The House of Mirth » food

I, Pie.

meg — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:03:15 +0000

What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

Me? I am so ready for a pie that’s bigger than a manhole cover. Oh yes. And then, I’m plunging my entire head in a jar of mince.

Bring it, Thanksgiving. Bring. It.

Shop for Jonah

meg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:32:50 +0000

My friend Angie is the mother is a beautiful little boy with a hereditary disease called Galactosemia. For a few days in April, those of you in the Chicagoland area can help the little guy by doing what you’d normally do: shop at Jewel.

Says Angie:

Galactosemia is a rare disorder and funding for research comes primarily from people like us, the parents of a galactosemic child. However, during April 6-8, Jewel-Osco stores will donate 5% of sales made during the Galactosemia Shop and Share days. This fundraiser has the potential to raise much money for research–and all you have to do is what you would normally do during the week! Of course, we’d love it if everyone waited and made their big grocery shopping trip during those days, but please know every little bit helps and is appreciated!

Attached is a copy of the Shop and Share Identification Slips. It’s very easy–just print out a slip and sign it. Present the slip when you shop during April 6-8. Jewel-Osco will do the rest. There is no limit to how often you can present a slip, but there are restrictions on what counts (for example, liquor, gift cards and tobacco don’t).

So, when you head out to Jewel next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, please bring one of these slips along. Help give Jonah a chance at a rich, healthy life. Thanks, kids!

A Lion in Winter

meg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:48:52 +0000

Even though it’s almost April, the snow is back and so am I. Please to enjoy the new site. I hope to deliver a more inclusive, lifestreamy experience, where my life online is more integrated with my actual life. Could I use life a few more times?

Having put D on a plane this afternoon, I spent the bulk of the evening fixing some widgets and plugins and cursing over the CSSes, but I’m happy with where the place landed, and tired of that darn maintenance page, so here were are!

For a reward, I’m watching Iron Chef America, and Bobby Flay is freaking out, which seems par for the course. And whatever happened to Wolfgang Puck? Like all remakes, the original Japanese version was better, anyway. Actually, I just finished Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), which I half-watched in the background, and could only screen because D is out of town. It was a gruesome bit of campy crap – a spider invasion of Shatnerian proportions, as D said when I told him it starred TVs T.J. Hooker.

I do love The Shatner.

So, welcome back to The House of Mirth. I’ll make you a cocktail while you look in the closets and try out the new furniture.