Costa Rica is one of the best honeymoon destinations in the world, where newlyweds get to choose from scenic beach resorts, unique lodges surrounded by pristine nature preserves, and luxury spa getaways. Explore the beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park, visit the attractions in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, stay in a hotel overlooking Arenal Volcano, or check into a resort in the heart of the lush Costa Rican jungle. Here are the best Costa Rica honeymoon vacations.
Located in the picturesque Manuel Antonio just steps from the magnificent Manuel Antonio National Park and surrounded by unspoiled, lush tropical vegetation, The Preserve at Los Altos is a luxury hotel and vacation rental that offers the ultimate getaway for families and groups and a range of services and activities.
This all-suites hotel provides guest with extraordinary amenities such as elevator to the private entrance to the suite, a concierge, a spa with an ocean view, spectacular ocean views or the views of the surrounding jungle, an infinity pool, a private beach, a gourmet restaurant, and much more.
The rooms are beautifully decorated and equipped with all modern amenities. Take a hotel shuttle down to the secluded beach, enjoy pampering at the spa, or let the resort organize a day of typical Costa Rican activities such as kayaking, zip-lining, horseback riding, white water rafting, visit to the Manuel Antonio Park, sunset cruise, and much more. Read more and find more honeymoon ideas.
Imagine a beautiful Victorian palace with just a touch of Neo Classical style rising out of the lush tropical jungle. Hotel Villa Caletas is a surprising sight on the top of the forested hill above the Pacific Ocean. Located close to Jaco on the Central Pacific coast of Puntarenas, this quirky luxury hotel enjoys spectacular views of the ocean, miles of lush tropical forests, and a fine sandy beach secluded in a cove below the hotel.
All rooms are beautifully decorated and full of original art, and they range from standard rooms and luxury suites to private villas. The amenities in some suites include private balconies and secluded private pools. The hotel has three great restaurants, including the luxury gourmet Mirador and Anfiteatro, located in a Greek amphitheater overlooking the ocean, and El Pelicano on the beach.
Overlooking the lush tropical jungle of Manuel Antonio National Park and just a stroll away from Manuel Antonio's two most spectacular beaches (Espadilla and Playitas), Arenas del Mar offers extraordinary luxury from its ideal location in the midst of lush unspoiled nature. It is designed for total comfort but with the environment in mind. This is the first luxury hotel in Costa Rica to be given a Five Star Award and the Five Sustainability Leaf Award.
The hotel's thirty-eight luxurious guest rooms and suites are beautifully appointed and decorated with tasteful tropical touches, and they feature all modern amenities contemporary guests expect – luxury bathrooms, air-conditioning, flat-screen TVs, balconies, and spectacular views. Guests enjoy fresh, locally sourced meals at the Mirador restaurant or tropical cocktails on the Playitas restaurant and bar, right on the beach. Las Brisas wellness center is there to offer rejuvenating treatments and a bit of special pampering.
Imagine waking up every morning to the sight of a huge volcano cone looming in the distance, threatening but beautiful, dormant but very much alive. Springs Resort and Spa is located just outside of the Arenal volcano's "danger zone" a thousand feet above the beautiful verdant Arenal Valley with a view of distant towns that sparkle in the night.
The proximity to the volcano offers guests of this luxury resort the abundance of thermal springs that fill twenty-eight hot mineral pools. It is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and has a 14,000 square foot full service spa and fitness center.
All hotel rooms, whether they are standard, suites, villas or bungalows, have private balcony and the view of the volcano, hammocks, air conditioning, luxurious bathrooms with Jacuzzi, and so much more. There is a range of restaurants where guests can discover cuisines from all over the world.
Alta las Palomas is a luxury boutique hotel near San Jose, the Costa Rican capital, with breathtaking views of the Sun Valley and surrounding tropical nature. All 23 rooms and spacious suites are modern and luxuriously appointed. Suites have their own balconies and gardens and total privacy. All rooms have private bathrooms and modern amenities.
Guests can enjoy gourmet meals at the popular La Luz restaurant bar and lounge, which has live music twice a week. The hotel has a large outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool, as well as a small gym and sauna. The hotel is very popular with business travelers who can take advantage of the hotel business center, conference room, and library.
Located in an elegant Italianate villa surrounded by verdant tropical gardens, Resort Martino is a five-star luxury hotel that can serve as a perfect base for your exploration of the Costa Rican central valley rich in natural diversity, volcanoes, coffee plantations, and tropical beauty.
Just a short drive from the Costa Rican capital San Jose, Resort Martino has forty Luxury Suites and sixteen Deluxe Suites and Villas, all with their own balconies and views of the spectacular six acres of tropical gardens. All rooms are superbly decorated and appointed, featuring a lovely mix of European charm and Costa Rican hospitality. The hotel has a large outdoor pool in the garden, a spa, a fitness center, and a gourmet restaurant that offers local and Italian cuisine.
Arenal Kioro Suites & Spa offers you a front seat view of the magnificent Arenal Volcano. Each of the fifty-three luxury suites has views of the slopes of this imposing volcano that emerges majestically from the surrounding Arenal National Park. Arenal Kioro is surrounded by twenty-seven acres of lush gardens that are intersected by two cool streams.
Thanks to the volcano, thermal waters fill seven hot spring pools that hotel guest will surely appreciate. All suites are luxuriously furnished and appointed with private en-suite bathrooms featuring a hydro massage hot tub and modern amenities. The restaurant of the hotel offers gourmet food that features local and international cuisine prepared by an award-winning chef.
Learn to surf at the beautiful Cariblue Beach & Jungle Resort located in the middle of the lush Costa Rican jungle where the rolling waves of the Caribbean Sea rush against the fine sand beaches of Talamanca. This luxury resort is located on five verdant acres of unspoiled tropical forest providing shade from ancient trees and a home to hundreds of wild animals and birds. The resort has forty-five modern rooms that range from the popular standard rooms to opulent bungalows and suites.
All are beautifully decorated with colorful local art and intricate mosaics. They also have private modern bathrooms, and many have balconies overlooking the flowering garden or miles of golden beaches. Guests can enjoy two outdoor swimming pools and two Jacuzzis, the gourmet restaurant Sole Luna, the quaint beach bar Totem, and much more. Even if you are not into surfing, you will have fabulous time surrounded by magnificent nature and unparalleled luxury.
