Monday, July 25, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
argo georgian bakery:
i went shopping up on devon over lunch today. i was looking for indian sweets, but gregg had told me about this georgian bakery on the same corner, and i decided to investigate.
the place was quiet when i walked in, just two guys tossing dough and a radio in the back buzzing in russian. or georgian, i guess. i looked at the glass display cases for a while and selected a bag of frozen potato pierogis, which is when the two guys decided to notice me. the older one came thundering up to the register, scowling. i figured i had committed some sort of cultural faux-pas against the georgian nation, and braced for a scolding, but he threw his hands down on the counter, and all he said was "YEZ!"
"I'm sorry?" i asked.
"YEZ HOW I KEN HELP?"
"can i get, um," i perused the price listing, "a loaf of the long bread, and two of the round bread."
"NO BREAD," he responded.
i looked around the shop at all the bread. the bread on shelves, the bread on counters, the bread on carts, and the bread still baking in the stone dome-shaped ovens. "um. it's not?"
"HEF NO BREAD TODAY. ONLY YISTERDAY. NO BREAD." i stared at him for a beat, and he continued, slower this time, like he was being very patient with a very slow child. "HEF NO BREAD TODAY. ONLY BREAD FROM OTHER DAY. BREAD FROM LAST DAY NIGHT."
"OH!" i said, proverbial lightbulb flickering on. "that's fine. yesterday's bread is fine."
in the end i got 2 loaves of "round bread", 1 of "long bread" (like a baguette), a bag of pierogis, a spinach pie, and a mushroom and potato pie, and it cost me less than ten dollars. the bread smells amazing, the pies were sublime. i'm definitely going back there. :)
i went shopping up on devon over lunch today. i was looking for indian sweets, but gregg had told me about this georgian bakery on the same corner, and i decided to investigate.
the place was quiet when i walked in, just two guys tossing dough and a radio in the back buzzing in russian. or georgian, i guess. i looked at the glass display cases for a while and selected a bag of frozen potato pierogis, which is when the two guys decided to notice me. the older one came thundering up to the register, scowling. i figured i had committed some sort of cultural faux-pas against the georgian nation, and braced for a scolding, but he threw his hands down on the counter, and all he said was "YEZ!"
"I'm sorry?" i asked.
"YEZ HOW I KEN HELP?"
"can i get, um," i perused the price listing, "a loaf of the long bread, and two of the round bread."
"NO BREAD," he responded.
i looked around the shop at all the bread. the bread on shelves, the bread on counters, the bread on carts, and the bread still baking in the stone dome-shaped ovens. "um. it's not?"
"HEF NO BREAD TODAY. ONLY YISTERDAY. NO BREAD." i stared at him for a beat, and he continued, slower this time, like he was being very patient with a very slow child. "HEF NO BREAD TODAY. ONLY BREAD FROM OTHER DAY. BREAD FROM LAST DAY NIGHT."
"OH!" i said, proverbial lightbulb flickering on. "that's fine. yesterday's bread is fine."
in the end i got 2 loaves of "round bread", 1 of "long bread" (like a baguette), a bag of pierogis, a spinach pie, and a mushroom and potato pie, and it cost me less than ten dollars. the bread smells amazing, the pies were sublime. i'm definitely going back there. :)
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
SO, i reorganized the links. the ones that are over there. --->
you should totally check out some of the comics in there, becoz they are funny. also you should check out the other artists i put there, becoz they are very, very good. much better than me. you go to those links, and these artists will rock your face SO HARD that you will be all, "jakze who?" and you will forget all about me.
you should totally check out some of the comics in there, becoz they are funny. also you should check out the other artists i put there, becoz they are very, very good. much better than me. you go to those links, and these artists will rock your face SO HARD that you will be all, "jakze who?" and you will forget all about me.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
have i shown off my haircut/color lately?
Monday, July 11, 2005
if i were spending money on myself right now, i'd probably want to buy this. (scroll down to the last product on the page) i'm not even the hugest fan of robert crumb, but dood. a set of accordionist trading cards? by a comics artist? i would give them a very, very good home.
or, maybe i should keep going to accordion festivals and make my own set of trading cards. :D
or, maybe i should keep going to accordion festivals and make my own set of trading cards. :D
Friday, July 08, 2005
canoe trip! wisconsin river! photos!!
i mean, here are some photos from our 3-day canoe trip on the wisconsin river last weekend. note: waterproof disposable cameras are really, really crappy. also, canoeing for three days is really, really fun. also, pooping in the woods is not as fun as it sounds, and it does not sound fun. but we saw some incredible wildlife, we heard loons at night, there were bats and turtles and deer and a bald eagle and kingfishers. sunday night a series of violent, violent thunderstorms threatened to wash us away, but we totally survived. :)
i mean, here are some photos from our 3-day canoe trip on the wisconsin river last weekend. note: waterproof disposable cameras are really, really crappy. also, canoeing for three days is really, really fun. also, pooping in the woods is not as fun as it sounds, and it does not sound fun. but we saw some incredible wildlife, we heard loons at night, there were bats and turtles and deer and a bald eagle and kingfishers. sunday night a series of violent, violent thunderstorms threatened to wash us away, but we totally survived. :)
