Saturday, August 31, 2013

Old Sconset Golf (Sunday brunch: September 1, 2013)

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Hole #6 is a very short par 4.  I birdied it Monday thanks to an ugly approach shot that still rolled to five feet from the hole. One mo...

Wall Street Journal hint grid: August 31, 2013

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Below the fold is a hint grid for today’s Wall Street Journal variety puzzle: “Belt Line” by Patrick Berry.  There are seven horizontal “bel...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Editors wanted (Puzzle No 3,292)

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No, not for Hot and Trazom, who have done a good deal of editing themselves, but for just about anyone else who intends to have someone appl...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Jigsaw puzzles

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The ballpark version of the “40 cloves of garlic” chicken sandwich from The Stinking Rose. Seemed to me that the cooks at the Giants game ...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Siasconset Bookstore (Sunday brunch: August 25, 2013)

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If you are the parent of a 12-year-old and a 15-year old, you have to be prepared for awkward questions: “Why is Dad going into the bookstor...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Garlic fries (Solution No. 3,291)

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Burger and garlic fries (courtesy Yelp) One reason I'd been looking forward to this trip was the food.  Even a simple hunk of leftov...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Mike Shenk (Sunday brunch: August 18, 2013)

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Since Mike Shenk constructed the variety puzzles in both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal this weekend, let’s give him his due...