Ya tengo mi segunda “madre” en proceso… hija de la primera madre, la coloqué en una mezcla de vino blanco y vino tinto para ir haciendo el cambio a tinto (cosas mias la verdad es que no se si es 100% necesario hacer un paso previo pero me parece que es mejor poco a poco). Si alguien quiere un poco de “madre” para hacer sus propios vinagres o para hacer experimentos avísenme y les doy un poquito. Les dejo la foto de la “abuela” y la nueva “madre”:
Acabo de cosechar los ajies maduros de mis plantas, tengo cuatro tipos diferentes… 3 rojos y uno amarillo. Los tipos son aji thai, ají serrano, yellow wax y peperoncini. Les dejo la foto:
The weather is crisp, the leaves are gone, all guys talk about is football, all us girls talk about is food... it's definitely Thanksgiving! We'll be here, eating with other coaches and their families at my parent's house. I can't wait to eat tomorrow; definitely my favorite meal of the year.
I love my collection of postcards. Only a few have I purchased, but most have been sent or given to me. When I was in college, I waitressed (of course) and one lady I worked with gave me a bag of postcards from the early 1910's-30's. Another large collection of postcards were given to me by Jeremy's parents. One of his grandmothers saved her cards and postcards, starting at a very young age- at least 1900, if not some Victorian Valentines.
I've never taken the time to read them all, but a while back I did find one whose message interested me. A girl wrote to another woman about her new school in Brownsburg, VA (right down the road) and her new teacher, who had the last name Wade. Well, that school, a 4 room building has since been closed, but I can image exciting it must have been for this girl and this tiny town to have a new school. And, since I knew lots of people with the last name Wade, so I made some phone calls and found a niece of hers. She had passed about 2 years ago, but they were happy to have it. I hope one day I return an old postcard to its owner from years back, so they can go back in time just briefly.
Anyway, I love postcards and letters, but "snail mail" seems to be a dying art. I don't really like email, and I've never really had my phone glued to me either. (Actually, I usually don't answer my phone, and hardly ever do I check my voicemail.) I have tons and tons of stationary so I can write letters, when I have the time. This time of year is exciting for me because it's the one time of year people take the time to WRITE, and I love seeing their pictures, too.
We have a friend (Kirsten S.) who also seems to love the stories that are of times past. She lives in the most glorious of all cities here in the East- Savannah, GA! We visited last spring (that's a whole other story) but she was kind enough to show us around that beautiful city(thank you!). I want to live there (again, a whole other story), but for now, I'm happy to live vicariously through her. She works for an architect, and she has had the chance to go in the mansions and homes that have been left behind, stuck in another time. She has found wallpaper from turn of the century. We first saw her use photographs of these interiors with collaged wallpaper... see?
Well, now she has her own shop: Turn of the Centuries, and it's just fabulous! I love, love, love her chandeliers, and I do want one of everything! She's got some Christmas cards that I want to send to everyone, and I love her sketches.... Especially the marionettes. I can't wait to see what's next for her, she's so talented!
I'm off to work on my apron. I've changed my mind so many times and now I will just have to go with it. Swap partner, you don't know who you are, but I'm hoping you love it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Normalmente nos quejamos cuando hay un mal servicio, y según dicen un cliente insatisfecho impide venderle a 10 más. Hoy tengo algo diferente que contar, estuve antes de irme de viaje comprando algunas cosas en Ven-mart, una tienda de equipos de cocina que queda en Chacao frente a la antigua fábrica de helados tio rico.
Desde el primer día la atención fue impecable, algo que me pareció diferente a otros sitios similares, sobre todo tomando en cuenta que por la hora y las fechas pre-navidades estaba full. El primer vendedor que me atendió fue muy amable, pero ese día no pude comprar y fui al siguiente, encontrandome conque el primer vendedor libraba justamente ese día. Me di cuenta que la amabilidad no tenía que ver con un vendedor sino con política de empresa… todo el mundo es realmente atento y servicial en esa tienda.
Compré lo que iba a comprar y todo bien, cuando me llegó la mercancía me di cuenta que la nevera que había pedido había llegado de otro color (y además por duplicado), cuando revisé la factura había estado mal facturada también. Por supuesto fue falla de la empresa, pero yo como compradora habia tenido que revisar la factura, por lo que esta mañana salí dispuesta a pelear en Ven-mart como estamos acostumbrados cuando compramos algo y nos llega diferente. Todo lo contrario, desde el vendedor hasta la gente de caja se portaron muy bien, pidieron disculpas, asumieron responsabilidad y en un momento tenía un cheque del monto sobrante y la nueva nevera con orden de despacho.
El servicio post-venta es demasiado importante, y no estamos acostumbrados a recibirlo en el país por lo que algo asi sorprende. Felicito a Ven-mart y lo recomiendo ampliamente para comprar equipos de cocina. El vendedor que me atendió se llama Ermes y es un muchacho muy atento y responsable. Si van a comprar algo allí pregunten por el.
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