Top 10 Tailgate Pregame Recipes reposted by Ruth Paget

I thought the following Top 10 Tailgate Pregame Recipes looked very appetizing.

I especially like how the tailgate pregames parties create community for the game attendees and get all the vehicles parked way before the game starts.

The recipes follow:

https://barbecuebible.com/2019/10/25/10-best-tailgating-recipes/

Maybe the concessions could sell some items or services  to make this tradition easier to maintain like selling sides such macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, gazpacho in drink containers, Greek salads, sodas, coffee drinks, team merchandise, and garbage and recycle take away.  

Parking spots are numbered so this could be organized like curbside pick-up.

Leftover food could be sold through Too Good to Go or a similar organization.

Just a thought on a rainy day.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

New $15 Million Gift to UChicago Law School Will Fund More Scholarships reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago Law School has received a new $15 million gift to fund scholarships. 

To date David M. Rubenstein has contributed $70 million to the University of Chicago Law School to fund 220 full-tuition scholarships to the law school.

More information about this important gift from UChicago News follows:

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/david-m-rubenstein-jd73-extends-support-rubenstein-scholars-program-15-million-gift?utm_medium=05.28email&utm_source=UChicagoNews&mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGiDp27XFkXlrmTOmTjb9EvQLutGCPWTdAVd_wsoLZYGQv9O7KpLSwp6-p80-YeSfKVxRQi_TTsmhHqaHDFy0lDDBSL9zZ5RiqABoaYXiRyxMWJi_M

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

The Gilded not Golden Renaissance - Read all about it in Inventing the Renaissance on sale by UChicago Press reposted by Zruth Paget

Ada Palmer’s Inventing the Renaissance discusses the myth of the Renaissance and its darker side in this debunking book on sale now by the University of Chicago Press.

Information about Inventing the Renaissance and purchase details follow:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo246135916.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Inventing%20the%20Renaissance&utm_campaign=Reader%27s%20Picks%20May%202026

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

First Tee Golf Camps Starting Soon reposted by Ruth Paget

First Tee Golf-Based Summer Camps are starting soon across Monterey County.

For information about the First Tee Summer Golf Camp, check out their website below:

https://firstteemontereycounty.org/

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Elaine Douvas, Oboe, at Hidden Valley in Carmel Valley, California reposted Ruth Paget

Elaine Douvas, Oboe, who has performed for the Metropolitan Opera, will be in concert at Hidden Valley in Carmel Valley, California on June 2, 2026 according to the Monterey County Community Calendar.

More information and ticket purchase details from the Monterey County Weekly Calendar follow:

https://www.montereycountynow.com/events/#/details/masters-concert-elaine-douvas-oboe/18885965/2026-06-02T19

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at UChicago Hosts Lecture of Sudanese Archaeological Work Amidst Conflict reposted by Ruth Paget

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago will host a lecture on Sudanese archaeological work during a time of conflict on May 27, 2026 with French scholar Vincent Francigny, who has lived in Khartoum for more than ten years as the head of the French Archaeological Mission there..

Information about this free event follows:

https://events.uchicago.edu/event/258182-nubian-month-visiting-scholar-lecture-with-vincent-fr?mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGiBPWZl0H65O0wHFOtJhzFGewK6uK9NFaS00oZ1p07prk6uXg3gY_8ujKuqVGbOxGJ7-_DTkmfqiF7dgurUkdLeyn4-eeHMhKv3g4B_NSjkwksRvo

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Mexican Bush Sage Sighting at Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget

While drinking a Peerless organic coffee from The Market at Pebble Beach )California), I saw a sprawling bush with spiky green leaves along the garden trail.

I used Google lens to identify this plant called a Mexican bush sage.

In late summer and early fall the leaves are full of purple flowers that attract hummingbirds.

Mexican bush sages require minimal watering and seem to do well with ocean fog and drizzle.

According to nursery notes from Mountain Valley Growers, Mountain bush sage offers good ground coverage for a minimum outlay of money.

More nursery information and purchase details follow:

https://mountainvalleygrowers.com/organic-plants/salvia-leucantha-all-purple-mexican-bush-sage/

My husband Laurent brought me a souvenir to go with my nature walk - a bag of Pebble Beach brand Espresso Maranello coffee beans for weekend breakfasts.

I thought that was a great souvenir for a garden walk and bird watching at Pebble Beach, California.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France