Some 90 percent of the world's "subsurface office space" is in Kansas City, in tunnels carved out by limestone miners, including 55 businesses in SubTropolis.

That's where Kansas City Rep's prop storage is. They have a pretty amazing collection of stuff there, all amazingly well organized and cataloged. The tunnels are all large enough for semi trucks to easily navigate.

Happy Birthday Beth! Happy Belated Sheryl.

It's stopped snowing, but it's still miserable and rainy. I just got back from a local craft show. I bought a tiny handmade book pendant from someone I went to library school with. Comme ca: [link]

I just bought ground turkey to make meatballs for spaghetti sauce. Mmmmm...

Belated Birthday Feliciations, Sheryl. May there be an unexpected celebration sometime soon!

Barb is a fantastic hostess. H was actually social! It was a minor miracle.

Good news about Grace's preschool!

And, oh dear, if I'd only known. We recycled several of those spice jars when we moved. They'd been washed, de-labeled and reused for spices bought from bulk. A lot of spice and herb jars now have flip up tops, which always confuse me and end with me unscrewing the lid and dumping half the jar's contents into whatever I'm preparing. I really like the twist-off cap and the sprinkler insert, which is why we were reusing those bottles. I hope you find sufficient for your needs, msbelle.

I bought a tiny handmade book pendant from someone I went to library school with. Comme ca: [link]

Sue that's perfect for a friend of mine! I just ordered one.

Happy birthday, Beth!

Happy birthday, beth!

Happy Birthdays.

It is a lovely day, a wee chilly if you're in the shade or catch a breeze, but lovely with shades up and windows slightly open. I am folding laundry, have sorted mac's books with a pile for him to go through and decide what to keep, will cover some oversized books with book covers in a bit, and then will hopefully have time to do a few touch-up painting/paint removal things. Rather than taking a full day to do these little improvements on my place, I am just going to try to do one or two every weekend. I am sure than not one of these things alone will be the difference in someone wanting to buy the place, but they are things that bug me, and therefore, I think, worth it to spend a little time on while I am still living here.

Ok, now I'm feeling kind of guilty for upbraiding Sam Sifton: [link]

Ha ha ha! That was awesome.

Also hilarious: I ate ramps last night.

Speaking of spring veggies, I had these hard green things in 2002 (at 59 Wall, I think) and haven't had them since, and have been wondering what the hell they were. I finally saw [link] this week and they were fiddlehead ferns! Memorable texture, for sure.