Archive for April, 2025

Smoke and Spice: Rojas Street Tacos Cinco de Mayo 2025

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Although the afternoon weather was particularly pleasant, I decided to head over to Hogshead Cigar Lounge to enjoy a smoke this Wednesday. There’s always something new to try at the lounge, and this week, I went with the newly arrived Rojas Street Taco…



Smoke and Spice: Rojas Street Tacos Cinco de Mayo 2025

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 24th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Although the afternoon weather was particularly pleasant, I decided to head over to Hogshead Cigar Lounge to enjoy a smoke this Wednesday. There’s always something new to try at the lounge, and this week, I went with the newly arrived Rojas Street Taco…



The Bishops Blend Novemdiales: A Timely Smoke

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 22nd, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When I awoke Monday morning to the news that Pope Francis had died, I knew exactly which cigar I would be lighting later. The Black Label Trading Company’s Bishops Blend Novemdiales seemed tailor-made for the occasion.Novemdiales refers to the nine-day…



The Bishops Blend Novemdiales: A Timely Smoke

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 22nd, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When I awoke Monday morning to the news that Pope Francis had died, I knew exactly which cigar I would be lighting later. The Black Label Trading Company’s Bishops Blend Novemdiales seemed tailor-made for the occasion.Novemdiales refers to the nine-day…



Easter: Hope in the Midst of Battle

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 20th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Easter Sequence – Victimæ paschali laudesChristians, to the Paschal VictimOffer your thankful praises!A Lamb the sheep redeems;Christ, who only is sinless,Reconciles sinners to the Father.Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:The …



Easter: Hope in the Midst of Battle

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 20th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Easter Sequence – Victimæ paschali laudesChristians, to the Paschal VictimOffer your thankful praises!A Lamb the sheep redeems;Christ, who only is sinless,Reconciles sinners to the Father.Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:The …



Weekend Update #15

By From https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Apr 19th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The weekly update, plus bits and bobs that caught my attention this week.



Springtime Pairing: La Historia E-III and Heaven Hill Wheated Bourbon

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 19th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Whew! What a week (and a half) it’s been! The renovation of our screen porch and deck is underway. That means people are now walking around just outside our kitchen door, and the house echoes with the sounds of hammering and construction. But when we f…



Good Friday: Limbo

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 18th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A 3:00 thought for Good Friday.

The ancient greyness shifted suddenly and thinned like mist upon the moors before a wind.

An old, old prophet lifted a shining face and said:

“He will be coming soon. The Son of God is dead; He died this afternoon.”



The Algonquin Cocktail

By From http://www.musingsoverabarrel.com/ • Apr 14th, 2025 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

There was some leftover pineapple juice in the house this weekend from making a pork tenderloin marinade. Since it’s not a juice I’d normally drink on its own, I wondered if it could find a place in our Sunday afternoon cocktails.Most classic cocktails…