Seen Around

I was planning to post about something else, but I am having issues with the pic download as usual....

Just a street over there is a little Portuguese grocery that has been at the same location since the 60's.

I started shopping there in the 80's when I had a shitty apartment just across the street from where i currently live.

The grocery store is a staple of Portuguese culture and food. people come from all over for their specialty meats, cheese and groceries.

 The ground beef, and bifanas (pork steaks) are really good.

They make the most fabulous smoked bacon.

 last night 2 of the butchers were fixing chorizo, the most wonderful

sausage! It is smoked and dried and stored in the cabinet

in the picture below.

you can order a mild or spicy chorizo.

it can be served grilled or sliced and served with 

Caldo Verde the traditional Portuguese kale and potato soup.

I really love this store and so did my Dad.

He didn't want to move from his neighborhood because of this place and other

spots.

I am really happy that I enjoy posting again!

I hope it lasts!

Have a great night!

Feels like the BEST DAY EVER!

Yes it did! but when you think about it I will surely have other best days ever.....

Monday, I went to the city permit office to get a permit to change the front doors....

Let's face it the house is old (125 years old), the doors are falling off (not original but ewww) and
in the last 2 winter we had snow and rain in our entry way.

My Dad had told me (repeatedly) that it was sheer HELL to get a permit from the neighborhood because the house was considered a historical property and blah, blah, blah.....

And last month, one of the companies I had asked for a submission went to the city and were turned down flat! No new door permit, only a permit to re-do the old doors.....

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

So I decided go and get the permit myself...

 It took 2 hours.....

 But when the clerk told me he would give me a permit

I nearly cried!

I am so happy to get new doors that won't let

rain and snow in!

I am sure Dad would approve!

This is a miracle and I thank God for it!


Have a great night!

Seen around

This post has been long overdue! how you

My neighborhood is super quirky and you never know what you might find!

 I love walking home and I take the same route most every day.

Funny how you can walk by something every day and not notice it...

 Yes your eyes are not deceiving you!

It is a mannequin sitting on the ledge of this building with a bucket on

its head! FAR OUT!

Besides this awesome sighting, life is what it is.

you get up , feed the pets, go to work, 

go home, pay the bills, watch tv and go to sleep.

And do it all over the next day. It does sound terribly boring

but I enjoy it.

I love the structure of the routine.

On the food front I am deeply obsessed by Indian food.

I don't know why but I dream of the spices, the heat and the comfort.

 Yesterday I made curried chickpeas with cauliflower stew.

This hit the spot! I added some sriracha sauce for some heat

and served it over basmati rice and Tikka Masala turkey breast.

GOOD!

 I saw this Barbie cake in a nearby bakery.

I don't like this bakery because the owner looks dirty

(her nose is full of HUGE blackheads)

and she reeks of smoke. And let's face it the cake looks way too

handmade (Pinterest fail)

I also saw this cruddy but vintage oven on the sidewalk.

I love the design and I am sad it is ending its life that way 

I will go in a Quebec road trip to Saint- Barthelemy village.....

(100,000.00 pieces of antique hardware)