...might be my favorite part of New York. I have terrible restraint when it comes to bargain books, even when I could probably get them at the library for only a bit of waiting. And people donate some really nice clothes! I've found suit jackets and blouses and even a formal dress. (A bookshelf on rollers that I quite like, too, but which I had to ( Read more... )

Long time no update. I moved into a new place, which means lots of shopping, lots of cleaning, lots of new ambitions ( Read more... )

Happy Persian new year ... it's now 1388. The Persian and Gregorian calendars are pretty similar--both solar based with a "leap" system, but it makes more sense in that it begins with spring instead of mid-winter ( Read more... )

Saw this posted on a cooking comm and thought it was great.

Dream omelet

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I watch a couple of cooking communities here on LJ. Guess what gem showed up today? This discussion about the feasibility of semen cuisine is one the more entertaining things I've discovered lately ( Read more... )