Something I must Learn to Make

Riz Djon Djon

Several dishes are specifically native to Haiti, including rice djon-djon (jon-JON). It requires Haitian black mushrooms, locally grown fungi. The stems of the mushrooms are used to color the rice black, then the mushroom caps with lima beans are used as a tasty topping.

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Recipe here http://www.savourezlemonde.com/?p=918 though I know 2 women who'd teach me :)

Hilarious

"Mystery Inmate in Utah Refuses to Reveal Name"

Yahoo commenter SmarterthanLibs responded "He is charged with failure to provide information to a police officer? If we have the right to remain silent how can remaining silent be a crime?"

Hilarious! Because it is so true LOL.

I haven't looked at the legal aspect of this, for example researching when the Miranda rights take effect or if you can even go to court without identifying yourself (in which case, renders the Miranda rights useless.) And even "habeas corpus, which is the right to remain silent, and the right to an attorney, are designed to ensure that those accused of a crime are assured of those rights." (http://www.usconstitution.net/miranda.html)

Reminder: The Miranda Rights is as follows:

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense."

Read: http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-inmate-utah-refuses-reveal-name-155011564.html

Racial wealth gap widens ... and engulfs the Black and Hispanic population

Only Whites left with a foot to stand on ....

Most well-said point to me was:

"Typically in recessions, minorities suffer from being last hired and first fired. They are likely to lose jobs more rapidly at the beginning of the recession, and are far slower to gain jobs as the economy recovers," said Harrison, who is now a sociologist at Howard University. "One suspects that blacks who lost jobs in the recession, or who have tried to help family members or relatives who did, have now spent whatever savings or other cashable assets they had."

It is 2011 and when you stretch out your hand for help, it still matters which color hand stretches back!

Diversity ... is so important! And not at the face value either.

I went to a college with a diverse population, but you go to the cafeteria and the sports courts and it's still a nice surprise when you see interracial friendships/groups. Separate but unequal has become hidden under the diversity facade. Proximity and Propinquity is not diversity! Nor does it guarantee diversity. Let us all think and observe with a critical eye, and turn it upon ourselves as well so that we may actually live in the reality we absentmindedly envision we live in.

Read:

http://news.yahoo.com/wealth-gap-widens-between-whites-minorities-040224418.html

Take a walk with me

Good morning!

We're late ... forgot to change my phone alarm from your 12am laundry back to my 7:30am wake up call.

It's now 8:46 am ... and we're headed to Fort Greene, Brooklyn ...

We don't get a chance to really take in the surroundings until we're on the E train. We're going to Court Sq - @3rd St

Transfer to the G train in 3 minutes! I'm wearing heels but we got to walk fast!

Hmmm ... not too many people today ...

The artwork that stretches along the whole wall ... I can never figure out what it's supposed to be. Sun, and ocean and water? Lost city of Atlantis? Weird orange tentacles?

This is also where you begin to get cell signal for oh ... 3.5seconds while walking. Many emails and texts squeeze themselves into your morning commute here.

Got to the G train on time! Not the hardest thing to do ... but hey!

She kept sitting beside me ... hi!

Walking to work in Forte Green

Cool looking place to eat ... the door to the kitchen is almost always open. The chefs look hot. No really, hot -- like sweating profusely.

Where I work ... grade"B" for the Bakery ... food tasted good to me though.

I went down the block to Connecticut Muffin for breakfast. Iced coffee and a bagel with cream cheese. It was here I remembered that people don't usually toast bagels unless you ask them to ... and that bagels taste darn good un-toasted!

Iced coffee was good too ... until I felt ill and threw everything up. Totally not the food's fault though.

So I asked ma soeur to pick me up after work

We got some grub and headed to her place ... actually found parking really quick! That's like winning the lottery in Brooklyn!

At the end, my potato boy fell asleep on me :) Couldn't have asked for a better end to a bad day ... except you know ...

You know.

Expedia-Groupon SCAM

I'd just like to show how messed up Expedia is!!! and Groupon too for that matter! I'm sure their new collaboration is what is driving these prices!!

There is an "all inclusive" vacation deal going on now that I wanted to buy for my mother as a gift ... all-inclusive except for airfare. And so I waited to read the deal and research prices and for her to see if she could get time off from work before I tried to buy it.

The first day I saw it, the Expedia ticket to the Antigua was $408 for a 4hr 15 minute nonstop round trip for late October ... this was 2 days ago ... remember Groupon doesn't put up deals for that long. Now the ticket is a whopping $637 for a 2 stop flight that makes travel time almost 12 hours!!!

So MAYBE I'm just crazy because I don't have proof of the $408. Well I did an experiment. I tried for December ... $394.60 each for a 4 hr 15 minute nonstop roundtrip ...

and then I REFRESHED the page to search for the same criteria ... (nyc to anu)

$425 each!! For a 1 stop flight that takes 7 hours and 10 minutes!!

COME ON!! This is bullshit ... I can't afford it now ... Glad I wasnt one of those people who bought it first then checked with my job & the airlines.

Oh... and the Groupon expires Dec 20, 2011... great.

Expedia-Groupon: What is the point of collaborating when you stick people into a hole they cannot afford and call it a "deal"?

My advice, if you use these companies, stay local!

Harry Potter 7!

Finally saw HP 7! More to come ... sleep now

Harry Potter!

I'm Cracking

1 hour and 34 minutes until the previews begin for HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 and I am in bed watching the minutes digitally change. I dont think the lower right hand of my computer has ever gotten this much attention before

What do I do?

I don't know what to do

I can jut imagine the previews

And the popcorn...

Ohh I have to get popcorn

I think I'll have to return my dress to afford it but I will

And nachos

Yes nachos too

And maybe a slushy, liquid drinks finish too fast

And of course the mandatory squeeze all the urine from my body just-in-case right before I go in .... I'm not leaving that seat for nothing

I'll have to wear something loose, sitting 2.5 hours can get claustrophobic ...

And sneak in some candy, movie theatre candy is heinously ridiculous

And get there early to get a good seat ... yes ...

Maybe it's a good thing I wont see the premiere ... girls were screaming in the theatre for New Moon ... I can't do the audience commentary ... no no no

Yes ... tomorrow I will make it a night to remember!