Cobble Hill CSA Week Two

Posted: June 10th, 2009 | Author: miconian | Filed under: Miconian At Large | Tags: , , , , | Comments

csa-week-2-bountyMy iPhone was dead when I went to pick up the produce this week, so I have no photos to offer of the setup in the church. But it was very similar to last time, just a bit more food. And it wasn’t raining this time, so people were moving in and out a lot more rapidly.

Ostensibly, the choices were:

chives or artichokes
curly cress or mustard greens
strawberries(!)
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Cobble Hill CSA Week One

Posted: June 3rd, 2009 | Author: miconian | Filed under: Miconian At Large | Tags: , , , | Comments

So I recently joined the Cobble Hill CSA. Basically, I paid about $500 so that, throughout the summer and autumn, I could get weekly shares of a local farmer’s harvest. Yesterday was the first pickup day of the season, so I headed to Christ Church, about a five minute walk for me. All the produce was in bins, arranged down one side of the sanctuary.

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At the near end of the table was a note, explaining what was available. Read the rest of this entry »


Cuisinart Unboxing Photos

Posted: May 8th, 2009 | Author: miconian | Filed under: Miconian At Large | Tags: , , | Comments

A few days ago I ordered a new Cuisinart food processor. Those of you who follow my tweets may or may not have enjoyed observing my anguish as I argued with UPS over whether they had actually attempted to deliver the package. Anyway, let’s begin.

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Looks kinda like they beat the crap out of the box, doesn’t it? As if there was a conversation at the UPS warehouse where they were like, This guy claims we didn’t really attempt to deliver twice… well, attempt THIS! And then they kicked it or something. I don’t really think that happened. Read the rest of this entry »