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Anyone know how realistic these are in Southern California, or if there are ways to make open shelving earthquake safe? I love the look, I just don't want to buy new dishes when the San Andreas decides to party.

I use Whole Foods house brand -- Whichever of their extra virgin house brand types is the cheapest, really. It's reasonably priced (even in comparison to regular stores- shocker!), delicious, and easy to find.

I use a bottle I brought back from Spain this summer for finishing. I'll be sad to run out.

As delicious and beautiful as they are, never park under a loquat tree. Here in LA, my apartment's one parking space was under a very fruitful tree and it was a nightmare to get the fruit residue (and the bird residue) off my car without damaging the paint. Makes great jelly and a pretty good cobbler.

For someone who eats everything, I have a lot of eating oddities.

- I don't like maple syrup. I eat my pancakes with butter and brown sugar.

- I eat my cereal either dry or with orange juice.

- I salt my watermelon (and sometimes peaches)

- I love plain bananas but hate anything with banana in it.

- I love chips in my sandwiches, Fries dipped in chocolate shakes, and onion rings dipped in strawberry shakes.

- I like buttered noodles topped with granulated sugar.

- I only eat the crunchy fries. I order my in-n-out Extra Extra well done.

- I don't eat the blue m&ms. I can't think of anything blue that goes well with chocolate.

the list could go on. but i won't make you read it all.

I really hope that the friends I have over to dinner aren't as judgmental as some of the people commenting here. I'd hate to think that I was being judged for what I serve dinner on after spending hours cooking a nice meal for friends.

I have a one bedroom apartment without a lot of storage space, and surely don't have the storage space for 20 or so place settings for my annual thanksgiving party. I borrow tables and chairs from friends, use recyclable plastic plates and cups, and disposable silverware. I use real wine glasses and provide sharp knives if necessary, but I've yet to find the storage space in my 500 sq foot apartment for 20 place settings. So once or twice a year, disposable it is. If someone openly judged me for it, the wouldn't be invited back.