Haines His Way

I think I should explain that Fred Thompson didn't scare me politically...I haven't any clue what his political views are...it is just that when I would see him on TV lately he just looked scary!

 

Who says he wanted to kill himself?  I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.

Yes, but when there's a lot of stress, some things happen accidentally-on-purpose.

And, finally, (well almost) I stopped into The Doughnut Plant.  I haven't been down there in months, and during the interim, he's introduced two new Signature Doughnuts:

Chocolate Blackout - Chocolate Cake Donut, with Chocolate Glaze and Chocolate Cake Crumbs
Tres Leches - Like a tres leches cake, but just in donut form.

As soon as bit into the Chocolate Blackout, I was in L-O-V-E!   And my L-O-V-E only grew once I started sampling the Tres Leches one.  Both of them were light and rich at the same time.

Oh... And I also picked up a Blackberry Filled-Peanut Butter Glazed Doughnut for tomorrow morning.  Well, actually, I picked up two of those since the guy at the counter gave me one for free since it was close to closing time.  



The Chocolate Blackout is the first one on the left in the second row.
The Peanut Butter and Jelly is the first one in the third row, and the Tres Leches is the third one in the third row.

Oh wow, those look yummy.

Oh wow, those look yummy.

I'll say!

I just ate a piece of White Chocolate Raspberry cake, but, after seeing DR Jose's post I WANNA FRICKIN' DOUGHNUT!  NOW!    

There is the most incredible full moon tonight!

I had steamed chicken and steamed vegetables. Food is now medicine.

Who says he wanted to kill himself?  I'm thinking accidental overdose, myself.

They said they don't know which.  I'm going with accidental, not that I know much about his personal life.

There is the most incredible full moon tonight!

I'd like to see a full moon with DR TCB.

Thanks, Jose.  Fascinating!

When you said "infamous" and "West Village" together in the same sentence, my fevered mind was imagining something slightly different.  

And the lunacy of declaring someone's career as being DEAD because he speaks out against the war is a sicko's attempt to shut people up and prevent them from expressing opinions (I don't think Alec Baldwin or Sean Penn ever noticed their careers were dead.  

In the liberal atmosphere of Hollywood, I thought it was often the conservative actors, who speak out, who loose work.

In the meantime, the remodel of the store started today.

It turns out that my idea of heading in early was a good one.  I took notes on where the various goods had been moved, which helped several customers with questions.  (I also made a copy of my notes for Gail, who followed me on self-scan duty, which I hope helped her on the job... and I also hope she could read my notes.   )

There was one disgruntled customer who was railing against the changes, insisting that they would destroy the store and turn it into something from New England.    He then turned against our store manager, Mark, blaming him for everything that is terrible about the store, and bemoaning how the former manager, Carol, "had" to retire.  (That Carol chose to retire, and that she had trained Mark for six years as her assistant manager before he was assigned to another (smaller) store as manager for a couple of years didn't matter to the complainer.

Some people just like to complain, I guess.  I just felt sorry for Mark, who took the abuse very well but still didn't deserve it.

Another *sigh*.

So...  Today's Culinary Creations started off with a stop at one of DR Jane's favorite places, Russ & Daughters.

I bypassed some of their sweeter offerings (halvah, babka, rugelach and macaroons), and opted for one of "Martha's (Stewart) Favorites":

The Heeb - Whitefish/Baked Salmon Salad and Horseradish Cream Cheese on a bagel.  -The Super Heeb gilds the lily with Wasabi Flying Fish Roe.  (Next time.)

It was quite dee-lish and most definitely appetizing.

Yuck  You could have least had one small piece of halvah so I could eat vicariously with you.