There’s impulse buying and there’s impulse borrowing. At the library, I spied this novel by Bharti Kirchner on a shelf while I was walking to the check out so I grabbed it and took it home with the rest. I had read the Seattle Times review and knew she was a local author. I enjoy […]
Entries from March 2004
Pastries
March 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Pastries
Tags: books
Fast Food Nation
March 27th, 2004 · 3 Comments
I’m probably one of the last people to read this book by Eric Schlosser, correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. Published in 2001, three years ago, Fast Food Nation (FFN) was a New York Times bestseller. Somehow I spied it in a bookstore window recently and then reserved it at the library. What follows below are […]
Tags: books
What I should have chosen: alternatives to abalone
March 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on What I should have chosen: alternatives to abalone
Last time Ted and I went out for sushi, I didn’t enjoy it. I should have chosen this instead. always wanted to go there but never made it during our time in San Jose Or I could enjoy some of Michaela’s creations rolled from paper and wooden vegetables on the hardwood floor mat. Or just […]
Tags: food
Meal for purchase
March 27th, 2004 · 2 Comments
I noticed on my airline ticket for my trip to Boston that I have *meal for purchase* to eat. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this before, but I don’t fly that often. What does this mean? No more meal service included with the ticket price? Well, maybe if I choose to spend money on […]
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Who’s bagging my groceries?
March 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Who’s bagging my groceries?
I interact with a number of people on a weekly basis: the man who drops off milk at our home, the woman who delivers our mail, the people who check out and bag our groceries, the couple who run “the sticker store”, many of my neighbors, but I don’t know anything about their lives, who […]
Tags: island
