The Cape Coral Barometer's Editor's Blog

Hot Mulled Apple Cider

Written by Eric Taubert
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Living The Season with Eric Taubert Presents: Hot Mulled Apple Cider Apple picking is an autumn tradition for many New England families. The parents herd all the children into the car and head out across the hills and valleys of winding country roads. The apple orchards exude colonial storybook qualities. Gnarled trees, ripe with fruit, stretch out in a semi-symmetric maze. Tourists with wooden bushel baskets walk amidst the rickety barns and log fences. Migrant harvesters with their wheelbarrows and ladders tend to their seasonal employment. Most often there's a petting zoo on the premises where the children torment innocent farm animals. Sometimes a hayride pulled by a tractor will serve as the mode of transport to the main picking area. The journey is bumpy, with rustic scents of mud, falling leaves, and farm animals giving way to fresh air among the apple trees.
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New Websites by the Cape Coral Barometer

Written by Eric Taubert

Monday, 20 October 2008

We'd like to invite all of our readers to stop by the two new websites designed by our staff here at the Cape Coral Barometer.

The first is for a Massachusetts company that specializes in new and replacement Garage Doors for Worcester County, central Massachusetts, and the Rangeley, Maine area: Sterling Overhead Door.

The second website is for a talented, young lady -- whose cartoon strip, "Seasons in the Sun" you'll be seeing soon in the Cape Coral Barometer. Her name is Charlene Taubert.

We welcome them both to the Barometer Media family, and we hope you'll do the same.

If you've got a local, home-based business which you think could benefit from our website design services...Come visit the Cape Coral Barometer website design page for more information and Contact Us today!

Cape Coral Under Hurricane Warning

Written by Eric Taubert
Monday, 18 August 2008
As the first rain bands from Tropical Storm Fay approach Southwest Florida, all the residents of Cape Coral are remaining calm. The entire perspective is one of a community not quite sure a significant weather event is about to occur. Most homeowners still have not opted to put up their storm shutters. Traffic is light. Gas stations and grocery stores are quiet.
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Upcoming Events

Written by Eric Taubert
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
This is Eric Taubert with a Cape Coral Barometer update. This week we're working on a unique set of Summer Vacation Roadtrip Stories which will take you on a journey from Southwest Florida to the Florida Panhandle, Biloxi in Mississippi, and the bars and restaurants of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. On the local front, our food critic, R.D. Lang, recently paid a visit to the Mucky Duck on Captiva Island for some off-season eats. His review will be forthcoming, as well.
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Space Shuttles, Sonic Booms, and Tornadoes

Written by Eric Taubert
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Did you hear the sonic boom this morning? Every time the space shuttle comes back through our atmosphere on a return trip to Cape Canaveral, everyone in Southwest Florida is alerted by a sonic boom. It sounds like a single, quick thunderclap. Or, sometimes, like a gunshot. Today it was louder than ever, it actually shook the walls of my house. It sounded almost as if something hit my roof.
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