I never tasted “Chinese” salad or frog eye salad until I moved to the PNW in the 90s. I found both interesting and delicious. You do not want to hear how my non-Italian coworker pronounced the acini di pepe pasta. Is that what you use in your frog eye too?

Name the things in front of you now. 

You can be a runner and drink.

I have eaten cereal with milk out of a mug, but I still use a spoon.

Vancouver has mild winter weather, like most of the Pacific Northwest. It’s not all the Yukon, you know!

Oh, like Brian Wilson.

Great story about a McDonald’s changing lives in France.

How little did they pay the workers to do that? Slaves, maybe? 

Have you never heard of the FRANKLIN MINT????

No Yara Shahidi on this poster but she was super cute in it as a butter carver.

Learn from the mamas. Don’t forget your swim goggles.

Listen to the statistics that there is very little viral contamination in protesting. You don’t need to remove your mask to chant.

Not so in parties.

The proverbial Hicksville or the real one*?

And yet on my community’s FB page, there was a call out for host parents. I had to comment

I gave my passport to the Human Resources person to make copies of it.

Hey Allison, in my section of Southern Italy, if a woman is having her period, she cannot assist in the arduous task of making la conserva: canning tomato sauce, because it’ll be ruined. SUPERSTITION.

We can’t see what goes on in your house.

Can you pour it into seltzer water for a refreshing quaff? 

How timely, AA. Was just talking about canned vs fresh jalapenos, and your quick pickle might make a nice happy medium. 

If you could spare some soaking vinegar, I’d bet it would make a killer salad dressing. Or even for drinking (mixing with seltzer)?