Puerto Viejo is one of Costa Rica's best-kept secrets - a jewel of a town on the Caribbean Sea. This colorful, wild place has been a magnet for divers and backpackers for years. Banana Azul offers luxury accommodation that is uniquely Costa Rican, deeply immersed in nature, built of native materials, and decorated with original native art. Each room is unique, and many of them have private balconies and porches.
All rooms have private bathrooms that will delight you with interesting details and materials. While rustic and colorful, all rooms are modern and comfortable and have contemporary amenities. You will also get total privacy, access to the teeming surrounding jungle, and as much entertainment as you wish, whether you are looking for it on the fine sandy beaches, in the lush garden of the hotel, or on the quaint streets of Puerto Viejo with their bars, restaurants, and shops.
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Get close to nature in the lush tropical Costa Rican wilderness in Rafiki's luxury tents. Rafiki Safari Lodge is a wilderness camp that redefines camping as you know it. Located along the beautiful Savegre River about 30 km from Quepos on the Pacific Coast, the lodge and the camp are set in a true tropical jungle on 842 acres of spectacular nature teeming with wildlife. Ten tents are situated on individual wooden decks high off the ground with full bathrooms, private porches, and rocking chairs.
Completely immersed in a lush tropical mangrove forest, El Mangroove is a luxury resort located in the northwestern coastal region of the Costa Rican Guanacaste province. Protected by the secluded Papagayo Bay and stretched out across seventeen acres of gardens and wild forest, the hotel offers guests the privacy of 150 meters of spectacular Panama beach.
The hotel's eighty-five luxury suites offer all modern amenities and comfort, from private baths and sitting areas to flat-screen TVs. The hotel's design seamlessly blends indoor and outdoor spaces. All suites have outdoor access, balconies, and patios. The hotel's two restaurants Makoko and Matiss beach bar offer guests gourmet cuisine and international and local drinks.
A large pool is surrounded by lush vegetation, and the beach is just steps away for a swim or leisurely stroll. The hotel is perfectly situated to provide a great starting point for the tours of Guanacaste volcanoes, waterfalls, hot springs, and national parks. Quaint little nearby town of El Coco has lively bars, restaurants, and shops.
Hotel Makanda by the Sea seamlessly merges 5-star luxury and comfort with a spectacular surrounding tropical nature. Located on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast near the magnificent Manuel Antonio National Park, Makanda Hotel is an adults-only oasis of opulence. Here, spacious villas are snuggled in the lush jungle to provide ultimate privacy with indulgencies such as private Jacuzzis or infinity pools.
All villas are beautifully decorated with local art and intricate woodwork and have luxurious bathrooms, terraces, and never-ending views. Enjoy close encounters with sloths, monkeys, toucans, and parrots, go to the secluded little beach nearby, indulge in the hotel's gourmet poolside Sunspot Bar & Grill, or take a stroll through the ancient surrounding jungle.
High in the mountain highlands of the Costa Rican central valley, lies the luxury inn and coffee plantation Finca Rosa Blanca. Even though the inn is located only a short drive from the Costa Rican capital San Jose, there is a sense of privacy and seclusion that will make you instantly feel relaxed and tranquil. The inn has three luxury Master Suites and Villas and eleven Junior Suites. Most of the beautifully decorated rooms have Jacuzzi baths and king-size beds.
You will feel the ultimate sensory thrill when enveloped in exquisite natural linens made of bamboo fibers. Rooms have private balconies overlooking the lush surrounding greenery. The Finca Rosa Blanca will delight you with its unique architecture, original native art, and healthy, thriving coffee plants that grow all around you in this functioning coffee plantation.
El Silencio Lodge & Spa is the place where the only sounds that break the silence are cries of birds, chirping of frogs, and an occasional howler monkey calling its mate. High up in the Costa Rican central highlands mountains under the shadow of a volcano and surrounded by ancient cloud forests nests this beautiful luxury lodge that is designed for privacy, romance, and seclusion.
There are no tennis courts or swimming pools – just peace and unspoiled nature. Fourteen luxury suites offer total privacy and spectacular views of the surrounding jungle and mountains. All rooms have private decks, heated jetted pools, and exquisite décor rich with local art. Indulge in this wonderfully romantic spot where you can get close to nature while being wrapped in opulent luxury.
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Located on the wild Nicoya Peninsula on the Costa Rican Pacific coast, Tango Mar is an exclusive luxury resort surrounded by 150 acres of lush vegetation, unspoiled jungle, and exquisitely landscaped gardens. You can enjoy miles of private beachfront and listen to the constantly breaking waves that have been delighting surfers for decades.
Whether you come to surf, escape from it all, or treat your family to the ultimate adventure, Tango Mar will provide you with luxury and comfort that will make you forget all the stress of everyday life.
You can choose one of the beautiful tropical suites surrounded by the lush garden, a private beachfront villa just steps from the fine golden sands, or any of the other luxuriously appointed rooms with traditional Costa Rican hand-crafted furniture made from the wood grown on the resort's own grounds. You can go scuba diving, fishing, hiking to the magnificent waterfall, go horseback riding along the beach, or lie by the cool pool and do absolutely nothing. This is the land of Pura Vida.
Just a short walk from the ancient jungle of Manuel Antonio National Park, Gaia Luxury Boutique Hotel and Reserve is snuggled on the side of the hill overlooking the ocean, surrounded by lush vegetation on all sides, and terraced to allow each suite and villa endless views of the Pacific below.
This modern 5-star eco-friendly resort is a luxurious getaway that blends modern amenities, total comfort, and lush unspoiled nature full of wildlife. All guests can enjoy fine dining in the hotel's on-site restaurant, luxury spa and gym, and several swimming pools. The hotel is located on the site of the original Gaya Garden and has a large number of rare plant species and endangered orchids.
Punta Islita is a place that will give you the full Costa Rican experience. Everything is included: eco-adventures, jungle expeditions, horseback riding, canopy zip-lining, sea-turtle expeditions, cooking lessons, golf clinics, art sessions, and so much more. You will also enjoy a beautiful luxurious room, a suite, or a private villa.
All rooms are spacious, modern, and wonderfully appointed with local art, tropical colors, and lovely terraces overlooking the garden or beach. The highly acclaimed Pacifico restaurant offers magnificent ocean views and gourmet meals that focus on fresh local produce, fish, and seafood, fusing international and traditional Costa Rican cuisines. Punta Islita is a great place for a honeymoon, a family vacation, a place to renew your vows, or celebrate anything in between.
