The Economist has a thorough obituary for a man I never thought to blame personally: Robert Rich, the guy who invented the prototype for what’s now known as Cool Whip. Man, I was a sucker for that stuff when I was little. Because at my house, of course we could only have real cream (yawn), [...]
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Forget what I said a couple of posts ago. I’m very happy to be back in Astoria, mostly because I’ve gotten back to my usual activities: eating and walking and poking around in grocery stores. Last night Peter and I went to dinner at a place called Mundo (31-18E Broadway, but really, on 32nd St. [...]
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No, really, that’s just the title of a blog by someone named Parsnippity. I wish I’d thought of that nickname. I love parsnips. (Karine and I were going to start a parsnip promotional board, complete with informative website, a few years ago. But I think someone had already registered parsnip.com, and was using it to [...]
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Peter, as we all know, does not like California. But when a state provides luxe accommodations, balmy weather and fine food, you can bet I wasn’t complaining. Sri Lankan tastiness in Santa Cruz. Armenian fantasticity in Glendale, thanks to Ashley and her way with the cabbies; too bad we weren’t dressed classy enough to stay [...]
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