And Jersey Mike’s Sub in a Tub! Lauren tells me that she started her upward mobility in the culinary world as a sandwich assembler in a shop near where she grew up. she learned the basics in a way we have pioneered here at Socotra House with our Journalism-Current Events and DC-Hot-House educational apprenticeships we […]

The Conference Room on the 4th floor of The Trillium was all busted this morning with the election stories of raids on Congressional offices and other high-jinks in the Ambassadorial ranks to Greece.. We appreciate a mobile breakfast aid like this to help get started: Some folks had done the overnight message streaming and others […]

This was going to be a nice dance-off about what could be the last day of this long summer that will be in the low 90s in temperature. And the last afternoon we can be starting to assemble some of the core-pit equipment that will keep The Boy s busy as we dive into the […]

We were going to do something under what may be a last kiss of semi-summer sun in NoVA. After the big storms there is a perfect bliss of azure above the patio! The METOC crowd at Socotra House who watch the Weather Channel say we have a seasonal warmth for a day or two before […]

There is so much going on today that we thought it would be appropriate to run the story of the early morning raid on the home of a Congresswoman from Minnesota. That is as much as Fast Eddie from Socotra House Legal says we can post, since the raid is ostensibly legal, not simply weaponized […]

  Splash’s Creamy Chicken and Bacon Chowder A Festive Holiday Meal as the Big Storm Dances Off! The shreds of the big storm are still dancing east with some drama still in the heavens as the clouds are rapidly pulled east and away… Yesterday the sweet chocolate chip cookies with the salty tang and the […]

  The Storm is in, and has washed us in an insistent but gentle padding on the sole window that opens to the air on the 4th Floor suite wall. The Baking Time yesterday was well rewarded, like the rising aroma of the Storm Stew Vic claims he will start ladling out to the Conference […]

Weakening, But Headed This Way Time to Bake Some Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookies! Potato chip chocolate chip cookies are the perfect combination of sweet and salty, with crunchy potato chips mixed into a classic chocolate chip cookie dough. These cookies offer a delightful surprise in every bite, blending the richness of chocolate with the […]

Hot morning in politics and a tumult coming in our Weather! The left-of-center candidate for the US Senate in Texas has disappeared from the campaign trail due to Flu, by some accounts, or an allergy to beef food products according to other traditional Texans. We thank the Lord for the blessings of the peaceful heavens […]

The news hit hard today and evoked tears from those here not prone to hold them in reserve. Coach Ditka was a fixture for all those raised in SE Michigan. He wasn’t one of their Lions, but he was a feature of every NFL weekend in the Fall across most of the years in a […]