I have had slight blog drought; I apologize. I did, however, win Quiet in the Stacks PictionaryTM. Yay! I was helped by Carolyn's guess.

I taught today (and last night). AT attended my class today and said it was "my best class ever". The class today was in a rather yucky time slot and only attended by 5 people. The class last night, by contrast, was packed with people practically breathing down my neck in the front row. I guess it's good to get practice in all different situations.

After class AT and I swung by 71 Irving Place, a coffeehouse that "is everything Starbucks is not" (according to a clipping on the wall). It's apparently frequented by Ben Stiller, but I have yet to see him there. The same clipping mentioned "early morning spottings of celebs at their worst". I wonder if they stumble in, hair unbrushed, Rice Krispies in their eyes. Sorry about that image.

AT also gave me a book called "Dog Food"...various vegetables carved to look like doggies. Very cute. The back cover lists the vegetables they used. It included quince. I wonder if that's what they used for the eyeballs. I'm not even sure what a quince looks like.

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Anonymous said…
I'll get you some quince jelly some day. It's very popular in Europe, as a spread for bread. It's not sweet, so it's a bit strange-tasting. But nice when you get used to it. The name in Spanish is "dulce de membrillo."
6:20 AM
SK said…
Hmm.. I like dulce de membrillo but I think I like nutella more. It's tastier.

Guess what? I'm taking a yoga class this summer. I'm a little afraid because I've never taken yoga but more importantly I get head rushes when my head is down too long. Is this normal? :)
9:32 AM
verniciousknids said…
I thought quince was a fruit, a bit like an apple?! I think I've seen that book before...if so, the pics are hilarious!
10:49 AM
Bearette said…
El pacha - looking forward to it! Is a pacha don quixote's guide or something? I'm wishing I took spanish. my french is just oh so useful (not).

Lost - nutella *is* good. they had banana/nutella crepes near my college. I've never heard of the head rush thing before. You might want to be careful in down dog.

VK - now I want to try one. I'm a fruit freak ;)
11:04 AM
Anonymous said…
I like the little trademark symbol. :)

Will you post pictures if you attempt any of your own vegetable carvings??
3:37 PM
Bearette said…
I'll definitely put up pics if i try out carving ;)
3:51 PM
Caro said…
One time on "Trading Spaces" they made food people then took pics of them for kitchen art.
11:14 PM
Elsa said…
Congrats on winning Pictionary!
6:01 PM
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