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“San Francisco is still a city that likes to have a good time, and will proceed to have it, as soon as it finds a place to park.”
– Herb Caen, “Herb Caen’s San Francisco,” 1957
Heather Armstrong (aka Dooce) on the horrors of the spice aisle:
And oh my God, I guess I wasn’t paying attention, but do you have any idea how much a bottle of spice goes for these days? Like, TWELVE DOLLARS. TWELVE. DOLLARS. Why go through all the trouble of making meth in your basement when you [...]
“Artichokes — the lobsters of the vegetable kingdom.” – Julie Powell
This week, the trailer for Julie & Julia debuted. I’ve been meaning to read Julie Powell’s blog, The Julie/Julia Project (which spawned a book, then the movie), in its entirety for quite a while. And in the second post, I came across the above gem-of-an-observation. [...]


