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I have a 3' tall avocado plant in my house as we speak! I had tried sprouting avocado pits before, but when we moved into our new house I gave it one more shot, and it worked! I'm told I'll get avocados in 20 years.

I studied abroad in Senegal in college, and yassa poulet is really delicious (if my host family hadn't made it every single night) and ceebu jen sounds like it would be good... if it weren't soaked in oil and you didn't have to it with your hand and suffer through bright red oil dripping down your arms.

I heard so many wonderful things about Senegalese food before I left and couldn't have been more disappointed by the ceebu jen and leaf stews with mutton entrails.

Two things you missed were the delicious yogurt and millet, fundaye, and the wonderfully strong tea, attaya, with its fantastic manner of preparation.

Love it- the different bars mean you can get the atmosphere you want. They often have bands play, plus there's a movie theater, and a soaking pool (a cross between a swimming pool an a hot tub).

McMenamins is great as a local chain, because they make an effort to preserve and restore old buildings to put their bars in (this building was going to be torn down). It gets a little old having to drink the same few beers at all their locations, but they're good beers!

My favorite (and a huge hit with everyone I make it for): stove-top popped corn (in one of those Whirly-Pop things), topped with a couple tablespoons of melted butter, salt, nutritional yeast, oregano, garlic powder, and a pinch of chili powder.