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Comment on Cafe de Olla by laurenbrown.org » More Mexico Love.

laurenbrown.org » More Mexico Love. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:06:42 +0000

[…] Cafe de olla: It’s a deliciously sweetened Mexican black coffee. With brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves, it’s a little spicy, but mostly sweet. So great! […]

Comment on birthday lather by Nat

Nat — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:31:02 +0000

I have a pack of German blades that Laura got me, but I’ve been meaning to get some of the Israeli ones when these run out.

Comment on birthday lather by Maxence

Maxence — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:55:35 +0000

Ha! I have the same scuttle! Have you tried the israeli no-name blades for the Merkur razor? They’re sweet.

Comment on Is our children learning? by Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:44:50 +0000

They should have at least done a little bit of checking that the kids had actually covered Arctic wildlife. Or even South American wildlife.

Dylan knows the names of more species of whales than I do, but I doubt he knows where penguins live. The various science “chapters” that schools cover does seem to be very random though. At least in California kindergarten. They did pumpkins (and how they grow, which is probably part of a larger plant thing, but it didn’t seem like it), the ocean, outer space, shadows, animals and insects in Dylan’s class last year. I don’t know what they are doing in the Tennessee first grade. I’m a little worried about finding out, actually. But he does read to me now, so I know he’s progressing, despite the schools.

Comment on My iPhone and I will be very happy together by laura

laura — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:09:23 +0000

that pretty much requires me to post a reply from my phone!

Comment on two things by Nat

Nat — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:26:44 +0000

Yeah, I ended up sending Fee Bros. mail asking about local sources, and they told me they didn’t have any but would happily do mail order.

So I guess I’ll just go that way.

Thanks for the offer on the syrups; will do.

Comment on two things by Dr. Bamboo

Dr. Bamboo — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:54:54 +0000

Hi Nat,

I found my way here via the “City of Pittsburgh” LJ community. Like you, I’m a CMU alum and cocktail enthusiast (to the point where I started my own cocktail-themed blog. Oh, the humanity!)

Anyway, I’m glad you liked the Rangpur. It seems to be getting some not-so-great reviews elsewhere, but being a gin fan myself, it’s nice to see it getting a thumbs-up from you.

Cheers!

Oh, and as for your question about local bitters sources; I’ve never found any bitters locally other than Angostura. Fee bros., Regan’s, etc. (which are internet/mail order unfortunately) seem to be our best option. I’ve managed to find some syrups (Passion Fruit for example) by asking at independent coffee shops. Orgeat is tough to find, but I’ve been using almond syrup, which is a pretty good substitute. Falernum is also something I believe has to be ordered from out of town. Shoot me an email and I can at least tell you where I managed to score some syrups.

Comment on two things by Nat

Nat — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:05:05 +0000

Not even the slightest drop, no. I didn’t want to overpower the gin, so I figured I’d have you taste it before adding any lime.

I’m glad I did; it was basically perfect without anything else.

Comment on two things by Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:57:43 +0000

The gin & tonic with the Rangpur didn’t even have a squeeze of lime in it, correct? It didn’t need it. Lovely.

Comment on Pastrami by King of Pastrami « une nouvelle vie de boheme

King of Pastrami « une nouvelle vie de boheme — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:54:58 +0000

[…] hitting the bakery across the street for a pretty decent rye bread and then, when you get home, use this technique to get the pastrami hot, juicy, and perfectly […]