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Today Hiroko gave me a pear from Harry and David. I haven't eaten it yet but i know it will be excellent. My dad received a gift box of those mad expensive fruits once and they really are high quality.

After work glo, be and i went to American Burger & Co. on 32nd St and 7th Ave. They serve a homemade veggie burger which isn't the best, but when combined with a good bun, crisp veggies and that chipotle sauce it's really good! They have good fries too, but you have to eat them quickly or they get rubbery. I do miss downtown Sassy's Sliders. Anyone going uptown, eat a mini veggie burger for me (or four)!

We never found Polly-O (or any brand) string cheese for glomar so he went to work without cheese wit nuthin. Meanwhile be and i headed towards madhouse Macy's for more shopping. We found a briefcase for my dad and a little red tree for ourselves. We don't really do Xmas decorations but this red tree was just so cute we couldn't pass it up. It totally matches our red couch and red chair, both of which still need new slipcovers. It's been many months and i still have just sewn 1 pillow.

On the walk to the car i stopped by Dunkin Donuts and purchased 2 chocolate frosted for be and 1 glazed and 1 Boston creme for me. There is just something about the smell of donuts that is irresistible. We live near some warehouses now that stock those donut carts; sometimes we see mushed donuts on the sidewalk and empty carts being towed by cars. These sad donut-related sights are totally cancelled out by that wonderful donut waft we smell sometimes. I have to admit i prefer Dunkin Donuts to Krispy Kreme. Maybe it's because i grew up with the former, or because i think "hot now" are sometimes doughy. I do not like cakey donuts from anywhere.

Last year someone gave us a box of assorted bagged teas from Numi. I've tried a few of them and i must say that the "dry desert lime teasan" is strange yet good. It's made of just dried lime and the tea is sour. I like to sweeten it up but it still reminds me slightly of lime pickle. I first had lime pickle at Sania's house back in the early 90's; her father insisted i try a spoonful out of a giant glass jar. It looked like a spoonful of meat but upon my hesitant trying of it, i realized i really liked it! All the lime pickle i've had since then haven't been as good; jarred is too oily and restaurants are hit or miss. So anyone who enjoys sour drinks or is missing lime pickle, try it out.

posted by beXn @ 1:28 AM