Author dorabenley

Medieval Glory: I just heard that the famous ship of Henry V of England has been found in the River Hamble near Southampton. It saw action in the years after Henry V defeated France at the Battle of Agincourt. The… Continue Reading →

Photos Of The Waterloo Re-Enactment in June, 2015: I’m finding all sorts of colorful photos online of the re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo this past summer in June. We visited the battlefield as the last re-enactors were leaving. The… Continue Reading →

Discoveries On A Camcorder Tape: On Friday night we started watching the camcorder tapes I took on our trip to Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg this summer. I’d never seen any of this footage before. I’d played around with the shots… Continue Reading →

Food Sculptures in Watermelon: Ancient Rome or Arkansas: It looks like the days of ancient Rome, but it couldn’t have existed back then. You think of slaves delivering it on a silver or golden platter. It looks sculpturesque with eyes… Continue Reading →

About 5PM on August 4 we went to dinner at Carmello’s in the Staples or old Dart Drug Shopping Center. We hadn’t dined in that Italian Restaurant since July of 1997, the last time my husband’s parents came to visit… Continue Reading →

Different Attitude Towards War In 19th Century: I just bought a book called Beauty and Chivalry: The Duchess of Richmond’s Ball Brussels 1815 by Lisa Eveleigh. I’m working on a novel about the Battle of Waterloo this fall. I just… Continue Reading →

I think that the best view of the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island is from the decks of the Queen Mary 2. We sailed under the bridge during dinner on June 3 heading out toward the Atlantic Ocean. I… Continue Reading →

Only New Yorkers Here, Thank You When we stopped on Staten Island this past June to eat lunch at Applebees before checking in to the Comfort Inn Brooklyn Cruise Terminal hotel for our last night ashore, we overheard a man… Continue Reading →

Dante’s Pizza and Pasta is a pizza delivery service in Abilene, Texas that promises that they deliver the hottest temperature food in town. They certainly kept their promise last night in Abilene when the temperatures were soaring and we wanted… Continue Reading →

Dante’s Pizza and Pasta is a pizza delivery service in Abilene, Texas that promises that they deliver the hottest temperature food in town. They certainly kept their promise last night in Abilene when the temperatures were soaring and we wanted… Continue Reading →