"Survey and halloween" written by Fellyconnelly on estrip.org

10/16/08 10:45 - 54ºF - ID#46140

Survey and halloween

Survey:

With food prices skyrocketing, where do you do your grocery shopping?

Do you prefer to shop in one location, or many?

Do you shop at farmers markets? If so, which ones and why?

Is there such a thing as 'whole spice chai'? As in, whole cardamon, cinnamon sticks, ginger, etc in one packet, as opposed to purchasing each separately or purchasing a ground chai spice?

When you think of a Chai Beer, does it make you disgusted or intrigued?

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I am making my own halloween costume today. Or I guess I should say, I am working on it. I can't tell you what it is, because its a work in progress.

I will tease you with its very beginnings as a cheerio box...

and then after I added an Artvoice and some whole wheat flour.

jenks writes at 07:41:42 10/31/08 - Comment #41349: I haven't seen it in a while, but Republic of Tea makes a good chai that comes in teabags, or just loose. Yummy.

tinypliny writes at 08:54:01 10/17/08 - Comment #40437: Maybe I should maintain a journal about the prices as well... Good idea, (e:pmrk)

tinypliny writes at 08:52:49 10/17/08 - Comment #40436: yEAH!! Double votes for Super Bazaar, their produce is fresh and cheaper than the rest - comparable to Guercios. :)

pmrk writes at 04:51:54 10/17/08 - Comment #40419: I forgot to add that I grew up on the west side and have shopped for a long time at Guercio's. If the old Italian Grandmas shop there its a good sign. :-)

The Ni Hoowa Supermarket on Sheridan has a good and reasonably priced selection of Asian foods.

The Super Bazaar on Sheridan specializes in Indian food and I have found their prices on spices to be very competitive.

pmrk writes at 04:44:14 10/17/08 - Comment #40418: The Farmers market at Bidwell and Elmwood often has reasonably priced seasonal produce. We shop there weekly. It helps to know your prices. All summer red bell peppers were 75 cents each at the Farmers as compared to $3.99 a lb at Wegmans. I'm sure somewhere I have a note to myself about how much my farmers market peppers weighed vs. Wegmans peppers so I could get a more accurate cost comparison, I just don't know where that note is.

The lady with the eggs charges $3.50 per dozen which is expensive if you compare them to Wegmans but if you want to know where your eggs come from and like farm fresh eggs and I do care about these things the cost is worth it for me but we don't eat many eggs and I don't bake much.

I recently stopped by the Hertel Farmers Market. They also have a small deli in back but I didn't check it out. I found they had butternut squash for 49 cents per ld. vs. Wegmans 99 per pound. Limited selection but ok prices.

Aldi has cheap bagged and shredded cheese that tastes fine to me.

Target on NFB has a big dairy section that is often cheaper than anywhere else.

Lexington Food Co-Op for bulk grains.

As you can tell, I do most of the grocery shopping for my household and I often keep a notebook of prices.

metalpeter writes at 06:42:57 10/16/08 - Comment #40365: The way I shop is by what place has stuff I like on sale, sometimes it is tops,Wegmans, Rite Aid, or even Walgreens. I haven't been to Aldi to shop ever. On a side note I have no idea if it will open in a month or in two years but I read that the quality Markets on Elmwood that closed is going to be another supermarket it is some cheap place I have never heard of.

tinypliny writes at 11:45:51 10/16/08 - Comment #40349: Survey:
1. Another vote for Guercios (Grant and Lafayette)

2. Many. Produce is cheap and fresh at Guercios. Dairy is reasonable at Wegmans. Cheese is reasonable in Guercios. Non-edible groceries are cheap at Big Lots.

3. Some times, the farmer's market at Roswell. Because it's where I work. It too expensive and small though. :/ Clinton and Bailey is a good one too buts its two bus rides away from me so its not that practical to go there. The Rochester Public market is the cheapest and the most awesomest an the biggest farmer's market I have seen and experienced. Only, its in Rochester. :(

4. Sure there is. You just toss all the unground spices in one bag and sell it. It's just like unground garam masala. It doesn't work when its consumers are as lazy as I am.

5. I like most types of Chai (hindi for "Tea"). It's the most awesome drink in the world. I don't like beer. But I don't have a specific opinion as to what might happen when you pour your tea into beer.

Halloween:
Dammit, I need to get some wool yarn for mine and some pieces of fabric and get cracking. :(

james writes at 11:18:58 10/16/08 - Comment #40347: Guercio's at 250 Grant is the bestest. Their produce is generally very good and very cheap. They always have a dozen different kinds of hot peppers, a great mescaline salad mix, lots of great fruit and other vegies. They deliver produce to most of the restaurants in Buffalo, and for good reason. Also, it is DIRT cheap. Seriously dirt cheap. I bough heirloom tomatoes there this summer for 99 cents a pound. RIDICULOUS!

Their deli counter is also very good, and again, dirt cheap. They have a dozen different salads in the case all of which have been very good. And olives.... can we talk about olives for a second? Every olive you have eaten so far has been merely the shadow of an olive. The olives they have here are so good you will do a little dance while eating them. Just thinking about them I have my toes tapping.

They have full dairy case too, again cheap. Several coffee bean varieties. A freezer filled with Gondola brand ravioli and shells. A pasta section with more variety than you know what to do with.

Felly, I could not make a more impassioned plea for you to do most of your shopping at Guercio's.

And I would be willing to try Chai beer. I know you can buy the whole herbs at, where else, Guercio's but I am not sure if you want that quantity.

Cheers.

