Category — Microblog Mondays

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While I am totally aware that every culture and country has a different list of foods that it counts as “breakfast” foods, I was not aware that Americans have the narrowest definition of breakfast items. That fact listed in the dek isn’t really backed up with a numerical count of every country and its breakfast items, but sure, let’s go with it.

I have the same breakfast every day. A container of yogurt. That is my favourite breakfast. If we’re having breakfast out, I tend to go for eggs first and French toast second and anything else third. I’m not the biggest fan of pancakes, though I’ll eat them if I make them. And I love a good crepe, but few non-crepe places serve crepes here.

And I loooooove breakfast for dinner. In fact, that’s what I think we’ll have tonight.

What do you have for breakfast? And are breakfast foods kept at breakfast time?

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If I worked in this office, no plant would choose me to be their friend because they would immediately pick up on the fact that I don’t like them. Even if they were a flowering plant. Actually, especially if they were a flowering plant. I dislike flowers, too, especially when they’re brought into a building as cut-flowers or a flowering plant.

I would be irritated beyond all get-out if I had to take care of a plant.

But an office pet? THAT I would be all over. If my boss gave everyone a hamster or a turtle to live on their desk and care for every day? I would be a very happy employee. Animals = happiness. Plants = irritation.

How do you feel about plants?

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Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a day to remember people in the military who have died in service to the US. It should be a somber holiday considering that it is marking countless deaths, but it’s billed as the “official start of summer” and plenty of stores host Memorial Day sales.

It made me think about how I would feel if October 15th––Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day––became an excuse for cookouts and pool parties. I would feel really upset to see a day designated to mark something emotional and sacred being used to sell cars or mattresses.

Sending thoughts to everyone who is mourning a loss today. Thank you to everyone who serves in our military and the families who support them.

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I don’t drink. I have, on average, one drink every year or two, so bars are kind of lost on me. Which isn’t a big deal now, but was a big deal when I was in my twenties and most of my friends wanted to get together at a bar. I love this idea of alcohol-free bars. It’s everything you expect in a bar, except with fancy mocktails instead of cocktails. And it’s not that you are not drinking. It’s that everyone around you is not drinking, too. You’re all there for the mocktails or alcohol-free beer.

Why? “In cities like New York and London, where bars often function as second living rooms for apartment dwellers with little space, an alcohol-free nightlife option can appeal to people who, for whatever reason, would prefer not to drink.”

I checked and we don’t have one in DC yet; at least not one that functions like Getaway in the article.

But I would totally go and have a date night at an alcohol-free bar. Would you?

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I strive for zero waste, which is why Josh is often tasked to create a meal for himself that uses all of our recent leftovers, pretty please. So I was drawn to this story on NPR about a brilliant restaurant in Toronto that has turned emptying their restaurant of perishables into a weekly event.

Each Sunday, they set up a chalkboard menu of everything they want to get rid of. When an item is sold out, it’s crossed off the board. So getting there early is key if you want control of the board, and getting there late is key if you want the lowest price. They keep cutting the prices as the evening unfolds in order to move everything out of the kitchen.

There’s a vegan restaurant by me that has dozens of dishes I wouldn’t mind eating at any given time, so I would totally participate if this was a thing at their restaurant. At other places, I only have one or two non-meat options, so the game would become nerve-wracking especially because what are you going to do once all of your possible options are gone? Walk away and find somewhere else to eat that night?

Pretending you can only go to one restaurant for a date night (and not leave if they’re sold out), would you want to do this?

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