Just relating today's afternoon moment ( Read more... )

Cinnamon. Nutmeg ( Read more... )

That the food here is really, really good? The fruit is amazing. Always ripe, flavorful and delicious. We had tomato sandwiches tonight for dinner (that may be a southern thing, I don't really know - tomato slices, mayo and bread - peanut butter is an option I like) made with tomatoes from the supermarket down the street. The bread is great, the ( Read more... )

It's that I'm not often sure. It's this damnable Gemini duality thing, I'm certain. Or maybe it's not, I could be wrong ( Read more... )

Sushi lunch items today (and I haven't even begun to make a dent in the selections on their menu ( Read more... )

Gasoline has gone effing insane here. I saw prices for regular at $4.29 to $4.69 on my way home Sunday night. I filled up this morning for $3.79, but the station had only regular to offer, they were out of mid-grade and premium, WTF? 10 miles down the highway it was $3.99. A station down the road from the office was at $5.39, that's five dollars ( Read more... )

'Nother first time thing last night. Went up the hill last night instead of down toward the peace monument and wandered into a small Thai place. Looked over the menu and kind of threw caution to the wind and ordered up some "Jungle Curry". After assuring the very nice Thai lady waitress that I did not indeed want it extra spicy, I waited for the ( Read more... )

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Two first evers for today ( Read more... )

OK, I would weigh like 500 pounds if I lived here. I took a walk across the street to the Peace Pagoda monument, and stumbled onto a "mall" adjacent to the Peace monument. This place looks like just a small building with maybe room for 2 or 3 stores. In my now jet-lagged state, plus being hungry from not eating on time today in any way, shape or ( Read more... )