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No More Mallomars
Posted Mar 28, 2001
The end of March is a somewhat sad time. Not quite Spring, but not really Winter either. It's just an awkward month. More than that, it's the time for a particularly solemn event. No, I'm not talking about Lent or Passover or any other mournful religious holiday.
March is the official end of the Mallomar Season.
For those of you who don't really know what I'm talking about, Mallomars are these addictive little cookies (made by Nabisco perhaps) which consist of a hemispherical bit of marshmallow on a round cookie base encased within a think dark chocolate shell. A box contains basically 24 of these small dome-shaped confections. The ingredients may be simple, but don't underestimate the cookie. These things are addictive. As a random aside, these cookies are also Kosher, meaning that heavily Jewish areas are one of the few places you'll regularly find them outside of NYC. Inside of NYC, by the way, we eat about 70% of the Mallomars made every year.
Unfortunately, the key to Mallomars' success is also their Achilles Heel; the thin dark chocolate crust is so light it melts in your hand. As a result, Mallomars can't be sold in the summer, since they'll melt on the store shelves. So we must now wait until Fall to enjoy these treats again. I guess all I can do now is have some Peeps (a scary toxic Marshmallow treat shaped like bright yellow little birds) and wait for autumn to roll around.
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Are You Local?
Posted Mar 18, 2001
Just back from a relaxing vacation in London. It's always a fun city to visit, and I enjoyed myself immensely. Even got the opportunity to see the League of Gentlemen on stage, which was extremely hilarious.
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New York Entries
Posted Jan 24, 2001
It occurs to me that eventually the Guide will be accessible from mobile devices. Hence, I've decided to bang out a whole bunch of quick entries about various New York city sights and sounds for future travellers. I'm not really going to submit most of them for peer review, but I feel like they should be in there. Entries about particular neighborhoods that I know will also probably make it in there sometime in the future.
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Name Change
Posted Jan 18, 2001
Well, everybody else seems to have unusual nicknames, so I figured I would get into the spirit of things. Hence the new nickname. We'll see if I decide to keep it or get rid of it after a while...
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Peer Review
Posted Jan 10, 2001
I think I should be renamed the Rock. Three entries submitted to Peer Review, only to sink straight to the bottom with nary a comment. It's impressive really.
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