To market, to market

For those of you who have grown up in Fredericton or the surrounding areas, or have lived here and are privileged enough to recall the savory taste of a Patel's Samosa, be prepared...


TO BE SOOOO JEALOUS!!!!


As part of my dinner last night I enjoyed 3 delicious beef Patel's samosas.

As most of you know, the Patel family was famous at Fredericton's Farmers Market for making the most delicious samosas and having the longest, yet efficient, line up. However all good things must come to an end. The Patel's were asked, along with current market sellers Samosa Delight, to move their stand outdoors because their lineups were disrupting the flow of the market going crowd. Patel's turned down the offer and decided it was time to retire their rich asses, so they loaded up and left Fredericton to vacation in the South. Upon returning, old Mrs Patel, who was the talent behind the samosas, decided she would never make them again to sell to the public. Whoa is me.

Meanwhile, Samosa Delight happily moved out of the interior market, set up a trailer and relished in the absence of Patel's and their #1 competition.

So, how it is, you are asking, that I came to acquire such a treasured meal? Well, recently a movie was made about Mrs Patels life. For the movie, she had to make samosas. And for the, this is where my details get fuzzy I was too busy eating to listen, either wrap party or premiere she helped cater the event by supplying, you guessed it! Her homemade Patel's samosas aka heaven! PS My mom's best friend was there and she gave us a few bags which are now in the freezer. We're attempting not to eat them all at once.

<3

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I would just like to say I am at work and supposed to be working right now but it's 10 minutes til lunch and I am alone and bored. The summer was so fun here because I got to share a private trailer with 3 other buddies. Now I am stuck in a new trailer, which I like to call the trailer of silence, or the trailer of death. It is so quiet in here, I am afraid to sneeze! And talking on the phone is weirdly embarrassing because it is just a big open room so everyone can here your entire conversation. It is especially quiet today because everyone in here has taken this beautiful Friday off. Guess I missed the memo.

So I sit here and I listen to music and do my work and abstain from stabbing myself repeatedly in the wrist with my staple remover. For now at least, I've only been sitting in here for one week....

Concerned Children's Advertisers

Okay, we all remember these from when we were younger. They are the 1 min commercials that teach you a life lesson. I just watched "We are girls, we will do what's right for us." and was inspired! I wish these were on TV nowadays more often. I've included some links to a few favorites, I think you'll all be pleasantly surprised by the reminiscence. And who knows, maybe you'll learn a thing or two ;)

PS: Did anyone else think the house hippo one was real?


We Are Girls
Don't Put It In Your Mouth

House Hippo
Why Be You When You Could Be Me

What's Your Thing?

Rehab (tear jerker!)


oh, and dimitri's ROCKED! cannot wait for the m-ster's bash this FRI and the 007 Wine and Cheese -- PEACE

Life's a beach

Don't Date A Douchebag

Take this QUIZ to help avoid dating assholes...

The first date you go on he:

a) Talks about how he’s such a high achiever who is smarter then the rest of the guys on his floor and is surprised that fellow classmates aren’t on the same wavelength. He talks and talks about going to law school, wanting to earn at least six figures and never once asks you what your aspirations are.
b) Goes into detail about how the sex was so good with his ex-girlfriend.
c) Bumps into a group of friends and fails to introduce you.
d) Engages you with lots of questions, tries hard to figure out a good plan for the date, compliments your smile and chivalrously opens doors.

Texting:

a)Texts this: “Yo bitch, wanna come suck my dick”
b)It takes him three days to text you back and he avoids initial question and just writes “so stoned.”
c)You text him at 4PM for plans and he only ever texts you at 2AM for booty.
d)“I had a terrific time. You looked so hot in that skirt. When we meeting up next?”

At a party:

a)He goes out of his way to make you feel uncomfortable by undermining your intelligence and publicly mocking you.
b)You show up together and he spends the entire night talking with some chick in the kitchen about how she loves one night stands. (Oh, believe me- it’s happened!)
c)After drinking five beers decides to be a stand-up comedian and tell everyone an embarrassing story about you.
d)Introduces you to people, offers to get you a drink, and says “Babe, just let me know if you are bored and want to leave.”

Between the Sheets:

a)Complains that you are a prude or tells you that he needs to teach you how to shag because you obviously don’t know what you are doing.
b)Always requests oral sex and never gives.
c)Only wants to do it doggy style – despite your desires to explore other positions.
d)Gives you head, you have sex, roll around the sheets, kisses your tits and says ‘wow, that was hot.’

