Archive for July, 2005

Bing

Jackie on 31 Jul 2005

I know we talk about food a lot, but we eat three times on most days and it is SOOOOOOO different here. Anyway, last night we went to one of our favorite dessert places to get cooled off and eat something. It’s called a “bing” (Chinese for ice). It consists of very finely shaved ice [...]

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New & Improved?

Jackie on 30 Jul 2005

Here is the new look for TheBellSite. We have moved most of the content of the old website into a new package.
Navigation tip: Click on “TheBellSite” at the top of any page to go home. Watch the links on the right side of the page (they change) and use them as needed.

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Too Much Fun

Jackie on 29 Jul 2005

Fran tends to have too much fun. Here she is hamming it up at a dairy farm we visited while on the office outing. It was a big deal for many of the visitors there to see a pasture and real live cows. We ate an ice cream bar while there ( tasted more like [...]

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Nutrition and Heart Attacks

Fran on 21 Jul 2005

For those of us who watch what we eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health from Oprah. It’s a relief to know the truth after all the conflicting medical studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer [...]

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re-Found a listing I thought I’d lost

Fran on 21 Jul 2005

Here is a great site for movie fans. I thought I had lost track of this info so I’ll link it here so I don’t lose it again!
AFI 100 years in the movies

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Typhoon Haitang

Fran on 19 Jul 2005

It looks like the worst of it may be past. The eye has passed over the Island so now it is just a lot of rain.
We stayed inside all day Monday so we could hardly tell it was a typhoon in our apartment. This morning while walking to the subway station I did see a [...]

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Still Refining :-)

Jackie on 18 Jul 2005

Well I’ve spent a few hours diddling around with Word Press again.

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