Nilly, there is a Nordstrom's right down the block from my apartment, so maybe we can swing by, if time permits.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Lee - Jul 22, 2004 7:33:55 am PDT #6644 of 9999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
sfmarty - Jul 22, 2004 7:47:13 am PDT #6645 of 9999
Who? moi??
Allyson - Jul 22, 2004 7:59:48 am PDT #6646 of 9999
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Nilly, all faxed! Whoot!
Jesse - Jul 22, 2004 8:14:00 am PDT #6647 of 9999
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The safest way - the one that I use here, at home, in Israel - is to look for stuff that have a kosher certificate approved by a religious authority, both when it comes to products and when it comes to restaurants and the like.
Are all authorities equal? I mean, in NYC there are, I'm sure, different certificates from different kinds of religious authorities.
Just checking.
Jess M. - Jul 22, 2004 8:15:21 am PDT #6648 of 9999
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
All authorities are not equal.
I mean that seriously, not snarkily.
deborah grabien - Jul 22, 2004 8:16:46 am PDT #6649 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nilly, excellent - but I got the link from Hil last night while we were playing Literati, and clicked on it from there. Got the info I wanted, and didn't keep it. Hil? Do you still have it?
My oven is the highest rated consumer range (it edges on professional) and will do 600 degrees or so. Trust me, that kills pretty much anything in there, short of aliens who live on the surface of the planet Mercury. And after that, the direct flame of a blowtorch.
Do you need to be there for bread-baking preparation? EVen if everything going in has the kosher sign?
Jesse - Jul 22, 2004 8:21:28 am PDT #6650 of 9999
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All authorities are not equal.
That's what I figured. Hmm. Good thing (a) there's time to figure stuff out, and (b) you can be sure there are places of the right sort to take Nilly to eat here. We just have to find them.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2004 8:22:02 am PDT #6651 of 9999
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Are all authorities equal? I mean, in NYC there are, I'm sure, different certificates from different kinds of religious authorities.
They're not really equal. For packaged foods, there are certain ones in the US that are generally accepted as good, and a few others that some people are OK with, but others aren't. For restaurants, there are lots of different ones. (In NY, up until a few years ago, there was a state law saying that a restaurant couldn't call itself kosher unless an Orthodox rabbi had given the certification, but that was struck down as unconstitutional. Now, I think the new law is that any restaurant calling itself kosher has to clearly display the name and affiliation of whoever certified it.) There are some national ones that are always fine, and for the local ones, you just sort of have to know which are generally accepted. I'll see if I can find a NY list.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2004 8:27:12 am PDT #6652 of 9999
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know places have certificates up, I've just never read them.
Scrappy - Jul 22, 2004 8:27:50 am PDT #6653 of 9999
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hooray for Nilly tickets! I, OF COURSE, really want to meet Nilly while she is in the LA area, so just in case I am not on the activities list (since I don't hang out in this thread much), could some kind soul please include me on any itinerary-type emails? Profile addy is ready and waiting!