If you cannot decide whether you want to relax or explore in Costa Rica, Discover Blue River Resort & Hot Springs is the perfect choice, as it allows you to do both. Located on the northern slopes of the majestic Rincon de la Vieja volcano, this luxury resort is surrounded by the lush rain forest with imposing waterfalls, mineral hot springs, and cool blue volcanic rivers.
You can swim in the hot springs, wander through the botanical garden with 700 exotic plant species, visit the fish and turtle ponds, a hummingbird sanctuary, butterfly gardens, or the soothing and rejuvenating spa, or take off on one of many eco-adventures. And when you come back, rest in the comfort of the resort's luxury cabanas snuggled in the tropical garden fully equipped with all modern amenities and decorated with local art and crafts.
Casa Turire is located in a beautiful Spanish-style structure that can easily make you imagine how life looked during colonial times. Cozy courtyards, colorful tiled floors, and antique art pieces make Casa Turire a charming, nostalgic retreat from the stress of everyday modern life.
Surrounded by lush, fertile agricultural lands on the bank of La Angostura Lake and shadowed by the Turrialba Mountains, Casa Turire is perfectly positioned to be your starting point for exploring the rest of Costa Rica. Enjoy one of the hotel's twelve regular standard rooms, three spacious Suites, or the luxury Master suite.
All rooms have their own balcony overlooking the gardens and a pool, and have modern luxury amenities. Take a tour of the nearby plantation, kayak on the La Angostura Lake or relax by the pool. The hotel offers Costa Rican and international menus at their pleasant patio restaurant and original cocktails at the American-style well-stocked bar.
High up on the top of the hill overlooking one of the most spectacular Costa Rican beaches is the charming Cristal Azul Hotel with four quaint cabins that can accommodate a maximum of thirteen guests. This is a true private retreat where you can enjoy the surrounding nature, listen to the birds and monkeys, swim in the beautiful infinity pool, or take endless walks along the fine sandy beach.
Cristal Azul Hotel is located on Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, along an undeveloped stretch of the coast where you share your space with wild nature and very few people.
Tortuga Lodge is located on one of the most beautiful, wild, and inaccessible parts of Costa Rica on the country's northeast coast in the middle of Tortugero National Park. The park protects 51,870 acres and is one of the most biologically diverse areas of the Central American tropical rain forests.
Tortuga Lodge hugs the bank of the Tortugero River, and the only way to get there is by boat or light plane. There are twenty-seven rooms with spectacular views of the river, and they are rustic but comfortable and luxuriously furnished and appointed. Some have lovely private balconies. You can choose a room without air-conditioning if you want to enjoy the clean river breezes and listen to the sounds of the surrounding jungle.
There are no TVs and no background music in the hotel, allowing guests to enjoy the seclusion and tranquility. Visitors are treated to traditional Costa Rican dishes like a treasured guest in a local home. Tours of the lodge's gardens and surrounding Tortugero Park as well as kayaking on the river are a wonderful way to get to know the lush nature around.
Costa Rica is not all jungles and waterfalls. Best Western Irazu Hotel & Casino is located in downtown San Jose, the modern cosmopolitan capital of Costa Rica. It offers all of the facilities and conveniences that make you feel at home. The hotel is ideal for business travelers or for tourists on the way to Costa Rican adventures. Rooms are modern and spacious, well-appointed and featuring private en-suite bathrooms.
Enjoy the hotel's lush tropical garden with swimming pools, tennis courts, casino, gym, two restaurants, spa, and much more. Full conference and business facilities make Best Western Irazy the perfect place to conduct your business in Costa Rica while surrounded by luxury and beautifully landscaped nature.
Alma del Pacifico is located right on the Playa Esterillos Este beach where miles of golden sands meet the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean. This luxury hotel is a veritable art gallery of renowned artist Charlene Broudy, who designed the hotel and decorated its private beach villas with more than 150 pieces of original art. Colorful villas are surrounded by lush tropical vegetation and are connected by narrow, pleasant paths that invite visitors to take a leisurely stroll among bright blooms where macaws, iguanas, and butterflies make their homes.
Each of the twenty-four luxury private villas has direct access to the beach or to the garden and is unique in design, color, and amenities. The hotel's guests enjoy a thatched roof open-air restaurant and bar that serves gourmet meals featuring international and Costa Rican cuisine. The hotel's sophisticated seaside spa offers a range of natural therapies.
Reserva Conchal is the jewel of the Guanacaste Region. Overlooking the Catalinas Islands and some of the finest beaches in the country, it is an enclave of luxury and style nestled between the lush Costa Rican tropical forests and the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean. The 2,300-acre resort exists in perfect harmony with its surroundings, as it is designed to take advantage of it without destroying it.
Guests are offered extraordinary amenities in this all-inclusive Westin Hotel such as beautifully decorated villas and private residences, a world-class 18-hole championship golf course, a private beach club, and the ultimate word in pampering at The Spa, Playa Conchal.
Hotel Giada has it all: it is located in Playa Samara in a secluded bay on seven km of white sandy beach and surrounded by lush unspoiled jungle, and it is heaven for nature lovers, surfers, sun-worshipers, and just about everyone else. While the barrier reef protects the town and hotel from the strong Pacific waves, surfers can go just a bit outside of the bay to enjoy some awesome rollers.
The hotel is a little Costa Rican oasis of luxury surrounded by colorful tropical jungle. Guests can enjoy twenty-four comfortable modern rooms with private bathrooms, and they are nicely decorated in tropical colors with fine details.
You can choose an air-conditioned room or enjoy the clean salty breeze from the sea. Surrounded by the hotel gardens are two pools and a Jacuzzi, as well as a bar and restaurant where you can sample some delicious Italian or local dishes, tropical cocktails, or good wine.
AmaTierra is an all-inclusive retreat and wellness center in Costa Rica's lush Turrubares Valley, approximately one hour west of San Jose. The immersive retreat, which is located at an altitude of nearly 2,000 feet within a beautiful Costa Rican hardwood forest, strives to cater to visitors' minds and bodies alike, facilitating relaxation and rejuvenation through a variety of holistic health practices. Daily Hatha yoga courses are offered for participants of all ages and ability levels, with free meditation classes encouraging participants to disconnect from the grid and practice mindfulness principles. Participants can also detoxify with the aid of professional nutritionists and herbalists and enjoy delicious farm-to-table meals prepared with organic, locally-sourced ingredients. Three, five, and seven night all-inclusive stays are offered.


