Comments on: Moments

By: Ronin

Ronin — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:29:00 +0000

I tried out root beer only after I had joined the Church. I have never aquired the taste, so, is it un-Mormon if one dislikes root beer?

By: Space Chick

Space Chick — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:05:04 +0000

Kaimi

you must try the homebrewed ginger ale at the Moose’s Tooth in Anchorage before you condemn ginger anything. Have a Thai chicken pizza while you’re there. The Tooth’s rootbeer is pretty good too. Can’t speak for their ales…

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:21:42 +0000

A&W on tap in frosted mug; IBC (both diet, thank you, David)

It was a slow-moving midnight line that lasted at least ten minutes

Kaimi, I’m curious as to what other speeds you have experienced at Wal-Mart? I was there today, with two wiggly, tired, hungry, little boys. From the time I lined up until I pushed away from the checkout, it was a total of 27 minutes.

I’ve just been hoping for somewhere to vent about it. Thanks.

By: queuno

queuno — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:10:32 +0000

I often put a case of IBC under my desk and I put it in the office fridge when I get to work. Coming back from lunch, into a staff meeting, I’ll take along a chilled IBC bottle with me into the meeting. The first time, my boss looked quizzically at me, then stared again as the “Mormon. Dark glass bottle. Whaaaat?” thought entered his mind.

Good times. Good root beer. And the better restaurants in Dallas will serve you a frosted mug from the bar (that otherwise would have been wasted on a margarita) with your IBC.

By: meems

meems — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:50:29 +0000

Ohh. The French Laundry in Napa? That’s on my list of must-go-to restaurants. Someday. Somehow.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:14:08 +0000

On the fine dining issue, FWIW, a number of high profile restaurants serve root beer or use it in desserts or even savory courses. The French Laundry and Per Se offer a non-alcoholic beverage pairing for multi-course meals and have served Boylan root beer with foie gras in the past.

Scott

By: Terina

Terina — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:43:07 +0000

my husband is in the military and this past summer we were still living in germany. we were planning on going to visit one of the places i served my mission in France. before i left, i got the elders phone numbers there and asked them what i could bring them. at the top of their list was root beer. and i have to admit, going 1 1/2 years without it is a pretty crazy thing. luckily in france there are plenty of soda’s that are way yummy. those elders will never forget the lady that brought them a 12 pack of barq’s, dr. pepper, pnut butter, and so many other things. and the french people that had tasted it said the same thing as the spainiards. medicine. but their candy tastes like medicine to me too. i did the same thing for my brother who was serving in france. he got two deliveries of rootbeer, not to mention the packages with sunflower seeds and butterfingers.

By: jose

jose — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:31:18 +0000

Kaimi, that was you in Walmart. If I knew you were standing behind me I would have said “Hi”.

By: Kaimi Wenger

Kaimi Wenger — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:02:25 +0000

And I also picked up a couple of yards of black broadcloth and cut a few strips of black bias tape for her, but she decided to go with the pink instead.

I can’t actually sew, but I’m not a bad general-purposes assistant. Cutting out 2-inch strips of broadcloth at a 45 degree angle, with the pizza cutter, is within my range of skill.

By: Kaimi Wenger

Kaimi Wenger — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:59:07 +0000

Ardis,

The bias tape was to make finished seams for a project that she had to turn in. (Normally, seams are unfinished, because, who really cares? And as she doesn’t have a serger, she finished them with bias tape.)

Rick rack would have made for some interesting seams. The dress would certainly have had more character. But I suspect that finishing seams with rick-rack would have been a little too over-the-top.

And yes, Wal-Mart had quite a bit of rick-rack. I thought about picking some up, just as a joke — “I couldn’t find black bias tape, will this do instead?” — but then decided that that would probably result in having a pair of Fiskars thrown at me, so I avoided that option.