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 Chef Miguel Ribera was born in New Mexico in 1918. In 1959, he bought Casa de Flores in Reno, where Maria de Flores was serving Spanish food.  He changed the name to Casa de Amor and began serving Mexican cuisine 24 hours a day. By 1961, "Chef Miguel" was an ambassador of sorts, providing demonstrations of "foreign cooking" at the local YMCA. Eventually the restaurant took on Miguel's name, and the family would provide scholarships to many of their employees.  One such recipient was Emma Sepulveda, who went on to become an accomplished writer and a professor at UNR.  In 2014, President Obama appointed her to the William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Miguel passed away in 1998 and in 2001 new owners took over the restaurant, but kept the name.  It remains Miguel's Fine Mexican Food to this day. Ribera is honored with a Family Resource Center and local park in his name. Reno Historical KUNR

  Working from home, enjoying my morning coffee. Coffee has energy boosting and fat burning properties, and is a great source of antioxidants. It is believed that coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia - a 9th century goat herder noticed the stimulating effects on his goats and started experimenting. Coffee was originally popular in Arab countries beginning in the 15th century.  From there it spread to Asia, then Italy, across Europe and to the Americas. Today, coffee is one of the world's largest crops. Photo Credit: Cesar Elias Botelho The coffee bean is actually the pit of these coffee berries. When buying your coffee, look for the Fair Trade Certified stamp of approval.  Because coffee is considered a luxury, consumers can demand more from their producers, which has historically meant poor treatment of the farmers and workers on top of the hard conditions they already face. It's a few years old, but here is a  Guide to Buying Ethical Coffee . Days of the Year  says

 Jeremy Scott for Moschino was inspired by The Theatre de la Mode, a troupe of miniature couture creations that went on tour after World War I. With the help of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, he created this show. Vogue

A new project is turning NASA data images into sound using sonification. They started with "Sounds from Around the Milky Way." Spitzer Telescope data focused on the gas and dust clouds, Hubble spotted the bright stars, and Chandra brings in the remnants of stellar explosions, including the centerpiece, Sagittarius A. They then looked at one of the most famous images, "The Pillars of Creation." This image covers the visible and X-Ray spectrum from Hubble and Chandra. Lastly, they worked on "Cassiopeia A" but there isn't a YouTube video for that. Click Here Located 11,000 light years away, light from this explosion reached Earth in 1667.  The sounds in this melody are linked with high-energy detection and the four main elements of the supernova: silicon, sulfur, calcium, and iron. More from Chandra IFLScience

 We reentered the smoke zone when we drove down to Lahontan. We popped over to Fort Churchill as well - we'd been there before but I recently picked up a Nevada State Park Passport, so I needed to go back. And then it cleared up. Hubby caught a catfish and the pups were very curious.

We're still camping at Wildhorse here. Driving through Lamoille Canyon.

  First we drove to Wildhorse State park, north of Elko.