Holiday wish list, within-the-realm-of-reality edition
I will be doing some lonnng swims this winter as I train for Ironman Arizona. Having done this race distance three times before, I know how mind-numbingly boring those long swims can be (especially alone). I am very, very tempted to get the H2OMan waterproof MP3 player to keep me company through those 5,000m slogs. Although the thought of swimming with earphones is kinda weird.
Don't these gourmet marshmallows look good? The correct answer is YES.
I have a KitchenAid stand mixer, which I love, and I would get lots of use out of an Ice Cream Maker Attachment and a Pasta Roller set. Pasta and ice cream are two things that I think are worth the extra work of making at home. (I do already have an ice cream maker, but this one is way better.)
I've already converted plenty of vinyl to MP3 using our Ion USB Turntable. Ion now makes the Tape 2 PC for ripping tracks off of cassettes. And boy, do I have a lot of music on tape, and some of it has proven hard to find elsewhere without getting into a heated ebay bidding war. (Anyone own the Sisterhood's Gift CD? I didn't think so.) But I admit I don't really understand why anyone would want to commit tape hiss to digital format.
I can never have enough running socks. Size L, please.
Our hotel room in Spain's Costa del Sol had a fully equipped kitchen. Pretty much everything you'd need for a week of basic cooking was provided. Well... there were no solid measuring cups, spatula, baking pans, or vegetable peeler. But it did have, as part of the complete china set, eight egg cups. Egg cups! They assume you're more likely to eat a soft-boiled egg than fresh veggies. Hmmm. But really, I had never used one and never realized how useful they could be. They're great for holding a generous spoonful of chutney or a pile of olives (aceitunas) about an inch above a plate of delicious assorted quesos. Which, when you're on vacation in a Spanish resort, you might enjoy every single night with a bottle of Rioja and some nice crackers. Suddenly egg cups are a necessity in my life. These are pretty cute. And cheap!
November 19, 2007 8:08 PM
Believe me, if you were a British tourist, as many visitors to the Costa del Sol are, you would be far more likely to eat soft-boiled eggs than fresh veg. Solid measuring cups are seldom seen on this side of the Atlantic; one weighs everything except liquids.