tinypliny - 12/15/10 19:26
Maybe I should just get that tattoo I have been coveting for so long AND do the braid/bald thing...

tinypliny - 12/15/10 19:24
Good point, (e:heidi). You are correct, she might have got the locations wrong... I am considering braiding my hair. You have no idea how long it is right now! :) It is the longest it has been since I came here. But I am in half-minds whether to chop it or to braid it. I am slightly tired of looking so uninteresting, braiding seems like the way to go to get some "street cred". I went bald for a bit, and kind of liked it... so I don't know. Maybe the real question is to go bald or braid it?!

heidi - 12/14/10 18:48
I think the yelp.com review confuses the shop that is on Allen with the one on Main Street. The one on Allen hasn't moved and they aren't natural-focused.

heidi - 12/14/10 18:46
I've heard good things about Hair to go Natural.

But all this begs the question of why? You have very short hair.

tinypliny - 12/04/10 05:17
Heh, it's not a lot of time but a chunk of mindspace. Salsa is one hour a week and fashion is ten minutes when I think of a direction. But you see, it *seems* like all of the time because at (e:strip), my mindspace expands to fill almost 100% of my journal. I write about 95% of my conscious work elsewhere. :-)

But I have to admit, I am fascinated with Salsa and the whole culture around it. I am drawn to the intensity of the dance and in love with how the music transports me to a very tropical beach when I am walking in a bleak landscape of snow. Its a way to reconnect with art physically - something which I have sorely missed for so many years now.

Fashion is a way of doing the same, in a more subtle way. I miss the wild colours, the mirrors, the embroidery and the precisely tailored clothes I used to wear. They were part of me and who I wanted to be everyday. I miss waking up everyday and knowing that I was not going to be worried about whether my clothes were depressing or not. So, I want to regain at least a minimal part of my expression. I think I now have a hang of how fashion works here. Since tailoring is so expensive, people find alternative ways of avoiding feeling like a dowdily dressed rag. Either they have lot of money (which, I don't) or they spend time hunting for the right fit, the right size and whatnot (which is a herculean task for me since I don't fit the population average and don't have a lot of time or the means of transport to do it anyway).

The only other alternative is pretty clear - personal tailoring. You might think that this coat is a complicated project (and it probably is, technically speaking). But it is just a way of trying to see if I can overcome the sense of being utterly plebeian and expendable - a feeling that I get everyday wearing clothes that clearly were not made for me. It's an experiment, in that sense. I may not necessarily finish this experiment or even get anywhere but atleast, it will have graced my mindspace as an art form!

It's strange that both the Salsa and this insane sewing obsession are really the same thing in a lot of ways...

heidi - 12/03/10 23:31
How do you suddenly have all this time for salsa and fashion?

paul - 12/02/10 22:27
sounds fun, good luck!

tinypliny - 12/02/10 23:39
heh, I actually had to look up what that was. LOL closet, indeedy.

uncutsaniflush - 12/02/10 22:21
I think you are a closet steam-punker fashion-wise.

heidi - 01/09/11 18:31
I happened to be near Premier Gourmet today so I stopped in to examine the cocoa selection. The ONLY cocoa they had was Scharffen-Berger! I was very disappointed.

tinypliny - 12/26/10 15:26
Yeah - totally agree. Tons of fun! You have to post a photojournal after the trip!!
Then we can compare and maybe try out new stuff from the coop, premier et. al.
Meanwhile my next target is valrhona. :::link::: (I guess all these fancy chocolatiers think flash is oh-so-fancy and bug free. Yeah right.) I am going to email them about buffalo locations... if not, I will hunt them down in brooklyn in a couple weeks anyway.

heidi - 12/25/10 17:02
Actually, I don't remember the price, so $7.x might be right. I think I'll have to go to Premier and see what other kinds of cocoa they have. Are there other places in the Buffalo area that might have supplies of amazing cocoa? This is fun!

tinypliny - 12/25/10 01:01
Maybe it was whole foods where I saw G&B... I am not sure now.

tinypliny - 12/25/10 00:49
I posted it on (e:Paul,53218) where he was looking at cocoas at the coop. Here it is: :::link:::

BTW, I did see G&B at Weggers last week but there was just one can of it. It must have sold out. Also I think I paid around $7.x for SB. They jacked the price up to $10??! Really?! I might have to get it online then. $10 is too much for such a small can! (And the company is owned by Hershey's!!)

heidi - 12/25/10 00:35
Where did the list go?

heidi - 12/25/10 00:34
Too bad it's $10 per canister... I'll prolly just buy it anyway cuz it's so freakin' good. I got ghirardelli at the coop earlier this week - now I have three different kinds. I'm sure the SB will get used first. i was hoping to get the Green & Black's again, too, but it wasn't at Wegman's or the coop.

tinypliny - 12/25/10 00:24
I know! There is something SO awesome about it. I made banana bread with this, didn't use sugar at all and YET, it turned out great! I am in AWE of this cocoa. Now I want to try the other super-rated ones on that list...

heidi - 12/25/10 00:15
I made brownies with this cocoa tonight... wonderful!!!!

tinypliny - 12/23/10 21:37
I forgot to tell you!! I also went grocery shopping last week along with my haircut and got the cocoa. It's DIVINE - about 10x better than Trader Joe's and Ghirardelli. It forms this luscious paste with water that I have seen no other cocoa forming! LOVING IT! :-)

heidi - 12/23/10 17:36
Scharffen Berger cocoa is definitely at Wegmans - just got some ;-)

paul - 12/06/10 19:19
I found some other good ones at the coop (e:paul,53218).

tinypliny - 12/02/10 23:38
Cool - thanks, I will try both places...maybe Weggers first, since it is closer.

paul - 12/02/10 21:28
I've bought there chocolate at Wegmans. Maybe they have it.

jbeatty - 12/02/10 07:40
Try premier gourmet first. If it is a must have item you'll have to bite the bullet order it online and pay for shipping.