| Frying's easy in the Big Easy
SAN FRANCISCO - Examiner food critic Patricia Unterman checks in with her latest report from her culinary adventures around the world. TODAY: New Orleans. In winter, the crawfish are meaty; the oysters, plump, and the shrimp are sweet. So what are you waiting for? Get down to New Orleans now. The city is ready to take care of you. You may want to avoid the madness of Mardi Gras on Feb. 20, but maybe not. Either way, here's the eating plan: Check into a hotel in the French Quarter and walk over to ACME Oyster House (724 Iberville St., 504-522-5973). Go in the afternoon to avoid a line. Order a dozen oysters on the half-shell ($9.99/dozen) and ask for small ones, best for eating raw. At this price you can eat as many as you like, chased by a cleansing martini. Also, try a half-dozen grilled oysters ($8.99), warm, smoky, veiled in butter and romano cheese.
Owning a piece of history
Want a piece of the Rockhouse store? Be there Saturday, when everything from the original, quartz-faced structure to the screen door that once graced it and the ground beneath will be sold item by item in a public auction. "We'll probably have a couple of hundred people, easy," said Colleen Kelly Waldrip, one of the auctioneers along with her husband, Lee Waldrip of Clermont. Joe and Mary Jarrard Dyer built what was once a general store in the early 1930s. The sandstone-colored quartz they hauled by wagon from Murrayville and lined the store's face and columns with, as well as a home across the road, helped turned both into landmarks. People use the Rockhouse market place in giving directions, said Dyer grandson Michael McKendree, who owns the property where Ga. 52 curves past Rock House Road in east Dahlonega.
Microsoft: Windows Vista end of an era
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 26 The Windows Vista operating system, five years in the making, is Microsoft Corp.'s last major software product made the old-fashioned way, the company says. The complex, time-consuming process of crafting computer code line-by-line, which prompted repeated launch delays, is a thing of the past, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said. .
Brass is back, but be sure it looks aged
"Little hits of this ancient alloy really warm up a modern space," says the December/ January issue of Domino. The magazine shows a variety of brass sconces, knobs and drawer pulls and reassures readers that the golden brass handles won't clash with silvery stainless appliances in the kitchen. .
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