Sunday, November 26, 2006
Mandounette Holiday Gift Guide
From the depths of the Internet...
10. White Trash Cookbook
Thinking of losing some weight in 2007? Keep this cookbook on your kitchen counter and watch your appetite magically disappear every time you catch a glimpse of the cover.
9. Hotel Room Inspector
Will your date's room pass the dreaded black light test?
8. Tiki Tissue Holder
Just in time for cold season! Muka laka hiki, come on ya wanna blow me. Pass the tissues, mahalo.
7. The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers Doorstop
There really will be no place like your home once you install this one!
6. Waterfalls Hearts Masterpiece / Your Face American Gothic Masterpiece / Cantaloupe Baby
Pure Photoshop genius.
5. Giant Universal Remote Control
Finally a remote that can't get lost between the cushions of your couch!
4. Pickle of the Month Club
'Nuff said.
3. Christmas Story Leg Party Lights
Christmas parties without these fragile little lights should be illegal.
2. Set of Plush Dolls of Common Ailments / Red Blood Cell
HOT: Viruses. NOT: Teddy Bears.
1. Yoda Santa
And I quote: "Our favorite part of this wonderful Yoda is the traditional assortment of toys he's bringing to good little girls and boys-a doll, a drum, a tin trumpet-hardly the assortment you'd expect younglings of his era to play with."
10. White Trash Cookbook
Thinking of losing some weight in 2007? Keep this cookbook on your kitchen counter and watch your appetite magically disappear every time you catch a glimpse of the cover.
9. Hotel Room Inspector
Will your date's room pass the dreaded black light test?
8. Tiki Tissue Holder
Just in time for cold season! Muka laka hiki, come on ya wanna blow me. Pass the tissues, mahalo.
7. The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers Doorstop
There really will be no place like your home once you install this one!
6. Waterfalls Hearts Masterpiece / Your Face American Gothic Masterpiece / Cantaloupe Baby
Pure Photoshop genius.
5. Giant Universal Remote Control
Finally a remote that can't get lost between the cushions of your couch!
4. Pickle of the Month Club
'Nuff said.
3. Christmas Story Leg Party Lights
Christmas parties without these fragile little lights should be illegal.
2. Set of Plush Dolls of Common Ailments / Red Blood Cell
HOT: Viruses. NOT: Teddy Bears.
1. Yoda Santa
And I quote: "Our favorite part of this wonderful Yoda is the traditional assortment of toys he's bringing to good little girls and boys-a doll, a drum, a tin trumpet-hardly the assortment you'd expect younglings of his era to play with."
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Loire Valley Baskets
It's been a while, hasn't it? And certainly, this wasn't the post that I was planning on making my comeback with, but who am I to fight the blogging urge when it comes upon me?
A while back I wrote that one of my goals was to eat only foods that were "in season" and I am proud to announce that today I took a major step in the right direction. I signed up for a 6-week trial membership to "Les Panier du Val de Loire" (translation in the title of this post). For only 12.50 euros I get a sack of 5 to 6 certified organic vegetables and whatever fruits are in season. I have a feeling I will be eating a lot of apples until spring rolls around. I can pick up the sack every Friday at this great little equitable commerce grocer a block away, and pick up some seaweed spread and detox tea while I'm at it. The 10 producers are based about 1 hour 30 minutes outside of Paris, so the transport is minimal and I am helping to secure work for over 80 people and support and organic agriculture training school.
My first delivery is scheduled for December 1. The first gift of the holiday season. I can't wait!
A while back I wrote that one of my goals was to eat only foods that were "in season" and I am proud to announce that today I took a major step in the right direction. I signed up for a 6-week trial membership to "Les Panier du Val de Loire" (translation in the title of this post). For only 12.50 euros I get a sack of 5 to 6 certified organic vegetables and whatever fruits are in season. I have a feeling I will be eating a lot of apples until spring rolls around. I can pick up the sack every Friday at this great little equitable commerce grocer a block away, and pick up some seaweed spread and detox tea while I'm at it. The 10 producers are based about 1 hour 30 minutes outside of Paris, so the transport is minimal and I am helping to secure work for over 80 people and support and organic agriculture training school.
My first delivery is scheduled for December 1. The first gift of the holiday season. I can't wait!