Reciprocity:

a)He cries that he’s poor so you lend him $50. Later that night you find him at the bar getting wasted and remarking that he’s lucky to have a rich girlfriend.
b)You plan a nice date with wine, lingerie and dinner. He belches, wants to watch HNIC and later you wake up to him jerking off to RedTube.
c)You help him study for a test, make him an omelet and later that night he ditches you because his ex is having a break down and he needs to comfort her.
d)He makes you spaghetti. You bring the wine. He plays with your hair. You spend the first part of night watching Sex And The City and the later half The Bourne Supremacy. You make love for hours.

Dating a douchebag?
Mostly A’s – Girl, you have found yourself the biggest asswipe around – DITCH IMMEDIATELY! Seriously, you are a joke.
Mostly B’s – Totally unacceptable, all of them. One or two B’s – you need to set him straight. If it’s more than that – cut that douchebag loose, or you are just embarrassing yourself.
Mostly C’s – Okay – so he’s not horrible, but he’s no winner. Figure out what you are willing to settle for. He better be good in one area, at the very least. We recommend dumping though, cause it ain’t going to get much better. You get what you settle for.
Mostly D’s – Awww. He’s sooo amazing and you are soooooo in love!

-SheDoesTheCity

California: the first installment

PLANES: not my forte. This wasnt my first time flying, but 1 hr and 12 min to toronto on an air canada jazz doesnt really count. Everything went surprisingly smooth, apart from my dramatic aerophobia. The first take off I had to hold my dads hand and had tears in my eyes. After landing and taking off three more times throughout the day, I am almost over it. I enjoyed the landings, especially into Las Vegas because I could see the strip. More or less I just get a little woozy and headachey now.
Yesterday my sister took us on a tour of Half Moon Bay, this yuppy surfer community where she lives. There are no malls and a downtown mostly consisting of expensive restaurants and organic vegetable stands. She walked me to the beach, which is..amazing. We saw seals flopping around in the water and there were about 15 pelicans that were really neat. The only bummer is that you need a wetsuit to swim in the ocean because it is actually freezing cold. I did put my feet in it tho :D. Also, it's across this like, live or die highway that you have to run across and wait halfway and then run the rest while cars are speeding at you from both directions at 40 mph.

I was walking around my sisters neighborhood yesterday snapping photos and every street ends in a dead end. I got to one and ignored the fence, walking over this thrown together wooden bridge made of two planks of wood and explored the area. So beautiful! I was afraid a snake would pop out of the tall grass and get me though so when the path led me to a patch I turned back. Another dead end street lead me to a dirt road which I was about to hike when I hear over my iPod music "HELLO!". This crazy looking old lady with purple purple hair is hollering at me and I'm like ooo a neighbor.
Me: Hi there! Do you know if this is private property?
Crazy purple haired old lady: YES IT IS!
Me: Well do you know if the owners live around here?
Crazy purple haired old lady: ME

Luckily at that very awkward moment Erica comes walking up behind me and I'm like "I'm here visiting my sister!" and we make a quick getaway while Erica explains that the crazy purple haired old lady is actually crazy.

Today my sister is at work and my parents are watching a law and order marathon :| It's chilly out, I only have shorts and tshirts so Im wearing my moms sweater and the only vehicle that I can drive someplace exciting is my sisters boyfriends giant diesel truck complete with lift kit.

I think I am going to brave the highway crossing and go read at the beach and listen to the huge waves.

Keep it real

California Dreamin'

This goes out to a special woodstock lady. This morning I am getting in a car and driving to a plane which will fly me to California. I am slacking on the packing to write this shiz, but it's been too long.
I went to Freddy's new Winners this past weekend for the first time, and O-M-G, I think it is my new favorite store! Check check check, check my sweet purchases out. I'm not really a big fan of Ed Hardy, buuuuuut the shoes are quite delicious. Also please view my new Treasure Island "book". Very chic, I very much enjoy collecting pieces that I will use in my future. Adding this faux book to the pile, I've got a few large framed pictures, a wooden owl and a porcelain acorn.

Uh, good luck to everyone starting up school again (suckas!)

Well I am starving. McDonalds breakfast would hit the spot. Ciao ladies and gents!