Just another LJ post

[catnip_dreamz]

Sitting here in my new place with a landslide of boxes to unpack, I remembered I haven't written on this journal in a while. So I've decided to hold off on unpacking by updating my LJ. Nothing like fighting procrastination with more procrasination.

I'm moved again for the umpteenth time ( for those that are wondering, 'umpteenth is slightly more

Comments

[sahlah]

There you are - you did post :)

There is that disconnect of conversational reality between the times people post and when things get read...

I am happy you have found a place to settle.

I would agree with you about those "Taste of" events. They sound a bit more authentic in Chicago, but out here they could as easily be labeled "Taste of carnival Food" or "Taste of Food from a Wagon we roll from one event to another". Yucky.

Nice to hear from you - good luck with those beautiful improved teeth :)

[catnip_dreamz]

Taste of Chicago is probably a step up from your Taste of Carnival Food (I can see it now- the 'Cotton Candy from Around the Globe' festival.) At the Taste of Chicago, the food is actually good and it's probably the biggest festival in the city.

However, I personally think its a victim of its own success. It'd be fine without all the crowds. It seems the idea behind the whole think is to have a convenient way to sample a bunch of different foods but the crowds make it more of a hassle.

Still, I'm glad I experienced it. Just not sure if I'll be going back.

[sahlah]

See this:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QBFIFO2&show_article=1

Yikes!

[catnip_dreamz]

According the news this afternoon, there's over 120 cases attributed to this so far.

What's scary is that if I had seen the booth, I probably would have gotten the cucumber salad with hummus (the dish that is now suspected as being the culprit.)

Next year I think I'll avoid the crowds and the saminella