“Mom, look. We can buy a cow.” “No honey, we cannot buy a cow.” “But Mom, they have price tags on them.”
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Don’t Have a Cow!
August 14th, 2011 
Nearly Bionic 
Posted in Life in the USA 
Tags: animals, black and tan, cows, green pastures, North Dakota, United States 
No Comments »Philly Cheesesteak? No way! It’s Better…
August 14th, 2011 Nearly Bionic My latest cupcake adventures brought me to Philadelphia. Yes, I tried the cheese steak prior to finding this great bakery and it was good. I am definitely more of a sweets kind of gal than a steak and potato one though. Walking around the city, looking for a place to get my husbands hair cut [...]
Posted in Food and Cooking, Life in the USA Tags: Bakery, Cheesesteak, Chocolate chip cookie, Cupcake, Fruit curd, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Switzerland No Comments »Civic Center Conservatory Offers Outdoor Cafe For Denver
July 10th, 2011 Nearly Bionic While walking around Denver Colorado, my Mom and I walked right into the middle of a lunch crowd’s dream : quick, really good fast food! Come to find out, it’s all part of Civic Center Eats. An actual portable outdoor cafe, that launched June 7th and runs through September 29th. The proceeds benefit the Civic Center [...]
Posted in Restaurant Reviews Tags: BBQ, Chicago, Civic Center Denver, Civic Center Park, Cooking, cupcakes, Denver, Food truck, food venue, Home, Venezuela 1 Comment »A Flight Attendants View On Taking Your Seat
July 1st, 2011 Nearly Bionic I am sitting in my seat on the aircraft headed for Kansas City, watching passengers as they board. The seat is quite comfortable compared to the seat that I am usually forced to occupy and yet the leg room is surprisingly limited for such a large aircraft. I cannot wait until the next passenger complains [...]
Posted in Airline Travel Tips Tags: Aisle, american airlines, Delta Airlines, Ettiquette, Flight attendant, Home, Passenger, Seat belt, travel, United, usair, Vehicle, Window seat 5 Comments »How To Work Together. What’s Your Office?
June 25th, 2011 Nearly Bionic When I began my career as a flight attendant, I avoided the larger aircraft and chose instead to work by myself on the plane at a smaller carrier. Just me. Solo. When the airline then employed by picked up a two flight attendant aircraft, I avoided it like it was the plague. Why? I was [...]
Posted in Work Life Tags: Aircraft, Airline, Aviation, Co-worker, Difficult Coworker, Employment, Flight attendant, Jamaica, Office, Passenger, Southwest Airlines No Comments »Comair~New Baggage Policy
June 22nd, 2011 Nearly Bionic In the further attempt to function more like it’s parent company, Delta Airlines, Comair’s larger aircraft (CRJ 700 and 900) will now be offering it’s passengers a Carry On Bag Program. The new program allows passegers to bring on the luggage that must usually be “pink tagged”. While it’s current valet system is still in [...]
Airlines Call Terminal 3 New Home in CVG
June 20th, 2011 Nearly Bionic First, we lost Concourse C at the Greater Cincinnati/NKY International airport, also known as CVG. Although I didn’t mind having to take a train and a bus just to get to work to check-in, it was nice to not to have to come into concourse A or B and take that same form of transportation [...]
Gluten Free Baking Success
June 17th, 2011 Nearly Bionic The Allergen Free Baker’s Handbook by Cybele Pascal The latest book found on my library’s shelves, looks like it should be a beautiful addition to my beginning collection. Mrs. Pascal doesn’t simply have recipes typed out and bound for us to figure out on our own, no. She starts the book out with everything that [...]
Posted in Baking Tags: Allergy, Cooking, Food, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free diet, Home, Recipe, Special Diets No Comments »A Paris Love Affair
June 17th, 2011 Nearly Bionic Paris. Ah, the city of lights. The museums, the architecture, the amazing pastries. It’s like an affair with the perfect lover. But, what is Paris to you? There are times when I enjoy a smaller town for it’s innocence and charm, however, nothing really comes close to the intricacies of this grand city. A place where [...]
Posted in World Travel Tags: Eiffel Tower, France, French language, Ile-de-France, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Seine, Travel and Tourism No Comments »Caramel Disaster Turned Fabulous
June 16th, 2011 Nearly Bionic Okay, so last night I tried making caramel. I have made it before although since I cannot tell you the last time, let’s just say that I forgot that it goes from melting to burnt in a matter of seconds. Mine turned out bitter from being cooked less than 32 seconds too long. Since I [...]
Posted in Candy Tags: Butter, Candy, Caramel, Cook, Cream, Pistachio, Wax paper, Wine tasting descriptors No Comments »
