Back from a short trip up to N Island to see my Mom and my brother. Mostly just hung around and visited. Did take advantage of the local Russian supermarket and several of the local pork stores to stock up on items that are, as they say, thin on the ground here in Durm. Such as rice balls, smoked Georgian cheese, Russian kielbasa, several kinds of frozen pelmeni, house-made Italian sausage, prosciutto bread. Was running late this AM and didn't make it out for one last shopping run. I'd wanted to get some capicola and sopresatta.
Mercifully, at no point in my travels was I compelled to enter into a conversation on the Sacred Burlington Coat Factory issue. Was I worried? A bit. In fact, I passed some time while driving on Friday imagining possible responses if trapped in such a scenario. As it turned out, planning that was not needed. Here (via boing²), is a nice bit of local response.