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Jared Zimmerer is a best-selling author, speaker, blogger, husband and father of 5 children. He is the founder of Strength for the Kingdom, a ministry promoting men's growth in virtue, knowledge of the Catholic faith, and the understanding of authentic masculinity through physical endeavors. He lives in Roanoke, TX and holds a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. He is currently working towards a Master's in Theology with a Apologetics focus at Holy Apostles College and Seminary where he won a full scholarship on the Alumni's New Evangelization program.
He currently works at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Grapevine, TX as the Director of Adult Catechesis and Evangelization and has been there for three years. He spent a year working with TOBET, Theology of the Body Evangelization Team in Irving, Texas, and has been a competitive all-natural bodybuilder for 15 years.
He is the lead author of the best-selling book: Man Up! Becoming the New Catholic Renaissance Man, which discusses authentic Catholic manliness.
His first book is called The Ten Commandments of Lifting Weights: Recommendations to the Devout Body Builder, and he has been interviewed on Catholic radio programs, EWTN television and other outlets around the country. He has given presentations around the country on fitness, health, masculinity and virtue, including Mundelein Seminary, where he was invited by Fr. Robert Barron. He is a team member of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and has travelled the world with Bishop Robert Barron.
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Molly was just a puppy when her father Gato and Gato's owner Gerald came to visit us in Colorado. Gerald was a K-9 officer then, and is now the sheriff of another county. Gato was born in Germany.
We're leaving for Colorado Sunday morning before dawn, staying two months we hope. This time we've set up for a high speed connection. Hope to stay in touch.
Picture was taken a few years ago, when Dinah was smaller!
"My six year old white silkie rooster named Elle, in perfect health, needs to be boarded out for two months or less. I want him back. He's gentle. He can't live with other roosters because they pick on him. We're going to Colorado. We live in the suburbs, and I always put him in the garage in a hutch cage at night, because of the neighbors. I don't want to leave him in the garage the whole time. Could he survive that way though, if nothing else comes up? (We have someone coming in to feed, but that doesn't deal with the cockadoodle doo part.) I thought I'd set it up with someone but he's not returning calls! We're leaving Sunday. I can't take him in the car with us! Any suggestions?"
"Leave him inside. He'll be fine. Some birds live their whole lives that way."
Molly's Just Great but Timmy fell in the Well!
I was so happy to be back at Lake Balboa with Molly at dawn this morning. As we were finishing our walk we saw a prone figure right by the lake, with a big rear end sticking up. Having read a number of mystery novels lately, I was particularly concerned. Officer Cruikshank here.
Then I realized it was a life size Tigger (from Winnie the Pooh) stuffed animal that had lost stuffing all over the grass.
Molly was aghast. Her search and rescue genes kicked in and she wanted to rescue it. I'm not kidding! She never likes to see people lying on the ground, and this one looked in bad shape. But when she investigated and got no biological smells, we could keep walking.
Just got home this afternoon from visiting my mother in New Jersey. "SPILL ON AISLE THREE!"
I spent so much time at Walmart's I felt like I worked there. I was trying to find pullup slacks to fit my mother and it was not an easy task. They have to go over her surgical stockings, over the knee brace, and also not fall down suddenly. The size I bought on trip two almost caused her to go to the emergency room because they cut off circulation. On trip three to Walmart I took her with me. We made it to the dressing room. Just barely. As I was pulling her pants over her ankles, she said, "You would make a good prostitute nurse."
She meant substitute nurse. We got hysterical. Later, when she was describing a gift basket she'd received that annoyed her, she said, "The pretzels tasted just like doorknobs."
(Because they tasted over varnished and bitter she explained.) Until then I was wondering when she'd been tasting doorknobs.
At the old folks home they'd remodelled the place and put the computer room in the basement, in an extended broom closet where you sit side by side with other telemarketers to do your work. Before it was upstairs in a lovely airy room. I don't have a laptop. The thinking is that most people, even the elderly, have their own computers now, if they have any chance of knowing how to work one.
Here's a picture Dinah drew with the mouse, when I got my first computer around 1997. Emma was a fine chicken... Dinah was around seven.
Today was the day when the chicken left the nest.
I woke up this morning at 1:30 but didn't have to get out of bed till 3:30 am, so thrashed about, thinking of the day ahead. Tia and the goats and Dinah were headed for U.C. Davis today. We'd had a hard confrontational evening last night, just the thing before a major separation, (NOT), and I fell asleep crying.
Dinah and I took separate cars out to the stable at 4:30, but not before she went outside to say goodbye to the chickens, including Elle the rooster in the garage... how dear is that? She's always loved her chickens.
We got to the gated community where the horses live, (I know that sounds odd!), and the guard wouldn't let Dinah through the gate, because her new car didn't have a proper sticker, so she had to call me to drive back down and do some talking and show i.d., never easy for me since I go by my maiden name, and my formal name is Sarah. Then we waited in the dark for the trailer rig to appear, driven by Peggy and her bud Tita.
It was very cold; the weather had changed suddenly. A big storm was predicted, and Tia is prone to colic, which can be life threatening and is sometimes triggered by weather changes. Or any kind of change. And here she was about to go on an 8 hour journey.
Molly was quiet in the back seat. Even though it was her birthday.
Dinah brought Tia upstairs. She was wild, spinning around, neighing, and shaking uncontrollably, which was very scary to see. Horses don't usually act like that, but then it was the middle of the night, sort of.
Her goat buddies were right behind her. Peggy said to get some food for Tia right away, and once Tia started eating, she stopped shaking. She was really scared. Nicole the goat stole a banana I'd brought for Tia, ate the peel and spit out the fruit. Tia loaded up in the trailer, and fat goat Nicole went in too.
But her wicked sister, Margarethe, suddenly had a sense of "TRICK!" and tried to bolt away. When we surrounded her she had a moment of goat panic which is creepy to watch. She got very still and her eyes were sort of closing. Then she climbed in the trailer too. Peggy got out and the door was closed. Peggy has a closed circuit camera set up in the trailer so we could see from the cab video that Tia and goats weren't freaking out yet. The two women headed out on their eight hour journey. Peggy has always had this classic Chatsworth woman look, but as we said goodbye at 6 am I wondered if she had Indian blood (aka Native A.) The way she held her head and took it all in, checked all the details, knew what to do for Tia. Peggy has a big heart. The truck cab smelled of cigarettes and junk food.
Dinah and I walked to our cars, hugged, sobbed, said goodbye. Off she drove in her new blue car. This was: child off to college, end of line for child raising... a fall off the cliff time for me.
