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Sep. 21st, 2005 06:02 amStill sick. The sore throat is worse than I'm used to for a cold, and having my neck sore as well makes it worse (I assume it's the lymph nodes swelling). Oddly, my nose is just fine, and it finally occurred to me that this might not be a cold after all, but strep. I just checked symptoms online, and I've got enough that I'm going to call the doctor's office once it's open.
ETA: The nurse doesn't think it's strep, though she took a throat culture just to be sure. Of course, she thought my symptoms not too bad, and I know that they're worse than I'm used to.
Side note: I'd never known before that scarlet fever = strep + red rash. Which is somehow much more prosaic than I'd expected, given all the talk in novels of a different era (even though I know it's a pre-antibiotic era, so really, it could be life threatening). Sort of like finding out that the horrible influenza epidemics were "just" flu.
I went to Brookline yesterday to get some hot and sour soup (which was excellent, but I should've gotten more). So of course I had to make a couple of other food stops on Harvard street while I was there.
At the Butcherie, I noticed they had some prepared foods that listed "Japanese breadcrumbs". I didn't know they had panko! All that was out on the shelf just now has lots of herbs, but one of the men there kindly got me some plain panko from the back. No, I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but it was exciting to find it there; now to find recipes. (I think this is the first time I've ever bought bread crumbs.)
I asked about chipotles as well, but they're out of plain chipotles, the ingredient. I could get chipotle mustard or chipotle hot dogs, however.
I went to Ruth's kitchen to get dumplings. (Mmmm.... dumplings.) I was foiled; they were out. So I dithered, trying to decide what to get instead (or whether to get anything at all), and read the menu. Fish tempura's on the menu; I've never heard of fish tempura (two pound minimum, so I'm unlikely to try it alone). And they have a reasonably complete Chinese food menu, in addition to whatever they have out in the cases. And they'll deliver! Not that I'd be willing to pay the $17 charge (to Cambridge; it's based on some cab service's fares) most of the time, but it's good to know I could.
Some upcoming events:
Starting this Thursday, and continuing until just before Thanksgiving, there's a series of lectures about science at the Harvard Medical School, in Longwood. Free, but advance registration is required.
As always, the Boston Public Library has lots of stuff going on, including lectures (series and single), readings, and movies. Next month Monday night movies feature movies including librarians. And this month as part of "Stoppard in the City," there's a screening of Empire of the Sun at the BPL Thursday September 29, a screening of Brazil this Thursday September 22 at the Brattle, going along with the Huntington production of The Real Thing.
This is the MIT ballroom dance club schedule for the fall.
Saturday, October 22, is the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Free.
ETA: The nurse doesn't think it's strep, though she took a throat culture just to be sure. Of course, she thought my symptoms not too bad, and I know that they're worse than I'm used to.
Side note: I'd never known before that scarlet fever = strep + red rash. Which is somehow much more prosaic than I'd expected, given all the talk in novels of a different era (even though I know it's a pre-antibiotic era, so really, it could be life threatening). Sort of like finding out that the horrible influenza epidemics were "just" flu.
I went to Brookline yesterday to get some hot and sour soup (which was excellent, but I should've gotten more). So of course I had to make a couple of other food stops on Harvard street while I was there.
At the Butcherie, I noticed they had some prepared foods that listed "Japanese breadcrumbs". I didn't know they had panko! All that was out on the shelf just now has lots of herbs, but one of the men there kindly got me some plain panko from the back. No, I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but it was exciting to find it there; now to find recipes. (I think this is the first time I've ever bought bread crumbs.)
I asked about chipotles as well, but they're out of plain chipotles, the ingredient. I could get chipotle mustard or chipotle hot dogs, however.
I went to Ruth's kitchen to get dumplings. (Mmmm.... dumplings.) I was foiled; they were out. So I dithered, trying to decide what to get instead (or whether to get anything at all), and read the menu. Fish tempura's on the menu; I've never heard of fish tempura (two pound minimum, so I'm unlikely to try it alone). And they have a reasonably complete Chinese food menu, in addition to whatever they have out in the cases. And they'll deliver! Not that I'd be willing to pay the $17 charge (to Cambridge; it's based on some cab service's fares) most of the time, but it's good to know I could.
Some upcoming events:
Starting this Thursday, and continuing until just before Thanksgiving, there's a series of lectures about science at the Harvard Medical School, in Longwood. Free, but advance registration is required.
As always, the Boston Public Library has lots of stuff going on, including lectures (series and single), readings, and movies. Next month Monday night movies feature movies including librarians. And this month as part of "Stoppard in the City," there's a screening of Empire of the Sun at the BPL Thursday September 29, a screening of Brazil this Thursday September 22 at the Brattle, going along with the Huntington production of The Real Thing.
This is the MIT ballroom dance club schedule for the fall.
Saturday, October 22, is the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Free.