Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Theodore “One Shed” Rubright

A couple of years ago we experienced a big wind storm that wreaked havoc on a tree in our neighbor’s yard. Half of said tree ended up in our yard, taking out our little Rubbermaid shed on its way down. Since then we’ve put our lawn mower, wheel barrows and various tools under ugly green and brown tarps in the back yard, giving it a definite down scale quality.

Well those days are over! We rented a truck and brought home a big box of plastic that we spent last weekend assembling (the roof was the hardest part–cussing ensued) into another Rubbermaid shed. The 7×7 Big Max. No more tarping the lawn gear! I never really thought of myself as a plastic shed guy but after two years of junk in the yard I have changed my snobby ways. I’m loving a PVC outbuilding.

Observe:

Now I just hope no one starts calling me “One Shed.”

Empire Szechuan Cold Sesame Noodles ca.1979

I am stoked about this almost two year old article from the New York Times Magazine about cold sesame noodles and the longing for and history of same.

Here’s the back story. This is the 30th anniversary of my first NYC visit. Within hours of entering the city I was turned on to cold sesame noodles at an Empire Szechuan restaurant on the upper West Side of Manhattan. For a midwestern lad, it was quite a revelation. I didn’t want to get on the plane and go home after that. Seriously, I was hooked.

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