Mariko's blog Vox 2006-10-06T07:26:02Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c11412f15bc408/ the sun is burning down on my head. let nature take its course not all thermal carafes are equal tag:vox.com,2006-10-04:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c2252a8ea18e1d 2006-10-04T22:44:01Z 2006-10-06T07:26:02Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Alfi carafe
Alfi carafe
For years I've been on the hunt for a thermal carafe that actually works. I saw the Alfi carafe in the Williams Sonoma catalog and was astounded by the price tag. Who would pay more than $150 for a stinkin' thermal carafe? For that price, it had better work! I ended up getting one (used credit card bonus points to get it), and it seems to work pretty well. I usually only drink one cup of coffee in the morning, and I make it with a drip filter. To get a satisfactory amount, I have to use a certain size of mug and just drink it all at once. That's all fine, but I have all these cute little mugs that I would like to use. Should I confess that the main reason I wanted a thermal carafe was so I could use the cute little mugs?

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]]> choux and choco tag:vox.com,2006-09-16:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c225268218f219 2006-09-16T04:05:10Z 2006-09-16T04:05:10Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Chouxcream
Chouxcream
I got this box of mini chocolate-filled cream puffs, but they tasted pretty horrible. They only cost about $1.50 for the entire box, so I guess I got what I paid for.

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]]> New bakery tag:vox.com,2006-09-08:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c225258177f219 2006-09-08T20:25:22Z 2006-09-08T20:25:22Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

A new bakery, Petite Provence, opened kinda sorta near us. I've been there three times this week, always to buy baguettes (though today a jam-filled scone ended up in my bag somehow). 

Petiteprovence
Petiteprovence

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]]> I want chocolate tag:vox.com,2006-09-06:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c225253038f219 2006-09-06T22:31:30Z 2006-09-08T20:57:18Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Oh dear, I haven't posted in a long time! Sorry, poor neglected Vox blog.

I almost bought this chocolate today:

Yummy-looking chocolates
Yummy-looking chocolates

They are offered by Coco.Luxe Confections. The chocolates are reasonably priced, but unfortunately shipping would have been $26 or something! Guess I'll just have to take a trip to the Bay Area.

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]]> norwegian candy tag:vox.com,2006-06-20:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c2251d0c018e1d 2006-06-20T03:12:37Z 2007-06-04T23:33:37Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Stratos bar
Stratos inside

Yummy chocolate from Norway. The Stratos bar is kind of like the Aero bar in that it is sort of an aerated chocolate, but it seems pretty dense and milky. It is delicious.

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]]> who's the pastrami king tag:vox.com,2006-06-19:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c2251c1699604a 2006-06-19T03:53:42Z 2006-06-20T01:02:45Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

We went to the Hillsdale Farmer's Market today. I got a hanging flower basket, which I'm hoping I don't kill. Peter got a pastrami sandwich from the Pastrami King, and he said it was outstanding.

Peter and pastrami
Pastrami closeup

Now that's pastrami!


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]]> Donations tag:vox.com,2006-06-12:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c10e0f9809d3b4 2006-06-12T03:10:44Z 2006-06-12T03:10:44Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

This is what happens when you don't have the key to the camper shell and you tell your mother that the ARC donation truck is going to be in your neighborhood in a couple days.

Arc donations
Arc donations


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]]> I want this tag:vox.com,2006-06-09:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c114133d8022bd 2006-06-09T21:50:19Z 2006-06-09T21:50:19Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Soft serve
Soft serve

It's a soft serve ice cream machine! Find it here. My regular ice cream maker died, so I DO need a replacement ...

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]]> international day tag:vox.com,2006-06-08:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c114132ad422bd 2006-06-08T03:49:53Z 2006-06-08T03:49:53Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I traveled the globe yesterday, but I didn't have to leave my neighborhood. First I went to a Korean market that recently reopened after burning to the ground last winter. It was very clean, and they had big tubs of kim chee. What's not to like about that? I got some roasted corn tea there:

Corn tea
Corn tea

I had corn tea once at a Korean restaurant, and it was delicious. It tasted like corn! Who'd have thunk? The corn tea looks like Corn Nuts.





Manicure
Manicure

So after the Korean market I headed to this weird little new strip mall that has a bunch of international offerings. On the spur of the moment I got a manicure from the Vietnamese shop. It was the first time I had ever gotten a manicure on my own volition. It was great, and now my hands don't look totally ratty (though they still look like old lady hands). After the manicure I headed to the Russian market for some more Russian chocolate eggs!


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]]> Donuts for Andrew tag:vox.com,2006-06-06:asset-6a00c11412f15bc40800c11414d54c5af5 2006-06-06T17:55:58Z 2006-06-06T18:20:29Z Mariko http://mariko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Look, Drooble! DONUTS!

Donuts
Donuts


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