I'd Like to Thank All the Little People

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My Pincushions are Cooler Than Your Pincushions

When I first started sewing, I disdained pincushions. After all, the standard-issue tomato/ strawberry combination that my grandmother gave me many years ago has held up for all this time, plus it has sentimental value. But then one too many cute tutorials crossed my path. I have a lot of small pieces of fabric just asking to be made into cool little things. And I sew in multiple rooms and am always carrying the pincushion around. And so it goes...

A New Post about The New Post

In my neighborhood, a great little diner called The New Post sits on a corner just across from the subway entrance. It should suffice to say that my son pretty much grew in utero on bacon, egg and cheese (on a croissant, no less) sandwiches from this fine establishment. While it's a classic New York breakfast joint, The New Post also proudly proclaims itself to serve Mexican food, and the tacos are a fine weekday substitute for the local taco truck, which doesn't show up until 8pm.

So it was truly disappointing what arrived when B ordered a plate of nachos yesterday. I understand that nachos aren't the most authentic of Mexican fare, but the plate of hard tortilla chips covered with canned refried beans, chunks of tomato and pepper, and hiding a pile of grilled chicken was topped with just-barely-melted orange American cheese. It was almost as if they were saying, "You can order this, but we don't have to be happy about making it."

thanks to Let's Meet up in Queens for the photo