So I'll get used to this I'm sure.
Sunday it's off to see Mom at the Quaker retirement place, Medford, New Jersey.
LIFE! LOVE! DESTINY! OLD AGE!
Dinah's leaving for college Thursday night around 3 am when the horse trailer shows up at Bell Canyon to take Tia and the goats to college. Dinah will follow in her new blue FIT. She doesn't want me to come with her. Perhaps she's the Cobra Woman?
Anyway, on a whole other note, thinking about early internet pals. Do you remember the first internet pal you had, whether or not you wanted him/her? I remember mine. It was around 1997, (or maybe earlier?) and I participated actively in a chicken forum, because we'd just gotten started keeping chickens and there was much to learn. One guy was especially helpful. It wasn't until later I realized he raised the kind of chickens used in fighting. ick. He worked as a janitor at U.N.C. in Chapel Hill.
Without my asking for it, he sent me a picture of him with his huntin' dogs, and the file size was so huge I had to scroll all over to look at it, and I didn't want to know what he looked like anyway. He was wearing a good old boy cap.
Then he started implying he liked to travel in his trailer, and might be planning a California vacation. oh god!
For about six months I worried this guy was going to show up on our little street with his bird dogs and chickens in the trailer, and just park out front. I decided I knew enough about chickens and left the forum.
We're off to Colorado for October and November, now that Dinah's off to college. This time I think we'll have a high speed line.
I've been trying to find some good books to read. I'm a very fussy reader.
On Friday night I read Nora Ephron's book, I Feel Bad About my Neck, from library. It was fun. Some of her observations were very funny, some too New York for me to relate to, mostly it felt like a good blog or a book in a waiting room to pass the time. Returning it yesterday, I picked out two books, one by Alice Munro and one by Alice McDermott, but neither one engaged me and both are going back. Vow: no more Alice books for awhile, except I see I have one on the list below!
I've been looking at lists of the best 100 novels. Being as old as I am, I've read a lot of them. Also as soon as I see novel number one is James Joyce's Ulysses I'm doubtful. On the other hand, if they include John O'Hara, Sherwood Anderson, or Theodore Dreiser in their lists, I look closer.
Some of the lists seem to go so overboard on the pc thing that you can't trust them either. On the other hand, I thought Their Eyes Were Watching God was exquisite.
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe ?? DON'T SPIT!
I'm worried, though. None of these except maybe the last one jumps out at me as can't wait to reads. But at least I got a list together. Alas I've read just about every Kurt Wallendar mystery now.
I started The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg last night, and it's great. Schulberg is a very talented writer who made the wrong decision in the McCarthy era.
Your only hope for good line quality drawing in Flash is if you set the zoom at 400%. With the pencil tool the line adjusts for the zoom, but unfortunately with the brush tool you need to choose a different size brush if you're at a different zoom level. There's a setting for automatic smoothing- I keep it at 20 at present time because I'm on a non smooth jag, no pun intended!
You can select the drawing and turn on the outlines button, in order to draw it better. Try drawing a brush drawing with the pencil.
Notice above the gray layer outline square shows an outline now, not a solid.
So I draw over it on a separate layer, keeping the outline layer locked so I don't accidentally draw into that and annoy myself.
wow look how smooth that pencil line looks compared to the old wobbly brush. Another thing nice about the pencil line is it makes fill easier, especially when you want to make changes.
Now we're going to try to get thick and thin elegance. You'll be better at this than I am.
Highlight the pencil drawing and then go to Modify> Shape>Convert Line to Fills. Maybe it's like this in Illustrator but I could never figure out that program.
Then you can drag out sections of the line to your thick thin desire. People who do this a lot get really good at it, but for me it slows the animation process down too much, and since most of what I'm doing now ends up on youtube, they don't notice stuff like elegant lines there.
ANEEta, your CHIN is quite LOVELY!
Kind of weird when you go to visit an old horse, though. I mean, you're sort of feeling like conversation is in order, but once the food has been hoovered the horse seems less interested.
They said to see your child in an abc adventure. I needed a frontal shot and the one of me and the one of Dinah were each rejected, so I tried one of her boyfriend Cameron. It has sound too. Hold on to your ice tea for this one. And all from one jpeg!
If you don't see anyone, something's goofy about it, because at first he was there and they allow you to embed it. Their site may be swamped.
Here's a link to it with Dinah in it.
Cameron's head fit it better though.
I've been working on a Charbucks chapter 2 this past week, and have discovered I can do about 20 seconds of finished animation in a week, averaging four hours a day.
THIS IS AMAZING! At least for someone like me, who started out doing pencil drawings that had to be pencil tested on film, developed, cleaned up, inked and painted, and then filmed. Talk about medieval processes!
When I first started using Flash, the emphasis was generally on keeping the file size as small as possible, and it took me awhile to get a grip on that. In fact I never got that grip.
Here's a drawing of Whinsey done with the brush. I set it for Wacom pressure, but I hold a pen so lightly that it never shows a thick/ thin line as it says it will in the manual.
The pencil tool creates a smaller file size than the brush but the line is less interesting..
Now I'm going to optimize the drawing so it has fewer points in it, which means smaller file size.
Look at what happened to all my "curves!"
In the process of optimizing, you also get the Flash "look", super smooth and more modernistic line.
Looks nice in that one image, but it doesn't always turn out that well. So I revert to the plain brush drawing. In about 45 seconds the ink and paint is done-- wowzer!
I make that a graphic symbol, in case I might want to use it again.
But I can also then take this symbol, break it apart, and using the nifty distort tool create quite quickly another symbol that will carry the animation along in a more fluid way that just popping eyes and mouths off the face, the suggested way to use Flash.
Generally it's recommended that in Flash animation you break your character into reusable parts or symbols: eyes, mouths, heads, hands. This is the part that felt especially un-natural to me since I used to always do full animation, not what was once called "limited" animation, where only parts of a character move.
But the way things play out with Flash right now, I find I'm creating animation in Flash, then finishing it up in After Effects so it can play on youtube. There's no advantage to keeping file size so small anymore, for animation, as far as I can tell. So I'm just drawing along, sometimes making the girls heads graphic symbols, which can work quite nicely in a library, if you have enough different heads, to switch them out for one another while attempting lip sync.
Since Jon and Dinah are both away today, I spent longer at the computer today, and animated almost 15 seconds in less than five hours.
Why did I do this long essay? I just finished reading some Pioneer Woman recipes and was impressed by the excessive number of photographs and clear writing, and determined not to make her biscuits and gravy recipe.
