What's New on Britta Blvd

May 15th, 2010
added my Alaska cruise and Adventures in Australia to the travels index page

January 2nd, 2009
added videos for 2007 & 2008 to the Halloween index, and set date for Mardi Gras 2009
Happy New Year!


September 7th, 2008
added Eerie Elegance book release announcement to main index pages, Halloween, Halloween Recipes, Spooky Spreads, Hogwarts index, and recipes index. Please buy my book! :)

May 1st, 2008
added YouTube videos to the Halloween index & Hogwarts index, plus the latest Disneyland trip to the travels index

February 5th, 2008
added my Cruise to the Bahamas on the travels index page

January 16th, 2008
Embedded my blog on Britta Blvd and added to my index page

January 13th, 2008
Finally added a photo of the Crab Triangles to the Mardi Gras Recipes page

January 1st, 2008
Updated the travels section with a new index page. Happy New Year!

October 30th, 2007
Updated Kylie's page. I'll miss you, Kylie. :(

September 23rd, 2007
After 7 years, I FINALLY updated my Halloween Recipes page - hooray! Added the new Spooky Spreads page, and updated the Halloween index with this year's webcast details

August 2nd, 2007
Can't keep up with email screening, so placed a strong curse on the Marauder's Map download page to be available on demand from now on...

May 13th, 2007
Created the SmorgaBritta Recipes index page to link the shiny new Lefse page
Happy Mother's Day, Mom! :)


January 18th, 2007
Oops! Forgot earlier to add the Creole Chicken Skewers to the Mardi Gras Recipes page

January 12th, 2007
Updated the Mardi Gras Recipes page with new photos, Brie En Croute, and King Cake - Bread Machine & Non-Dairy version. Also added Google AdSense ads

July 24th, 2006
Changed locations for my Marauders' Map instructions page and removed the downloadable map due to abuse by eBay sellers

March 26th, 2006
4 years later, finally finished the Seven of Nine costume page

March 11th, 2006
added webcam footage to Mardi Gras 2005! :)

March 8th, 2006
Mardi Gras 2006 is already online - including webcam footage! :)

February 9th, 2006
Mardi Gras 2005 is finally up!

October 13th, 2005
Halloween 2004 is finally up!

August 9th, 2005
first how-to page of Year Six at Hogwarts is up - the Marauders' Map page!

July 19th, 2005
revised recipe and photos for the Eerie Eyeballs on the Halloween Recipes page

June 28th, 2005
Year Six at Hogwarts is now listed on the main Hogwarts Celebration page, including the webcam broadcast and FAQ links

June 15th, 2005
The Year Six at Hogwarts FAQ is now online.

May 25th, 2005
Britta Blvd is now back on infinitely better bandwidth - HOORAY!!! :D
(only a month total outage plus a slow backup solution for 2.5 months)


March 9th, 2005
Even though it's still the same day, this requires its own dedicated entry! For the first time since the original Britta Blvd page went up in 1996 using the Yosemite Mustang "classic" Britta Blvd main index image, I have finally acquired the perfect Briata image to replace it - hooray! Needless to say, the day and night index pages have been updated, and so has the Briata page. :)

March 9th, 2005
Britta Blvd is now limping along on my home aDSL connection since our main server crashed on February 4th, 2005 (waah!). Stay tuned for better bandwidth eventually, but all content should be here, albeit slower performance.

October 1st, 2004
added comments to the Hogwarts Celebration page about me being featured as a party expert in a new Harry Potter guidebook! :D

July 22nd, 2004
my UK Tour 2004 blog that I updated while I was away on my very recent trip with The Choral Project is now complete, including some photos, too...

June 25th, 2004
formatted my LiveJournal for live updating while I'm away on the Choral Project UK tour...

May 18th, 2004
added the Bullets 'N' Barbecue mystery party page...

May 9th, 2004
replaced the "Strange, Odd and Just Plain Different" UK comparison page with commentary about being flamed by the British...

April 6th, 2004
added new daffodils card to the notecards page...
also added scissorhands template to the Edward costume page...


March 24th, 2004
finally updated my friends page...

March 17th, 2004
added March 2004 photos to the BRIATA page...

March 2nd, 2004
added Mardi Gras 2004...

February 13th, 2004
new BRIATA page online!

January 2nd, 2004
got Halloween 2003 online - Happy New Year!!!

October 16th, 2003
FINALLY got Halloween 2002 online!!!

October 14th, 2003
FINALLY got Halloween 2001 online!!!

October 9th, 2003
added the webcam movie to MardiGras 2003...

April 15th, 2003
added SEVENTY-SIX more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
also added FORTY-THREE more nicknames...


April 11th, 2003
FINALLY published the Hogwarts Celebration website...hooray! :D
added Hogwarts recipes link to the recipes page...


March 19th, 2003
finally updated my resume...

