On going to the food hall

HOMOSIMIAN WALKS INTO A STORE AND TAKES ESCALATOR DOWN TO FOOD HALL

BUNCH OF LOVELY GREEN LEAVES AT BOTTOM OF ESCALATOR, ORANGES, AND OTHER LOVELY STUFF

 HOMOSIMIAN (HS) THOUGHT BUBBLE: *LIGHTBULB MOMENT* I WOULD REALLY FANCY SOME SOUP FOR DINNER. HOW ABOUT THAT CHORIZO AND KALE SOUP THAT I'VE MADE A FEW TIMES? MAYBE I SHOULD SEE IF THEY HAVE CAVALO NERO!




HS: Do you have cavalo nero (sees dark leaved veg that could be cavalo nero at the back of the veg stand)

Woman1: What is cavalo nero?

HS: Its known as black cabbage. It looks like Savoy cabbage but has big, dark green leaves.

Woman2: That is not cabbage (pointing at dark leaves). That is spinach.

HS: No, I know that is spin-

W1: Is this cavalo nero? (picks us celery)

HS: No, but-

W2: Spinach isn't cabbage. (points at spinach)

HS: I know, but th-

W1: Is this cavalo nero? (picks up artichoke)

HS: No, bu-

W2: You actually want broccolli rabe (points at broccolli rabe)

HS: Not really, its a type of g-

W1: cavalo nero? (thrusts asparagus at me)

HS: No! It's actua-

W2: You want thyme.

HS: Erm, no, bu-

W1: Here is cavalo nero! (gives me thyme)

HS: No! I don't want thyme, it looks like chard, but wrinkly, and dark....

W1: Here, cavalo nero! (thrusts chard at me)

HS: N-

W2: You want something green?

HS: Yes, but, I wa-

W1: Cavalo nero! (proffers spinach)



HS: That is spinach...

W2: Yes, we told you that is spinach. 

W1: H (holds up beets, hopefully) cavalo nero?

HS: No, no, no, I'll take the broccolli rabe instead, please.

W2 to W1: (in conspirational manner) I told you he wanted this but he didn't realise.

W1: Voilà, CAVALO NERO!! (hands me weighed bag of broccolli rabe).

HS: ... Thanks! (looks nonplussed)

Baby its not so cold outside...

OH got back from a work trip the other day and brought with him the box set of Glee, Season 2. We're totally hooked on it, OH obsessively so.

Anyway, after Season 1, we were left wondering what would happen to Kurt, the openly gay character, and it turns out he features a lot more in Season 2. Just as an insight, here he is with Blaine, the other new gay character, doing a wonderful duet.

And just so you know, Blaine, I so would.

Friday Pop Tarts

This takes me back to Noirmoutier this year where OH and I spent a fabulous weekend with my sister and some friends, dodging German naturists and eating mussels baked in pine leaves and neverending buffet of langoustines.

Speaking of langoustines, I was watching a British programme the other day that was extolling the virtues of Scottish seafood. There was a segment in which the presenter was feeding langoustines to the locals, and the general consensus was that langoustines tasted 'like chicken, but a bit prawny'.

I still weep for British palates.


Stromae - "Alors on danse" Symphonique -Ce n'est pas un clip
envoyé par StromaeOfficiel. - Regardez la dernière sélection musicale.

Friday Pop Tarts

Back a couple of months ago, my youngest sister came to visit and we headed out to the Atlantic Coast of France to stay with some friend on an island. This song by Blondie turned out to be the soundtrack of the summer.

A few months later in NY, I managed to take a picture of where this video was supposedly recorded:



Happy Friday all!

Friday Pop Tarts

More a hybrid of pop and opera, but since I missed out on the melodifestevalen madness this year, this emerged as the winner and appeals to the drama queen in me.

2009 Sweden - Malena Ernman (Final Winner)
by Galiza

You can read more of the melodifestevalen madness here on Stornisse's page.

Friday Pop Tarts

For some reason I seem to have completely bypassed Katy Perry, until my friend in Paris said she did graphics for her. And this is really catchy. One to go on the Marmoset running soundtrack for 2009.

Katy Perry - Hot N Cold [HQ]
par wonderful-life1989

More news next week. I'm about to have another change.

Friday Pop Tarts

Inspired by Lubin's post on pop nonsense, and Stornisse's weekly posts on Melodifestivalen tracks, I'm going to experiment with this as a weekly feature of random pop (and other genres) songs from my formative years. The following is one of the earliest songs that I remember doing my cool, 2 year old leg shake, that in hindsight probably looked more like I was trying to dislodge a turd from my training nappy.

This song still makes me smile with its upbeat tune and cheesy synchronised dance moves. I hope it makes you smile too, after all, its Friday!

billy joel - uptown girl
par kareem93