In the early days girl scout members made their own cookies with their moms, all using their sugar cookie recipe… These were the ingredients: Girl Scout Cookie, circa 1922 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar plus additional amount for topping (optional) 2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt…
Tag: History
Vacation in Portugal (Lisbon, Setubal, Troia)
I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday 6/28. Carolina, Mimi and Papa decided to come the day before so they could enjoy an extra day in Lisbon. Mimi picked a really cool hotel near the airport and near the Aquarium to tour around the day before I arrived. They looked around the Aquarium and Expo…
Memorial day – USS Lexington
We drove from Padre Island over to Corpus Christy to visit the USS Lexington. Below at the entrance of museum we took some pictures The USS Lexington is a 910-foot, 16-deck, 33,000-ton aircraft carrier that sits right on Corpus Christy beach since 1991. You always see them in movies, learn about them in history class, but it’s…
Visiting Trujillo, Caceres (Spain)
June 27th, 2011 We decided to go on a short road trip to visit the town of Trujillo. The objective was to go to the top of the town and show Carolina what a real castle looked like. Trujillo is a small town with a population shy of 10k southeast of Caceres. Even though it’s…
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