Jul 25, 2009

Rhode Island Jul '09

One of the mansion's of the Gilded age(left)
Courtesy : wwp.greenwichmeantime.com
Map of Rhode island(right)
Rhode Island is a state in New England region of the United States.It is the smallest state in the U.S by area.Rhode island borders Connecticut to the West and Massachusetts to the north and east.Rhode island was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule.
Newport Rhode Island Mansions / The Gilded Age Mansions of Newport :Unlike no other place in the world,Newport offers a glimpse into a lifestyle that is difficult to imagine.The Newport "summer cottages" as they were referred to often took several years to construct and were lived in for just six weeks of the year.Craftsman from Europe were enlisted and relocated to Newport for the construction process.We toured the Mansions,through the cliff-walk.We also got to look at the interiors of one of the mansions where the flower show was conducted.We drove.The best part of Newport was the cliff walk.I learnt to shoot the night lights in manual mode from my hubby.Amazing DSLR(Love Nikon).I feel motivated with the amazing quality of the photos just with a little extra effort.


Jul 23, 2009

Barbecue at Boston Jul '09


Tradition tells us that this is the origin of Barbecue, both in process and in name. The natives of the West Indies had a word for this process, "barbacoa". It is generally believed that this is the origin of our modern word Barbecue, though there is some debate on the matter.The process began to evolve with the migration of Europeans and Africans to the region of the Southern United States.Barbecue evolved as a process of preserving meat.Without a process of refrigeration, meat had to be either cooked and eaten quickly after slaughter or preserved by either a spicing or smoking process.

In the evolution of Barbecue, one this has always been a constant. Barbecue is more than a meal. It is an event. People gather for good barbecue.Barbecue is an event that gathers people around a fire to watch, smell and eat. Like the fires of prehistory this is the place to eat, drink and tell stories.

So as the story of the evolution of barbecue goes, all of us (Pradheep,his brother, my co-sis, his cousin's family and me) met together at his cousin's place and we barbecued shrimps,veggies,fish,corn,chicken and yes definitely sausages and beef patties for burgers.We ladies cut the veggies and marinated the meat while the gents were the one's mostly barbecuing.It was yum ! and was the best barbecue that i had tasted.