March 6th, 2003
added Mardi Gras 2003...

September 1st, 2002
reorganized main index pages with new buttons for new sections...
added main recipes page...


July 23rd, 2002
added Harry Potter party page with webcam link...

May 18th, 2002
added Webmistress and Cleopatra to the Costumes section...
also finally acquired the image of Robert Barhhill for The Willing Dead...


May 17th, 2002
added 70s Disco Diva, Amazon Goddess, Brittahilde the Valkyrie and added how-to pages for Jack Skellington, Sally, Edward Scissorhands and Cyndi Lauper in the Costumes section...

May 13th, 2002
created the Star Trek: The Next Generation mystery party page...

April 10th, 2002
added FIFTY-TWO more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
also added THIRTY-NINE more nicknames...


February 10th, 2002
updated theAssorted Cake Creations page with all cakes since October 1998...
also created The Willing Dead mystery party page...


January 23rd, 2002
created the How to Host a Mystery index page...

July 10th, 2001
removed broken links on Friends page
corrected lots of broken links back to official video pages on many movie promotions
updated resume
added four more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
also added five more nicknames...


June 17th, 2001
added TWENTY-ONE more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
also added THIRTEEN more nicknames...


June 14th, 2001
added Mardi Gras Recipes
added more pix to Mardi Gras 2000...


March 8th, 2001
added THIRTY-SEVEN more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
also added EIGHTEEN more nicknames...


March 5th, 2001
added Mardi Gras 2001 party pix...

January 23rd, 2001
reorganized Mardi Gras section...

November 13th, 2000
added my magazine clipping of winning the Gingerbread House contest on my gingerbread English thatched cottage page

November 12th, 2000
added the Halloween 2000 page
added Brittle Bones and Savory Brain Spread to the Halloween Recipes page


September 28th, 2000
added THIRTY-FOUR more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!
added SIXTEEN more entries to the Nicknames of Brittas Worldwide page

April 14th, 2000
added Nicknames of Brittas Worldwide page

April 13th, 2000
added five more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

March 21st, 2000
added two more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

March 6th, 2000
put up first pix of the Mardi Gras Masquerade
added yet another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!


March 1st, 2000
uploaded updated resume
added yet another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!


February 18th, 2000
added the graphics section to the portfolio index
added two more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!


February 13th, 2000
added my Halloween-Online Featured Reader banner to the Halloween index page
updated the old Halloween Recipes page to point to the new page
added five more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!


January 29th, 2000
added five more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

December 28th, 1999
added three more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

December 21st, 1999
added two more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

December 5th, 1999
added another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

November 27th, 1999
added two more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

November 20th, 1999
added Halloween 1999 and more recipes to the Halloween Recipes page

November 12th, 1999
added four more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

October 29th, 1999
added another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

October 25th, 1999
added two more e-mails to Brittas of the World, Unite!

October 16th, 1999
won a Halloween-Online award for my Halloween recipes page
added yet another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!


October 4th, 1999
added yet another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

September 27th, 1999
added yet another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

September 22nd, 1999
added another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

September 13th, 1999
added default to index.html if browser does not support JavaScript

September 12th, 1999
added the final black-and-white print to Marcus' page
added Son of Cluegiver tag to artwork page
updated text for the tile mural
added more photos to the Class of 1989 Reunion page
added Star Trek Experience links to the Las Vegas travels page


September 7th, 1999
added another e-mail to Brittas of the World, Unite!

September 3rd, 1999
added What's in a Name? and Brittas of the World, Unite!

August 27th, 1999
added more photos to the Class of 1989 Reunion page
added the gingerbread English thatched cottage to the portfolio index

August 13th, 1999
added Class of 1989 Reunion page to the Friends index

August 3rd, 1999
added another notecard

June 22nd, 1999
added some more costumes, reorganized into costumes directory with index page

June 21st, 1999
added Georgia image and Casa bari image to music page
added icons to portfolio index


June 15th, 1999
added even more costumes

June 8th, 1999
removed frames from travels section
added What's New page


May 7th, 1999
added Borg Ship Matching Game

April 20th, 1999
added Barbie's Miata review from BBC Top Gear magazine

March 27th, 1999
added Sorcerer Mickey, Scooby-Doo, X-Files and elegant chocolate grape cakes

March 25th, 1999
added Star Trek Insurrection promotions

February 15th, 1999
added more pix to Halloween 1996

February 11th, 1999
added Halloween 1998 page, reorganized into Halloween directory with index page

October 5th, 1998
made music page QuickTime 3.0 sound clips more user-friendly with JavaScript

October 4th, 1998
added Mystery Party page

August 14th, 1998
added QuickTime 3.0 sound clips to music page

August 1st, 1998
added CA, NV and AZ to travels section

July 31st, 1998
added Miata page

July 18th, 1998
updated Kylie's page, updated promos and cakes in the portfolio section


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