Peanut Butter anecdote

Today I got a phone call from J who was at the grocery store. She was looking for peanut butter.
"They don't have any," she said.
I asked her where she was looking and she said she was by the butter.
Makes perfect sense, and certainly more than it being over by the coffee, tea and cereal in our grocery store, but that's where I directed her.
"Ah, yes, here it is."

Grocery bucket

I'm just realizing that if I don't share these stories somehow, they are not living up to their full potential.

Last night J and I were eating a sort-of egg-drop soup with dinner and I realized that I've had eggs almost every day over the past 4 days. There are really so many ways to use egg that I had either dismissed or outright avoided.
J said that her family used to buy lots of eggs at the market; so many in fact that her mother would bring them home in a big bucket. Forget the carton, in China, they sell eggs by the kilogram! I just love the image of someone bringing home a bucket of eggs.

Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

Cool Globes is the latest art installation project in Chicago for the summer of 2007. Chicago has been incorporating these projects into the cityscape since 1999 with the launch of Cows on Parade which has since toured the globe, including a stint in Tokyo last year.
In any case, I'm looking forward to seeing Cool Globes this summer and am considering arranging for a free 45-minute tour. Check out the homepage for the site:
http://www.coolglobes.com/index2.htm