Here's a link to the essay Linda mentions in the comments.
from google image, but this is what they look like, small hawks with long tails. Cooper's Hawks. They always make appearances around this time of year-- we seem to be on their map. The chickens in their cage get really still and quiet, when the hawks are around, and sometimes Elle the Rooster makes a growly sound. Usually we only see one hawk but this morning I saw a pair checking out our chickens. The sound the hawks made was almost like laughter.
Those Krillans sure have a sense of humor!
Found this in a comic I'm selling on ebay. Ben called today and told me he had a horse I should buy. Of course I can't afford it and it won't happen, but put me in a major state of the wants.
Got an email that I'm in the running on a contest at weshow, if you feel like it, vote for me. I don't win anything, but maybe someone will wander from there over to my site to buy my dvd or whatever. I never heard of weshow before, but it appears that it does a decent job of categorizing and featuring videos. I hope "Your Face" doesn't win, but it probably will.
This one I saw cracked me up. When I was in my twenties I always felt I was a magnet for weirdos, and here's a hat to identify the problem. I remember being handed a business card from someone who worked for the Time Travel Institute.
In L.A. it rarely happens, because you're in your car or in your house: life is totally insular. Although one day a woman stopped me outside Target and pointed to the sky. "The clouds aren't moving." I looked. She explained the military was injecting chemicals into the sky to stop them from moving... Then her adult son appeared. "Mother, this way."
But what I meant to ask was, do you design for Zazzles or Cafe Press? Do you buy from them? Both provide easy design interfaces to create t shirts, mugs, misc. junk to give your family or urge others to buy. And Goodwill is always standing by..
I don't wear shirts with writing on them. I don't even like to drink from mugs with writing on them. But with my subnormal ability to earn money, I'm attracted to the idea of these places.
6 hours after leaving the house, we think? we purchased a sport FIT Honda for Dinah. Supposedly the top selling car in Europe and Japan... The humiliation of car ownership continues. more later. The color is called Fiji blue, snazzier than this blurry jpeg.
(early morning) She drove it home at 9 pm. We got a good deal. 0% on the loan, and they gave us $1500 for the PT Cruiser with 140,000 miles on it, a door that wouldn't open, the check engine light on, and a bum radio. Not to mention the dusting of a thousand French Fries and stable dirt. Then they discovered the car we bought had been already sold earlier that day, which was a big embarrassment for them. They had to get one from a dealer 50 miles away.
We picked her up at noon. You can see her leg and back end are all shaved, but she looks happy, and we sure are too. Her leg is still pretty swollen. She's resting here in her crate, which is in our studio/computer room.
Hi all- We went to see her today and she looked bright and so happy to see us. Jon had cooked a chicken fillet for her and she gobbled that up. She gave me a ton of kisses, and didn't look particularly uncomfortable, could take some pressure on the injured leg. She might come home tomorrow, Saturday, but Monday is more likely, because there's still quite a bit of swelling.
That's a puppy picture I posted!
I had to cancel my trip to visit my Mother, but since she'd forgotten I was coming it wasn't so bad.
Meanwhile Dinah's PT Cruiser's car brain died, and now she needs to get a new car within the week, an expense we weren't planning on. Not the easiest time, but we're all so happy that Molly's improving.
Thanks for your support. Unfortunately she's not coming home until Saturday now.
Today they are going to insert drainage tubes surgically. Now they think it was a brown recluse spider, but it's controversial whether those even exist in California.
We went to see her but she'd already gotten her pre-surgery medication and was really stoned.
Major random cuteness at an intersection this weekend.
Meanwhile poor MOLLY is overnight at the vet's after a Black Widow bite this morning. I decided not to post a picture of a b.w. spider since some people are so phobic.
Personally, I'm freaking out, but am advised it will all be okay. We'll know how she's doing after 10 tomorrow.
But they don't know yet!
It's usually 4 or more degrees hotter here than what Weather Channel predicts. Dinah's been at a four day horse show. I'm going to go watch her for a little while. Then home to a reading pleasure, Henning Mankell's One Step Behind, a Kurt Wallendar mystery, set in cool temperature Sweden.
He's my favorite contemporary author. I checked the book out of the library last week, then Dinah ran off with it because she likes his books too. The Northridge library was filled with people at the computer stations who seemed to be wearing either their pajamas or their underwear, odd. Pajama day at the library? Or is the dress code sliding further?


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To find a health fair near you in need of volunteers, visit the 9Health Fair website, or visit the RPCV event page to find out our next Service Project event.
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How has your preparedness changed since 9/11?
I'm one that always had extra food and store bought water on hand in the house and while living in the Mtns. of California we learned to keep a good winter kit in the truck or trunk that we continued even after moving here to the coast. When that fateful day occured, the wife sat and watched in tears and I went about doing an inventory and hitting some survival sites to see what else I could do to get us better prepared. We layed in lots of gear, but being who I am, I was never satisfied with how it was packed. What it contained and so on. So, needless to say, I experimented and adjusted. I didn't have many skills and the wife had even less.
Since then, we've both become much better shots with our weapons. We've experimented with different items in our BOB and our individual daily carry kits and we have eliminated much of the gear that we first layed in with what we feel works better, takes up less volumn and weighs less. The items that we removed from the different kits went to friends and family as we made kits for many of them as well. They just didn't see the need, but I saw it different and they agreed to keep them at least in their vehicles. Full instructions included.
Eventually, instead of just throwing a bunch of camping gear together, we layered our gear so that we could deal with several scenarios instead of just having a base camp and trunks full of gear. Each kit backs up and compliments the next. From what's in my pockets on a daily basis to a full fledged base camp. Our mobile gear layers so that if we need to, we can drop the pack and go with our vests, belt kits and bedrolls. We've both learned to trap, find water in the least likely places, make fire beds, build shelters from natural materials, scrounge and the wife has actually started to show an interest in learning how to track and hunt. Lots of improvments in both of us mentally, physically and we continue to grow spiritually, which to us is as important as being able to shoot straight.
Make them sharp, shoot them straight, or leave them home!
Re: How has your preparedness changed since 9/11?
You might want to consider some NBC (Nuklear, Biological, Chemical) gear, just in case you need to escape from or pass through a contaminated area.
If you are in your car, learn how to shut off the vents, so that the air inside the car is recirculated, instead of bring in outside air, and of course, roll up your windows.
If you have small children, gas masks may be hard to find, but places like "Cheaper than Dirt" or "Emergency Essentials" carries them in smaller sizes.
