The Story of (Old) Stuff
June 10, 2009
I love shopping for antiques. Not at the hushed fancy places, although that’s nice sometimes. I prefer the antique malls. Every town’s gotta have one, because where else would people sell their old stuff? I know, I know, Ebay. But there is no substitute for rambling down dusty aisles and looking at people’s lifetime collections. Plus, it’s so environmentally correct!
On the one hand, it’s a thrill to see if I can find something fabulous. Something that may be worth something, but… more
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May 27, 2009
I recently had the pleasure of going to a Korean grocery store—H Mart–in Korea Town (otherwise known as K-Town) in Manhattan. It was an evening after work, at the suggestion of a coworker who happens to be Korean-American and volunteered to be my guide. The store was on a street I have walked past a hundred times and never ventured onto. Suddenly, a whole new world opened up, and I felt I understood the fundamentals of Korean food much better—and even had a better sense of the culture and… more
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