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January 29, 2008

Some stuff I am glad about

In the style of Mindy Kaling, here are a few things I've bought (or someone's bought for me) that I love.

Cheap finds from Warehouse Deals

This is the online store where Amazon sells stuff that got slightly damaged in their warehouse. I got the complete set of The Thin Man movies for $11, and an MP3 player for $99 (marked down from $170). In both cases, the outside boxes were slightly scuffed from having been dropped, but nothing else was wrong with the merchandise.

Sandwiches from Ike's Place

Only one thing was lacking to make the Castro the perfect neighborhood, and that was a high-quality sandwich shop. Now we have Ike's merely two blocks from our house and I can't shut up about it. Gene and I also can't stop eating there; at this point Ike knows us by name. I have plugged Ike's on every website I write for and dragged all my friends and family there. We love his food so much that we've become too embarrassed to eat there anymore. If only we could have another, crappier sandwich place where we could eat without shame, THEN this neighborhood would be perfect.

Coca-cola Polar Bears T-shirt

If you have seen me recently, you've probably seen me wearing my shirt with a picture of the Coke polar bears on it. It is super soft, exactly the right length, a flattering shade of blue and drapes perfectly. Michele bought me this shirt as a joke after I confessed that the Coke polar bears are so cute they actually make me want to drink Coke (bleh, I hate when marketing succeeds on me). But it is no joke to me now. This shirt is deadly serious, and seriously comfortable.

My Hamilton Beach 43253 Ensemble 12-Cup Coffeemaker

The Cadillac of coffee makers, the HB 43253 EC can make enough coffee for an entire dinner party at one time, unlike my previous three-cupper. It can also be set on a timer so that the coffee gets made ten minutes before my alarm goes off, and doesn't take a half hour to heat up properly. Also, it is red. Pretty!

Get Fuzzy 2008 Desk Calendar

I would still be working in an office without a desk calendar. This is the only way I can keep track of my deadlines and portion out work in the days leading up to my deadlines, so I don't wind up doing everything five minutes before it's due. (Sometimes I do that anyway. But it's carefully planned.) I like the Get Fuzzy calendar because the days have a lot of space to write in. Also, of course, I am a sucker for sassy talking animals.

Posted by didofoot at January 29, 2008 10:01 AM

Comments

the entire thin man for $11!? that is a steal and a pants and a half!

Posted by: michele at January 29, 2008 04:29 PM

heh, pants. whatever happened to him, I wonder.

Posted by: didofoot at January 29, 2008 04:51 PM

heh. probably marriage happened to him.

oh good lord. and potentially babies. can you imagine?

Posted by: michele at January 29, 2008 07:07 PM

strangely, I actually can. aw, pants and short pants!

Posted by: didofoot at January 29, 2008 07:32 PM

capri pants!

still, mini pants is a concept i can't quite wrap my brain around. then again, i am still a little shocked each time i see my nephew.

Posted by: michele at January 29, 2008 10:37 PM

I also love Ike's Place so much it is ridiculous. I haven't felt this way about a sandwich place since Cheese n' Stuff. Ike's sandwiches are even better, but I still sometimes feel like I'm cheating on Cheese n' Stuff, though we technically have a long-distance relationship.

Posted by: sean at January 30, 2008 11:27 AM

Sean, I know what you mean. Sometimes I still call up Nefelli and we have phone sandwich (they make noises of tomatoes slapping on bread and gourmet cheese melting, I make eating noises) but it's just not as satisfying as an in-person relationship.

Posted by: didofoot at January 30, 2008 12:44 PM

i really need to try this ike's place apparently. maybe after the movie on my birthday party day!

Posted by: michele at January 30, 2008 10:06 PM

Me, just now on the phone: Hi, I'd like a Say Hey and a Nacho Boy.

Ike: Is this Kristen?

Me: ...Yes.

Ike laughs. I sigh.

Posted by: didofoot at January 31, 2008 12:48 PM

I went last night for dinner with Omar. The message I got from Omar today, 18 hours later:

"god.
that sandwich.
so good."

There's 20+ sandwiches I want to try, and that's without considering breakfast and the vegan fake-meat options. For the record, the "so good" sandwich was a vegan meatball sub, and I got the BBQ roast beef (#8).

Posted by: sean at January 31, 2008 02:17 PM

I walked in to pick up our order today, and Ike said "So Sean told me about this Datevine thing...?"

Man, he just knows everyone now. I feel like we should start inviting him to parties and stuff.

Posted by: didofoot at January 31, 2008 02:56 PM

that is hilarious. and awesome.

Posted by: michele at January 31, 2008 05:08 PM

A conversation from this morning:

Sean: Ike's is open RIGHT NOW
Mystery chatter: LETS GO FOR BREAKFAST
Mystery chatter: AND THEN AGAIN FOR LUNCH

The person who can guess who I was chatting with wins a Tootsie Roll pop.

Posted by: sean at February 1, 2008 10:47 AM

I hope our love for Ike's isn't just a flash in the pan. Who among us remembers Weebl and Bob, the Puerto Rico game, or the resolution Michele and I made in 97 to start kissing shoulders with people instead of shaking hands? Whither these fascinations? WHY ARE WE SO FICKLE IN OUR LOVE???

I think Ike's will probably go the distance, though. Nobody panic.

Posted by: didofoot at February 1, 2008 10:53 AM

beef?

omg, the shoulder thing. such a bad plan. and the only person i think we used it on (besides each other) was dan(thomas).

Posted by: michele at February 1, 2008 11:45 AM

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