Part I: The Train Ride That Would Not End ( Read more... )

Went to Romanian Kosher Sausage and bought: ground beef, smokey snacks, sliced pastrami, breakfast sausage, pot pies, chicken nuggets, a salami, and a corned beef sammich ( Read more... )

I am not ready for Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre is Sunday night (at 6pm sharp!) and that's TWO DAYS AWAY ( Read more... )

Aww, Dad.

( Read more... )

I decided to rip back to my life line on the hat. The decreasing just wasn't going to work out nicely, and it was so frustrating just thinking about it that I was avoiding the project entirely. So, I spent another hour or so figuring out how the stripes are actually going to run into each other - it looks kinda neat and chaotic at the crown, the ( Read more... )

Scent of a Scandal Candles

I especially like the "Challahback Girl."

So Steve and I went on a big kosher jaunt on Sunday, for our weekly pastrami trip, and ended up going to the Jewel in Evanston that has a kosher deli counter! and kosher meat display! and ISRAELI SNACK FOODS!! and CEL-RAY!! and a Sephardi "bazaar" at this one synagogue ( Read more... )

The Terrible Tallis.

(if you don't get it, look up "terrible towel" and "tallis" or "tallit")

daland sent me a PDF of the CRC guide to kashering, in anticipation of cooking with kosher stuffy stuff in his pots and pans ( Read more... )