Posts by anitteb
Guest Requested Cheese Cake Recipe
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 This recipe was requested about July 1st or 2nd. Sorry it took so long, but it was like pulling teeth to get this recipe. Not all of us want to share our most coveted secrets and apparently this recipe is very close to one of our host families. While…
Read MoreWHOLE FOODS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Copyright The Bettina Network, Inc. 2009 We have had a few disagreements with Whole Foods. You can read about them in this blog. We are, however, appalled at what is happening around Mackey, Whole Foods executive. It is especially appalling because we live in a democracy and one of its founding freedoms is FREEDOM OF…
Read MoreA Stock Market Follow-Up
Copyright the Bettina Network, inc. 2009 From the blog “Stock Market Action at Breakfast”. The guest wrote about buying two stocks from a discussion around the breakfast table at a Bettina Network home. The blog is dated June 15, 2009. The stocks they talked about were IVAN and IVN. IVAN – an oil stock and…
Read MoreUpdate on Guests Stock Tip
Copyright by the Bettina Network, inc. 2009 We received a correspondence from a former guest on 7/4/2009 saying they bought SIRI – Sirius Radio at $ .425/share. The Blog is entitled “A Guests’ Email re Stock Tips” We will not let these stock tips go un-followed, so today we looked up SIRI and discovered it…
Read MoreTekka Popcorn
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 A really great snack – healthy and it tastes great. To pop the ORGANIC corn, use an air popper so you don’t have to use oil. Save on oil in the popping so you won’t feel guilty about adding butter at the end. Pop the corn. While the corn…
Read MoreAjaron’s Omelette
copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 2009 to learn more about Ajaron click here A wonderful omelette which has received rave reviews. You need: 2 eggs per person onion green pepper scallions cheese (gruyère, jack cheese with jalapeño, or your preference of a melting cheese) and/or whatever you have in the refrigerator that you want to…
Read MoreA Guests’ Review – Boston Harbor Islands
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2009 by “Mac” A trip to the Boston Harbor Islands is becoming the thing to do when visiting the Greater Boston/Cambridge area. A very knowledgeable guest took the boat trip and spent the day and was generous enough to write a review for all of us. There are 34 islands and…
Read MoreAn Interesting New Book by a Bettina Guest
NUMINA ~ Power, Spirit Place by Anne Gordon What follows is an interview of Anne Gordon by Anne Allanketner about the process that went into the writing of “NUMINA”. “Anne discovered labyrinths in 1997 and became a Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator in 2002. She lives in Eugene, Oregon, is married, and has a 20 year-old son.…
Read MoreNew Orleans Gumbo
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2009 A reader asked for a recipe and a cultural comment about New Orleans Gumbo. The reader must know something about Gumbo to have asked specifically for ‘New Orleans’ Gumbo. There is cajun gumbo and creole gumbo, but top of the list is New Orleans Gumbo. Give me your family’s gumbo…
Read MoreA Guests’ Email re Stock Tips
“Thanks for putting up the blog on stock tips. Otherwise I would not have written this one. Didn’t think it was anything of interest to your blog readers. At breakfast at a Bettina home we had a great conversation about the stock market and the tip I picked up was SIRI – Sirius Radio. The…
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