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Kitty cake.

2006-10-14T03:09:15Z

For a few someones I know who are fans of Hello Kitty. "The 3D Heavenly Hello Kitty Birthay Cake is marzipan bordered in puffs of icing clouds. Cake board is finished in silver metallic fabric trim." - Lovin Sullivan Cakes P.S. One of the cake...

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Sidewalk statement

2006-10-10T08:36:24Z

I was browsing housing listings for apts./condos when I came across the photo gallery for one apt. building. Usually these are filled with photo after photo of completely empty rooms, or impeccably furnished rooms, or rooms shot at such a weird...

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Fringe Fest fun...& flamenco.

2006-09-10T21:51:21Z

Checking the festival's schedule this afternoon, I noticed that there was something happening a few blocks away. Off I went, stopping to get some green tea along the way. When I got to Sutter & Post (the intersection noted as the location for th...

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QotD: Weekend Wrap-up

2006-07-24T17:28:15Z

What was the highlight of this past weekend? SF Theater Festival - I checked out a few shows for a little while in the afternoon on Sunday. The highlight during my time there was a group of talented seniors who cracked everyone up with their song...

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QotD: Celebrational Muppetational!

2006-07-19T17:33:33Z

Who is your favorite Muppet? Why? QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com. I liked the Swedish Chef for his fearless attitude in the kitchen. He should be on Iron Chef. I think he'd flay a certain Bobby any day. But for pure pathos, one must lo...

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Puffs in the press

2006-07-18T07:38:55Z

This afternoon I finally got to taste the puffs. The store was empty except for me and one pregnant woman, who to my chagrin, ordered one cream puff less than me. This was not a week for green tea flavored puffs, so I had to do with one pumpkin...

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QotD: Weekend Wrap-Up

2006-07-17T06:40:45Z

What did you do this weekend? This weekend I worked. I wanted to wrap up some loose ends before they unraveled into a mess I couldn't handle. Then at the very end of the weekend, I decided that I wanted to indulge by trying something from Beard ...

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QotD: No shouting on the bus!

2006-07-11T03:04:22Z

What was your most memorable or favorite school field trip? That time in elementary school we went to see an opera - La Boheme - was pretty good, but the most memorable was probably the class trip on a fishing boat with the flirty fisherman. I wo...

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Best. Fireworks. Ever.

2006-07-04T17:35:53Z

Hmm. Don't know. Maybe at the Rose Bowl. But here's the most recent - Last night around 10:30pm, in front of the Whole Foods grocery store, some jackasses were sticking a firecracker in a tree that stood in the parking lot. They looked a little o...

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More quarters please...

2006-06-29T20:35:02Z

Ms. Pac Man. Tetris. Not very original, I know. But true. And, yes, I did play Tetris in an arcade, as well as in front of the family room tv late at night after everyone had gone to bed. The Wikipedia entry for Tetris is interesting. I like ...

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