Almost all newer cars have an airconditioner. If you put it on MAX, it will recirculate the air inside the car. Some have a little u-turn arrow on a button that does this.
911, Katrina and the Houston near miss all had one thing in common. Tons of people had no place to go.
Set up your retreat location. Have your gear on hand that will help you get from the now to the there. The retreat location should be far enough away to be out of a potential disaster for your area. It should not be so far away that getting there would be impossible.
A plot of land would be nice but a closet sized mini storage locker with appropriate gear might be the way to go for you. Maybe you have a super close friend or relative that would let you put a small storage building or container at their place?
Growing up as a kid in the suburbs the weather never seemed as violent as it is today, and its worldwide. The idea of locking doors was only routine at bedtime instead of the second you cross the threshhold, backing it up with multiple alarm systems. The thought of neighbors not being there for each other, was unheard of years ago. Times have changed. People have changed. The idea is now to look out for number one and the heck with everyone else. It is a hard upbringing for the newest generation, but it is a fact that the world has gone to pot. The ways of preparedness for me has changed from some extra milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper, to a well rotated supply sufficient to maintain my families needs in any emergency. The preparedness difference in the past 10 years have taken me from one plastic tub of basics stored in a closet to a rotating pantry, a stock of long term stored items, first aid in every vehicle and the largest one in the home. Traveling has become more in alignment with the idea that anything can happen and it will. Instead of going away where the only concern was who would get the mail and watch the dog until I returned home, defensive gear and survival gear go where I go because the thought is always there that something might happen where I will have a need. Traveling now incorporates a packing list prepared long in advance that is only short of a volume in print. The gear that goes everywhere, has changed from a simple handbag with a mini-maglight on a keychain, to a fully packed EDC and BOB. Our languge has changed in the realm of survival and it means a new way of life in this new millenium. Not a day passes where the concept of long term survival doesn't cross my mind. Many hours are spent in learning to be self-sufficient and less reliable on others to maintain longevity in any given situation.
No longer are all seasonal clothes packed away. Some remain available in an emergency bag because of where I live, and under the 'wrong' circumstances I may never be able to return home, ever! Food suplies have changed from perishable in a month or so to years down the road. No more wax paper and foil, instead food is vacuum sealed and freeze-dried and dehydrated, etc.
Communications have also changed in that I now have friends that use ham radios to communicate for upcoming emergencies, knowing its not if, but when. Carrying a cell phone 24/7 is a given. Back-up emergency living quarters have been arranged out of state for the ultimate possibility of evacuation, because by today's standards we never know.
Stashing and caching, is now considered normal. Next project in home is to upgrade a safe room in the corner of the basement for any possibility. What good is it to have supplies if someone else can take them from you.
In short I haven't changed because I wanted to, but because I had to. Survival is not a tv show, but a reality and there is no end in preparing.
Finding one's way depends on what path we choose.


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The coral disease first appeared off Miami's Virginia Key in 2014 and began spreading north, south and west. But until November 2017, it appeared to stop at the east end of Marathon's Seven Mile Bridge. But it was discovered in the Lower Keys in mid-April.
"Over half of our species on the reef are susceptible to this disease," Neely said.
A field test May 18 off Sombrero Beach in Marathon showed the destruction the disease had done to the west end of the reef.
A large team effort of federal, state, university researchers and nonprofits has been focused on combating the disease.
The sanctuary will host a coral workshop on the disease July 11-13 in Key Largo, Fangman said. The exact location hasn't been determined yet.
The disease could seemingly have one of the most devastating impacts on the Florida Keys coral reef tract in modern times, said Michael P. Crosby, CEO and president of Mote Marine Laboratory.
While Neely ticked off a number of treatment experiments done on dying coral, including applying chlorine and epoxy, dousing water with antibiotic or a paste laced with antibiotics — which Neely said isn't a feasible treatment in the ocean — Crosby said Mote's focus is on restoration, or the planting of new, resilient coral.
Restoration is the answer, he said, and that requires financing to get things moving.
In recent years, Mote alone has planted 35,000 coral with plans to plant 25,000 more this year.
"We are fairly confident the science and technology we've been working diligently on for a number of years does provide the answers for how we are going to respond to this massive disease situation," Crosby said.


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Retail Specialists Announces April 16 Groundbreaking Ceremony for Amberley Subdivision
By admin May 13, 2021 Press Release, Residential
CONTACT: Caroline Hannum
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BIRMINGHAM, AL – Retail Specialists, the premier commercial real estate firm in the Southeast, announced the upcoming groundbreaking for a new residential development, Amberley, in Baldwin County, Alabama. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Friday, April 16 at 10:30AM.
Located in the city of Roberstdale at the intersection of Adams Drive and County Road 48, 290 homes are slated for the development. Homes prices are estimated to start at $250,000. Prominence Homes has been selected as the home builder for the development.
"Baldwin County is poised for growth over the next five years, so the Amberley development will target the growing demand for workforce housing in Baldwin County. A new neighborhood like Amberley will help attract more retail and commercial development in the community."
ROBERT JOLLY, CEO, RETAIL SPECIALISTS
The Amberley subdivision will feature new streets and sidewalks and community leaders feel that this new neighborhood will serve as a catalyst for more dining and shopping development in the area. The development will feature charming architecture and the homes will include amenities such as quartz and granite countertops, high-quality cabinets, two car garages, and solid surface flooring along with stainless steel appliances.
"Prominence Homes is eager to being building in Robertsdale and to be a part of this great community where we can provide quality homes in the new Amberley neighborhood," said Scott Underwood, chief operating officer for Prominence Homes.
The Amberley neighborhood is being developed by Retail Specialists, with JADE Consulting handling the civil engineering, site work by MCA Construction, Bryant Bank providing financing, and Prominence Homes is constructing the new homes.
Amberley is one of six residential lot developments under construction by Retail Specialists. There are two developments in Cullman County, Ellsworth and Kingfisher, with additional neighborhoods planned for Weaver, Madison, and Jackson, Mississippi. All of the developments have 150-285 lots and will be phased over several years.
