you.) I love this country. For all its faults and flaws, I recognize how fortunate I am to have been born here, in this multicultural democracy that prioritizes freedom of speech and expression. I was educated in American public schools , I enjoy our public libraries and public parks, I have taken road trips across the country on well-maintained roads in cars regulated by motor vehicle safety standards , I have traveled the world confidently as an American citizen (knowing that I would have the protection of the American consulate if needed in whatever country I was visiting...
Post a Comment
Read more

Happy things: a day in DC

After a week of immersing myself in shopping for a mortgage and making plans to buy our first house (just outside Burlington, VT , where I'll be starting residency in June), my dreams of tending the perennials and painting the door of a cute little farm house were dashed when the seller rejected our offer on Wednesday night. Buying a house is much more complicated than I had thought!  Since I tend to dwell on disappointments a bit too much, I was glad that I had no classes and an appointment for a haircut in DC the next day so that I could take advantage of the heat wave  by spending the day wandering around the capital city! {Cherry Blossoms at the DC Tidal Basin} After waking up at 5:30 am to ride with Chris from Baltimore (where we live) to Clinton , MD (where he works), I hopped on the Metro and headed toward the National Mall. I got off at the Smithsonian stop and followed the groups of tourists wearing sneakers and carrying cameras to the Tidal Basin. The che...
Post a Comment
Read more

For my dad

{Dad, third from right, breaking ground at the site of his clinic, ~1987.} On June 24, I graduated from family medicine residency and became the fourth family physician/general practitioner in three generations of Dorwarts. A week later, on July 1, our family gathered in Sidney, Nebraska, to celebrate my dad's retirement after 35 years as a family physician there. I couldn't be prouder of the work my dad has done throughout his career, his dedication to our hometown, his persistence through difficult times, and his unwavering insistence on doing the right thing even when it's not the easy thing. Even though I considered forays into surgery and gynecologic oncology (among other things), I am happy to have found my way to family medicine and to my father's footsteps. Although my dad worked long hours throughout my childhood, I never felt like I was missing out because I appreciated the importance of what he was doing. My perception was that he was spending his d...
2 comments
Read more