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Cristina's, etc
Jul. 30th, 2003 09:14 amLast night I finally browsed the new part of Cristina's, the spice/tea/chocolate/condiment shop they've opened next to the ice cream shop. First impression: things are rather pricey, but there is a large selection of reasonably hard-to-find items. I'm not sure I'd buy anything there I could get somewhere else. But... there seemed to be things I haven't seen anywhere else. Most notably, there were fermented black beans with a hechsher, something I'd wanted to try for ages, after reading about them in Home Cooking. From the ingredients, they're just black beans and salt; I'm curious how they taste (as an ingredient, not alone!). Other kosher things that triggered my radar were a bar of 71% dark chocolate made by some European company I'd not heard of before, a jar of huge capers (the size of small grapes)(just the curiosity factor), and garlic cloves pickled with hot pepper (I suspect both Queue and Hrafn would enjoy these). There were also many kinds of dried beans I've never seen before, which is intriguing.
This morning there was a piece on NPR about soccer player Beckham. The commentator described him more than once as a "metro sexual" (or perhaps it was one word, or a hyphenated word?). Apparently this has something to do with his being happily married yet willing to appear on the cover of a gay magazine, and (*gasp*) wear a sarong sometimes. The piece was interesting, but I was left wondering exactly what a "metro sexual" is. I checked dictionary.com, which had nothing (but did offer "trisexual" as a suggestion, then told me I'd have to log on for premium service to find out what that means.). A quick Google check didn't help. So... anyone who can tell me what this means? (bonus points for "trisexual")
I'd never seen a RI license plate featuring Mr. Potato Head before this morning.
Jamie Lee Curtis has two picture books out. I don't think of her as an author; I suppose I'll have to read them to find out if I'm mistaken.
Addendum: Odwalla has stopped production of Fresh Samantha.
This morning there was a piece on NPR about soccer player Beckham. The commentator described him more than once as a "metro sexual" (or perhaps it was one word, or a hyphenated word?). Apparently this has something to do with his being happily married yet willing to appear on the cover of a gay magazine, and (*gasp*) wear a sarong sometimes. The piece was interesting, but I was left wondering exactly what a "metro sexual" is. I checked dictionary.com, which had nothing (but did offer "trisexual" as a suggestion, then told me I'd have to log on for premium service to find out what that means.). A quick Google check didn't help. So... anyone who can tell me what this means? (bonus points for "trisexual")
I'd never seen a RI license plate featuring Mr. Potato Head before this morning.
Jamie Lee Curtis has two picture books out. I don't think of her as an author; I suppose I'll have to read them to find out if I'm mistaken.
Addendum: Odwalla has stopped production of Fresh Samantha.