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magidI was at a couple of bars Saturday night, for the first time in.... I'm not sure how long. Not the "Cheers" kind of bars where everyone sits around and schmoozes with other regulars, the kind where the music (live or canned) is so loud that it's a challenge to communicate with someone standing next to you. There were zillions of people at these bars, or standing in line to get into bars, and I realize yet again that I'm lacking certain quintessential American features (notably bar appreciation, sports fandom, TV/movie addiction, and rampant consumerism. Oh, and that xian thing, I suppose, given the current administration). I felt more like an anthropologist than anything else, observing how everyone else (yes, I know, self-selected group, yadda yadda) had no problem with the volume, or the sticky floors, or drinking for the sake of getting drunk, and so on. Heck, I was having problems just standing for that long in heels (ok, not heels for most people, but heels for me).
It was disorienting, really, realizing how there are huge swathes of culture I don't see. And it was made more surreal when I finally left, getting out to the relative quiet of the street, and seeing the Holocaust memorial right there. People were lined up in the shadow (were it day) of the six tall glass towers. Too creepy, for me.
I'm going to see I Am My Own Wife Tuesday, September 26 (7:30, Zero Arrow St.). Anyone want to join me? (Tickets are $22-$40; I can get you a $5 discount off that.)
I'm also planning to see the Dresden Dolls in The Onion Cellar at Zero Arrow, sometime between December 9 and January 13. Tickets (not on Friday or Saturday nights) are $38, but there's some kind of group discount for more than 10 people. Who'd like to be in a group? Are there any days that don't work for you?
I bought a magazine subscription. I haven't done that in years. Magazines come into my house as part of membership in or donation to groups (alumnae magazines, Hadassah, etc), rarely as something purchased. But this new magazine Edible Boston seems something I'd like to support, plus all sorts of local food info. Yum.
Wonderful, Seussian hats.
Ashoka supports social entrepreneurs.
Photos of Jerusalem by Jewish and Arab kids.
Hazon is a Jewish environmetal group, which (among other things) cosponsors a fundraising bike ride from Jerusalem to Eilat. I'm not in shape, it's a lot of money to raise.... but it appeals. A lot. Maybe in 2008...
A new-to-me hechsher: Earth Kosher, which was started to (a) certify products that meet environmental standards as well as kashrut ones, which is why they certify things like air purifiers and lines of clothing (I understand the impulse, but kashrut is about food), and (b) be an affordable hechsher for health food companies.
Jewish women's life on the prairie, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Free: I have a pass for four admissions to WGBH's Ice Cream Funfest this Saturday afternoon. Anyone want it?
It was disorienting, really, realizing how there are huge swathes of culture I don't see. And it was made more surreal when I finally left, getting out to the relative quiet of the street, and seeing the Holocaust memorial right there. People were lined up in the shadow (were it day) of the six tall glass towers. Too creepy, for me.
I'm going to see I Am My Own Wife Tuesday, September 26 (7:30, Zero Arrow St.). Anyone want to join me? (Tickets are $22-$40; I can get you a $5 discount off that.)
I'm also planning to see the Dresden Dolls in The Onion Cellar at Zero Arrow, sometime between December 9 and January 13. Tickets (not on Friday or Saturday nights) are $38, but there's some kind of group discount for more than 10 people. Who'd like to be in a group? Are there any days that don't work for you?
I bought a magazine subscription. I haven't done that in years. Magazines come into my house as part of membership in or donation to groups (alumnae magazines, Hadassah, etc), rarely as something purchased. But this new magazine Edible Boston seems something I'd like to support, plus all sorts of local food info. Yum.
Wonderful, Seussian hats.
Ashoka supports social entrepreneurs.
Photos of Jerusalem by Jewish and Arab kids.
Hazon is a Jewish environmetal group, which (among other things) cosponsors a fundraising bike ride from Jerusalem to Eilat. I'm not in shape, it's a lot of money to raise.... but it appeals. A lot. Maybe in 2008...
A new-to-me hechsher: Earth Kosher, which was started to (a) certify products that meet environmental standards as well as kashrut ones, which is why they certify things like air purifiers and lines of clothing (I understand the impulse, but kashrut is about food), and (b) be an affordable hechsher for health food companies.
Jewish women's life on the prairie, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Free: I have a pass for four admissions to WGBH's Ice Cream Funfest this Saturday afternoon. Anyone want it?
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Date: 2006-09-14 08:02 pm (UTC)OTOH, if you wanted to walk down there, we could be persuaded to make it over...
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Date: 2006-09-14 08:09 pm (UTC)I'm still mid-cold, so frozen dairy stuff is not particularly appealing, alas.
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Date: 2006-09-14 08:34 pm (UTC)I hope you'll be able to go on the bike trip.
I haven't seen that heksher, but I was frustrated recently over kosher certification not giving the full picture as to some insect products.
The Jewish prairie life information looks like it will be interesting. I've wondered for some time about related topics.
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Date: 2006-09-14 08:41 pm (UTC)I might be able to get in shape enough for the ride, but I don't know that I could manage the fundraising (plus there's the cost of the trip itself), which is why I think 2007 is extremely unlikely. It joins the "someday, I want to have done/experienced" list (joining Pennsic and Burning Man, among other things).
Insect products? Other than whichever kind of grasshoppers, what sort of insect products are you thinking of? I don't have a clue as to even a small bit of that picture...
There's a book about Jews of the midwest, too. I'm blanking on the title; I'll check when I get home. It's so strange to think about now, just moving somewhere without any kind of Jewish community.
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Date: 2006-09-14 09:30 pm (UTC)Thank you for thinking of the book and in advance for the information. I'm trying to recollect what my thoughts were recently that had to do with this topic; I think I was pondering some question related to this subject, but I cannot recall the details.
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Date: 2006-09-14 10:24 pm (UTC)The book is Pioneer Jews, by Harriet and Fred Rochlin, ISBN 0-618-00196-4.
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Date: 2006-09-14 11:55 pm (UTC)Thank you for book information.
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Date: 2006-09-15 02:23 am (UTC)(Now I'm starting to think of Laverne and Shirley every time I type carmine...)
And I didn't know that about shellac. I just thought it didn't sound very foodly (shellacking cars, not food).
You're welcome; I hope it's useful.
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Date: 2006-09-15 10:48 am (UTC)I think the rare folks who okay carmine might be using logic similar to that used for gelatin. Again, I think it is rare.
Heh, buggy red food dye sings "My Baby Does the Hanky Panky."
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Date: 2006-09-15 01:29 pm (UTC)Gelatin is trickier, because it is far removed from the source, but it does do something, sort of like rennet is necessary for cheese.
Now I'm picturing a lineup of high-kicking red bugs in tuxes, with top hats and white gloves.
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Date: 2006-09-14 11:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-14 11:22 pm (UTC)There's sausage in the soup I made last night, with all the greens I had in the house that weren't lettuce, plus a couple of kinds of alliums, and three colors of carrots. Still need to add hot sauce, but it's mostly done.
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Date: 2006-09-14 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-15 02:19 am (UTC)And apparently carrots used to be all sorts of colors, until Big Agriculture (or someone) decided that Carrots Must Be Orange, and bred them that way only.
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Date: 2006-09-15 10:49 am (UTC)PS
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Date: 2006-09-19 07:08 pm (UTC)*goes to look*
dec 23- Jan 1
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Date: 2006-09-15 09:39 am (UTC)I don't know right now if any dates don't work. The only thing would be if I had anything to do for work then, and I'm pretty sure I don't.
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Date: 2006-09-15 01:35 pm (UTC)