flavors

Do you go through phases with magazines? I bet I’ve subscribed and unsubscribed to Outside, Esquire and Gourmet three times each. After a few years, the tone and approach seem homogenous and I look for a new perspective. There have been similar phases with Cook’s Illustrated, Food & Wine, and Cooking Light.

• Costco's super-giant pack of paper towels no longer has each individual paper towel roll shrinkwrapped for retail sale inside of a giant shrinkwrapper. I wonder what genius figured that one out. Forget the environmental benefit and savings to the manufacturer in materials and incremental shipping cost. Now I don't have to tear into one every time we run out.

So much to do, so much to say, no time or energy to do either.  I have new belly pics, new Samantha info, new doggies pics, and new Ben & Jerry’s flavors to try (my latest favorite is the Phish Food - holy moly!!!). 

Oh, this is rich. For the first time, NBC (which owns rights for the U.S.

FROM A FORMER EBAY EMPLOYEE:

Note : I did'nt write this. I found this on a discussion board in selling on Ebay. For those who do not know , Ebay just had their biggie meeting in Chicago. Read on -

UNBELIEVEABLE!!

Nashville Restaurants and Food

Someone remind me this fall—when Best of Nashville rolls around—about the tom ka kai coffee at Crema. I finally tried one of Rachel Lehman's sultry new iced coffee drinks this morning, and it is my instant favorite coffee drink.