For additional information on these companies visit:
Retail Specialists – https://www.retailspecialists.com/
Prominence Homes – https://myprominencehome.com
JADE Engineering – www.sain.com
MCA Construction – http://www.mca-construction.com/
Bryant Bank – https://www.bryantbank.com/
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Into The Woods | The Cockpit | Review
May 26, 2018 May 26, 2018 theatresoutheast☆☆☆☆, Fringe / Off West End Reviews, Reviews
The Cockpit
Wednesday 23 May – Sunday 24 June 2018
Into the Woods is a fantastic musical written by Stephen Sondheim based on fairy-tales we all know and love. Beloved stories such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack & The Beanstalk are fused together to create a new story where the characters work together and learn that life is not always a fairy-tale; there are not always happy endings, not everyone can be trusted and not all princes are charming.
In a new production at The Cockpit (Marylebone, London), director Tim McArthur has created a magnificent production of Into The Woods with a new modern twist including stepsisters from TOWIE, a paedophile wolf and a princess with a drug addiction. Initially, I was sceptical and worried if a recreation of such an iconic musical was going to successfully work but I was thoroughly impressed by it.
First, there are the original fairy tales, then the Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' adaption, now this production takes it one step further. It is a twist on a twist. Into the Woods looks at fairy-tales and their dark connections to real life mixed with a few life messages along the way; how important it is to work together, trust yourself, not talk to strangers and that things are not always they seem so do not be quick to judge other people.
This show is performed in the round making the production intimate as though the audience are joining the characters on their journeys.
Trees, castles, beanstalks etc are created using wooden ladders and palettes and the floor is covered in bark (advice: don't wear heels), emphasising that we are in the woods and giving the show a forest vibe. The effect was basic but created a good atmosphere.
The script benefits from being updated giving it a modern feel whilst maintaining the Sondheim flair. Costumes, regional accents and cast diversity are subtlety used to reflect class distinction and in effect keep it British, fun for the audience and to create something completely different to previous adaptions.
Director Tim McArthur plays the troubled baker who longs for a child and is willing to do anything to break the witches spell. His wife is played by Jo Wickham whose comedic timing, body language and facial expressions made her character loveable and relatable.
Cinderella's stepmother (Mary Lincoln) and stepsisters (Mackey Cherrett & Francesca Pim) were fantastic playing girls from TOWIE, adding comedic elements to their moments on stage. Cinderella (Abigail Carter-Simpson) played a character from Essex as well which starkly contrasted with Jack (of Beanstalk fame), and his mother portrayed as Northern chavs, Jack with marks on his face from either getting into fights or from abuse from his Alcoholic mother.
Red Riding Hood and Jack, being the youngest characters in the story, were played fantastically by Florence Odumosu and Jamie O'Donnell. It is challenging for adults to play child roles ensuring they are real and believable, but they pulled it off very well. As upbeat and energetic children they were brilliant, but in more emotional and important scenes, they gave touching performances. Easily my favourite characters due to their high level of commitment and energy.
Any Sondheim musical is challenging, and I give a huge hats off to the actors performing this demanding piece.
There were a few highlights; Jack's song Giants In The Sky is an honest emotive performance and Cinderella's singing voice gave me goosebumps, especially during 'No One Is Alone'. Playing the witch, Michele Moran's interpretation of the song 'Last Midnight' was one of the best I've heard.
The song 'Your Fault' featuring the central protagonists all blaming themselves for the disasters that have befallen them was fantastic and another stand-out performance, however, all the ensemble numbers were enticing and jolly, the cast bouncing off each other's energy. It was clear that they were enjoying themselves which made me enjoy it all the more.
In conclusion, Tim McArthur's Into the Woods is like Stephen Sondheim and Tim Burton have teamed up to create something dark, real and comedic like Trainspotting or Skins.
Dark, breath-taking, exciting and addictive. Beloved fairy-tales behind closed doors and after the "happily ever after." You won't know whether to laugh or cry… but you will know you want to go back and see it again and again.
Reviewer: Lauren Elphick
Photos: David Ovenden
Into the Woods is being performed by All Star Productions in association with Trilby Productions at The Cockpit Theatre from 23 May – 24 June 2018
Tickets Here
Abigail Carter-Simpson, All Star Productions, David Overden, Florence Odumosu, Francesca Pim, Into the woods, Jamie O'Donnell, Jo Wickham, Lauren Elphick, Mackey Cherrett, Mary Lincoln, Michele Moran, Stephen Sondheim, The Cockpit, Tim McArthur, Trilby Productions
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rI made this beef wellington for New Year's Eve. It takes quite a bit of time to prep, but it was well worth the effort. This is a Tyler Florence recipe from The Food Network. I've loved watching him on America's Worst Cooks, so I was looking forward to trying this recipe. It turned out extremely well. The sauce takes quite a bit of time to reduce, so make sure to plan for that. The effort required for this absolutely makes it a special occasion meal, but the flavors make it all worth it.
1. Start by making the duxelles. Place mushrooms, shallots, garlic, and thyme in a food processor and pulse until fine.
2. In a large pan, melt butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add mushroom and shallot mixture. Saute for about 10 minutes, until most of liquid has evaporated and mixture has reduced in size by about 50%. Season with salt and pepper. Spread on a paper towel to absorb remaining moisture and cool.
3. To make the beef, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat a skillet to high and sear tenderloin for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and smear with Dijon mustard. Set aside.
4. Lay about a foot and a half of plastic wrap out and lay prosciutto in a single layer rectangle so that it is big enough to encompass the entire beef filet.
5. Using a spatula, evenly cover the prosciutto with a thin layer of duxelles. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with thyme leaves.
6. Place meat on top of duxelles and roll up using the plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 mins to an hour so it will maintain its shape.
8. Roll out puff pastry to about a 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. You will likely need to overlap 2 sheets to be able to encompass the meat.
9. Brush edges of puff pastry with egg wash and roll puff pastry around the meat. Trim ends if needed. Brush the top of the puff pastry with the egg wash. Top with salt.
10. Cut a few slits in the pastry with a paring knife to allow steam to escape during baking. Bake for 40-45 minutes for medium rare, until an internal temperature of 130 degrees. If puff pastry starts browning too much, tent with foil. Remove meat from oven and let rest for at least 5 minutes before cutting into thick slices.
11. While meat is baking, make green peppercorn sauce. Heat olive oil in a pan and add shallots, garlic, and thyme. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
12. Add brandy. Remove from heat, then using a long lighter or match, ignite brandy and flambe. Once flame dies down, return to heat.
13. Add stock and reduce by about half. This will take about 10-15 minutes. Remove solids.
14. Add cream and mustard. Reduce by about half again, which will take another 10-15 minutes. Add green peppercorns.
15. Serve slices of beef with green peppercorn sauce and vegetables.


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