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10/12/08 07:23 - 67ºF - ID#46077

Hairy naked showering neighbor guy.

the neighbor doesn't seem to be aware or doesn't care that when he showers and leaves the shower window open, we see him scrubbing his hairy asshole.

seriously... between mid thigh and navel is what we are subjected to. And before any of you get excited and invite yourself over - even I can tell you that if that isn't a cold shower he is taking, he should probably just be a priest.

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10/12/08 09:55 - 57ºF - ID#46074

catacombs

Haunted House of Horrors and Haunted Catacombs and Shady Acre's blah blah blah.

If you may go there, you may not want to read this, as I will be giving away some of the details...

Okay this was a pretty intense haunted house. I'm not one who gets scared very easily - and there were a few times that I jumped. I mostly enjoy other people getting scared. There were a few things that were odd here. There were so many really dark and really confusing mazes.
sometimes there was strobe lights that fucked you up. Sometimes its was black as the blackest night. Sometimes they put strobe lights up, and made all the walls different shades of black, so you think - oh this way looks lighter! but no you are just walking directly into a wall.

There are mirrors that fuck with you too. At one point we couldn't get out of the strobe light filled, different colored wall maze and we couldn't find help and we felt like we were going crazy! When a worker finally emerged, (e:lauren) must have looked like a lunatic running up and asking for help.

Then there was crawling through a wet maze of hanging vines so thick you couldn't see where you were going.

Or, the most disturbing part of the whole thing - was when you came across the outhouse and you looked inside and it was full of poo and you felt revolted, but then they squirt water at you from out of the middle of the poo and then you throw up in your mouth a little.

Very elaborate set, very cool. Definetely worth the $20 a ticket.
Peace my friends.

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10/10/08 09:37 - 58ºF - ID#46052

Hauuunnted!

we have decided to head to the Haunted House of Horrors and Catacombs blah blah tomorrow at 7pm. So if anybody is interested in heading over, it will be awesome.

I'm really excited for it all. I especially enjoy people who scream and cry. Seriously, I'm all about it. So ah... yeah... come on and lets go! and stuff.

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Category: good times

10/09/08 10:49 - 61ºF - ID#46014

Very important pix for you.

Two fun pics for you....
First, what I have so far for a label on my 2nd beer.

And Ralphie in his little shirt that I hemmed for him.

Hand hemmed. Thats right bitches, felly can sew.

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10/09/08 09:26 - 60ºF - ID#46012

overtime?

i just woke up after having a dream that I was setting up a 22 line business deal, because I got too excited in the dream from all the commission I was going to make.

I work even in my sleep.

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10/07/08 10:50 - 50ºF - ID#45985

twisteed

i am an estrip stalker.

Today I secured Saturday, Nov. 1st off. Which means I get Oct 31st off. Which means I get to come to halloween @ pmt! Sweet!

I also may be going to some black tie affair at the delaware mansion with a friend in lieu of her boyfriend who will be working. What does a big dyke such as myself wear to a black tie affair? A tuxedo? Seriously?

a month ago my mother informs me that her kidneys have failed due to the fact that they are chocked full o stones - they are at 7% function and that she needs to begin dialysis. When she went to get the dialysis tubes in, she was up to 10%.

Yesterday her kidneys were at 20%. The doctors are shocked and confused as to how her kidneys are recovering.They have never experienced this and are confused to whats happening.

My brother got back surgery, wherein 3 of his disks that were fused together were separated, and 2 fake disks were inserted, as well as a few metal rods. He was so excited that he could actually throw a ball for the first time in 8 years. He is no longer on 150m morphine patches and can stand completely straight.

My life has been so odd lately....

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10/02/08 12:27 - 53ºF - ID#45892

dr. evil

SO I drove all the way out to Holland for my Dr.'s appointment, against my better judgment.

I get there and sign in. Or TRY to sign in. They have no record of me.

Oh, Dr. Patel? she moved her office over a year ago!

Its now in Olean! BITCHES!

Apparently, you should not rely on the information given on Univera's 'find a doctor' service.

Next question is...

Anybody know of a general practice doctor in BUFFALO that is accepting new patience that also takes Univera? I am irritated with this whole 'choose your own PCP' because I DON"T KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE WHEN YOU DON"T GIVE ME PROPER INFO!

augh. I'm fine. Really.

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10/02/08 09:10 - 48ºF - ID#45887

doctor's and beers

I made a doctor's appointment a few weeks ago. Had no Idea with who or where. I know, brilliant, eh?

So this morning I track down the Dr. And find that I have apparently made an appointment in Holland, NY. I'm sure I'm driving to Holland for a doctor. I'm trying to figure out if I care enough to go.

Also, one of my bottles of beer exploded while I was carbonating them. Apparently. The cooler was full of beer that was not in the bottle and I was sad for losing another.
(e:Drew)- How many of those 1 liter bottles do you have exactly? I'm down one, and after over watering my last batch I think Ill be short on bottles.

i have an amazing idea for a halloween costume, but no idea on how to pull it off.

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09/29/08 08:08 - 55ºF - ID#45833

tea thoughts!

We went to wasabis last night and they served this tea that was so intriguing. I think i drank about 10 of those little cups of it. Literally, we were there for a while...

Anyway - it tasted like sesame. Like if you were to cook water, it might taste like this. Of course I didn't think to ask, and I probably wouldn't have understood her anyways.

Discussion said that it could have been toasted rice tea. Or just sesame oil in hot water. Any thoughts?

oh and PS you all missed a bitchin battle. Well except (e:heidi), who had a damn good time. I think.

Also we went to Ohm lounge and it seemed to be 'hip hop night' or more specifically.... grown and sexy night.

good times except for the rats runnin around on the patio.

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