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02/17/2012 12:15 #56078

Fruit Retrospective
Category: food
At thr met they had this wax fruit centerpeice from the 1800s. It was so interesting to see the fruit was anything but perfect. With my experience from the pear tree, I can tell you that bruised, super ripe, juicy fruit tastes the best. But imagine if this was made now. People would instead think it was disgusting. In fact, I bet most people would through fruit that looked like that out. According to the placard, the fruit was all actually cast from real fruit.

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tinypliny - 02/17/12 12:26
those strawberries look like those miniature things you have in your backyard!
tinypliny - 02/17/12 12:25
yes, but you forget the organic brigade who would probably drool all over this because of the ugly=organic fashionable connotation. It was probably all organic back then.

02/17/2012 11:56 #56077

Its warm out
Category: weather
Yesterday I needed a wool hat and scarf. Today I am barefoot and shirtless out in the sun.

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tinypliny - 02/17/12 12:27
(e:hodown) has a brick facade and a balcony?! can you ask her how much the rent is? :)

02/16/2012 11:14 #56071

Times Square
Category: nyc
Last night we went to times square. I cannot believe how big some of the video screens are. I didn't even know they made high def video screens at that size.

There were so many people. The giant QA codes were cool because you could scan them from blocks away. At least with my phone you could.

Strangely the giant ads were for godaddy. For such a huge tourist attraction you would think a company that provides a service that applies to more general or consumer needs would have wanted that space.

Who goes to the square and decides they need a domain or some server space? I mean even I didn't.

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tinypliny - 02/16/12 11:33
Actually, the last time I was at time square, I wanted to start a website and was thinking about a personal family server. A couple others near me also wanted similar things. I know because they were talking aloud about how they would love to have their own fooddotcom.

02/16/2012 11:08 #56070

Delicious Bone Marrow
Category: food
(e:hodown) and I went to Quality Meats in manhattan last night. The food was so amazing. Sadly I only took one pic of two food items - mint and butter edamame and beef bone marrow. We also had a giant bouquet of sea food with lobster, shrimp, crab, oysters and raw clams. It was a fantastic beginning to the trip.

Funny story. At the airport I had to pee and was running to the baggage area. Then my phone buzzed and I started paying attention to my phone and ended up in the middle of a bathroom. When I finally looked up because I didn't see the urinals I realized I was like 30 feet into a crowded women's room and all of the women were staring at me. I ran out fast.

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paul - 02/16/12 19:55
Those are not spinal chords. Those are leg bones.
tinypliny - 02/16/12 11:35
Apart from those spinal cords, everything else looks pretty appetizing. Is that shredded coconut in the small bowl? What kind of bread is it? Garlic-cheese? Or Garlic-butter?

02/15/2012 16:50 #56065

On the way to NYC
Category: travel
Almost missed the plane. My sear is 20a and I accidentally sat at gate 20 waiting. I clearly am bad at air travel. Ended up being the last person on the plane.

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vincent - 02/20/12 22:34
Obviously you're not one of the people trying to sneak on to the plane despite what zone their ticket says! People bitch, fight, pay extra and give extra business to airlines just to get status to get on quicker and grab a spot for their carry on baggage.