Open Thread

“Definitely, as rob calls it, “white people food.” 🙂
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 1, 2010 9:54 AM”

I guess I took this to heart as I’m now eating kishka for lunch. If you don’t know what it is, Google it. It’s ETHNIC white people food. May be served with turkey on Thanksgiving by Eastern Europeans.

dibs- oh yes- and his take on the park benches.

Just like you- not trying to start any trouble 🙂

Talking about coffee…what do y’all recommend to buy locally (beans)? I’ve been getting Peet’s delivered from SF for 9 years. The best coffee in the world, but they just raised they prices to $16.75/lb delivered, and it’s time to change, sadly.

I do not like: Starbucks; Ozzies; free trade organic stuff at the local bodega, can’t remember brand, very pretty packaging.

Donatella,

I am sure I said something kind to you, or perhaps suggested some lines of attack in your various battles, but I doubt I said anything in the “it was all worth it” vein. I usually cringe when people say that to me and I wouldn’t say that to anyone whe went through a reno hell. House is beautiful, yes, I’ll say that, but I generally won’t tell someone it was worth it.

P.S. It’s really the money hemorrhage, and all the shading and lying, that makes reno such a pain, not the trauma of taking apart a house. If we did ours with an ample financial cushion, I would have emerged far less traumatized.

Anyway, no one wants to hear reno talk on this blog, so next topic!