I don't know about LA, but it's perfectly possible to get Canadian maple syrup around here

I was gonna say the same thing. (Except for the maple sugar farmers, which we don't really have in NYC grocery stores.)

I'm gonna go teach, watch some of the black belt test, maybe, run errands, go back and watch some more of the test, and then go to The Hump with Colin.

Is maple syrup produced in places other than the US and Canada?

Canadian maple syrup is sufficiently expensive here that my snobbery balks at it. I don't buy Blue Mountain here either, no matter how much I want it.

Now I want pastry or waffles or pancakes or something!

Me too. Damn all you buffistas who can eat sugar and starch with impunity. ::shakes fist impotently::

Is maple syrup produced in places other than the US and Canada?

I'm pretty sure sugar maples are a solely North American crop, but I could be wrong.

[eta: Maple Facts agrees:

The sugar maple (acer saccharum) is a slow growing hard wood tree. It can reach heights of 130 feet or more and live to be very old. Often times the truck of an old maple can be three or more feet in diameter. A tree this size, however, is extremely old. To place a single tap on a maple tree, the trunk must be at least 12 inches in diameter, a size taking 40 years for the tree to reach. Sugar maples are only found in one area of the world. This ranges from Southeast Canada, down into the Northeastern United States. Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maine, and as far west as Ohio all have sugar maples.

This is the only part of the world which has proper conditions for this tree though, and is therefore the only part of the world that can produce maple syrup. ]

Mmmm, custard and almond tart.

It's so nice out that I'm going to leave the housecleaning I was supposed to do today for tonight and go outside. Got to enjoy the good weather while I can!

and then go to The Hump with Colin.

hmph.

How was Depp's performance, kat?

I actually thought everyone was kinda sleepwalking through the movie except Samantah Morton, who did a lot with a crap part. I felt like Depp didn't really get started until his character went all ugly syphilis(?) man, and then it was capital A ACTING. I'm not a fan of "look at me" acting, so. . .

The dude who played his boyfriend was very pretty and unknown to me, so there was that. And we went to the Angelika and had a fabulous pumpkin cheese bar. That was good.

Also, I would love for my normal sunday breakfast to consist of pancakes and maple syrup. But alas, my stove hasn't been on since my Christmas party.

Instead of delightful breakfast foods, I am now eating a greek candy bar.