If the weather doesn't look hideous. My plan is to head out Friday and hit New Hope, PA for shopping. I was told there's an excellent flea/farmers market out that way by one of the FOFers, just need to get the name/location info from them. This site has info on various shops and mentions Peddler's Village and Rice's Market/ (He may have been ( Read more... )

NYRF season has ended. I finally got baking done the last two weekends. (Holy cow does the stove here leak heat!) I didn't get any chocolate making done though. :( I need to find a recipe for good chocolate Madeline cakes. I have a *lot* of baking cocoa here and it needs to be used ( Read more... )

It was ever so thoughtful of Staples to have bookcases on sale today and tomorrow! I picked up a pair of white 48" high bookcases for $20 each (about half the normal price). 30" ones are $15. Once assembled, I discovered the holes for the shelves were not even on the two units. (They're both perfectly fine, I just can't make the shelves match ( Read more... )

While the use of the card as a way to identify shoppers who have bought the tainted meat isn't the focus of the article, it's nice to see that at least the data collection is being put to a positive use.
Click here for story about beef recall due to e.coli.

On the other hand, it shows that they can tell what you've been buying...

And from the clearance rack even! :)

Stormville Airport has a huge anique show/flea market several times a year. I just heard about it from one of the Jellyfish folks, and I'm planning to hit the market on Sat May 24.

Anyone else want to join us? It's a bit of a drive, but carpooling is an option too...

Gentle readers, I've been sick on and off for the past few weeks. Mostly on, and not severely so, but enough to slow me down. I think I missed wishing about five people happy birthdays, and if you're one of them, I apologize and hope you had a wonderful day ( Read more... )

Have any of you ordered from them or heard about them good or bad? They sell incense, burners, and eastern/metaphysical type stuff ( Read more... )

I just won $120 on Jellyfish.

Thank you Faithellen, for introducing me to that site. :)

I went to the Goodwill store in Elmsford today and I wound up picking up a telescope in nearly new condition. A woman brought it in while I was rummaging through a bucket of silk scarves and said her husband had bought it several years ago, but never used it. It just sat in the garage. "It's missing a pin", she told the employee who asked her ( Read more... )