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I need a kitten bottle opener.

The urban farm looks great! I'm gonna guess it's not for the lazy.... like me. Very inspiring.

I chose "Grocery store: I limit myself to what's (roughly speaking) in season." but a bit more accurately I shop in a neighbourhood fruit and vegetable shop up the street. They pick up everything from the Ontario Food Terminal located in Toronto (my location) and I pick out what's seasonal and as much as possible grown in Ontario. The fruit and veg shop has a better selection and better quality food than the much larger grocery store and it's much cheaper. In fact, it's nearly 50% cheaper -- bundle of kale 1.69 in the shop but $2.99 at the grocery store. I do buy imported fruit, at least two kinds per week, because I'm sick to death of apples and pears. Mostly I buy citrus and organic berries, maybe melon and mangoes.

+1 for mental institution - it's a bit too "manacled until dawn" look
And I keep getting out voted for harvest gold in the kitchen. *grumble*

I would've gone with a bright red bed, ditch the Chucky like doll, and I like the red light bulb on the wall. Low beds are great for adults too. Ever try tying your shoes will sitting nearly 4 feet in the air when you stand a couple inches over 5 feet tall? No fun.

There was a farmer's market in mid town Toronto this past spring thru autumn on a closed off section of street on Thursdays. While everything looked lovely it was all rather more expensive than at the local fruit and veggie store. I'm not even sure some of it came directly from a local farm. Some looked like it came from the Ontario Food Terminal just like nearly everything I'd find in the fruit and veggie store or the grocery store.

Home made pizza is much, much better compared to delivery pizza (and I won't even mention frozen pizza -- ok, just did -- far superior to awful frozen pizza). I preheat my oven at 500ºC for about 20 minutes before putting the pizza inside it. The pizza is placed on a cookie sheet and the left hand side edge always scorches but that's alright because the rest of the pizza is deliciously crispy. Sometimes instead of using tomato sauce for the base I like thinly sliced tomato, crushed garlic, salt, pepper, fresh basil leaves and olive oil. But I always use part skim mozzarella and Parmesan cheese before scattering the toppings. Currently the favourite toppings include hot capicolla, thinly sliced onions and red peppers and pineapple chunks. Oh I want pizza now!

That is a lovely kitchen. Very warm and inviting and not it the least formal or intimidating. I love the wood beams and high ceilings as well, and the tile floors are lovely.

The memorable meal is really memorable so I think it ranks pretty high. I don't have to like it or want to try it, just recognize it's remarkableness.

Oh, nearly forgot, awesome stove.

We lived down wind from a chicken processing plant. Every day I'd walk past truck after truck after truck filled with the saddest looking chickens. Chicken plants stink too. Oh they stink. We managed to last in that apt. for about 4 months before we moved.

Our current apartment is in the noisiest building in the world. We face a loading dock which was actually not a busy dock when we first moved in. But now it is always building: 6am to 8 pm it's unloading central out there. I have a special hatred for the special 1am deliveries that occur a couple of times in the summer.

The building is also plagued with ridiculous sounds of water pumps, drilling from the longest parking garage reno project in the world (no idea what they are fixing now. Maybe it's a mine?), and the latest bunch of neighbours are dance enthusiasts.

I hate this place. Need to move soon.

@StudioStarter My grade school library had the same book too! It's a fascinating collection of gnome lore and culture. When I was 10 I actually thought there were gnomes in Germany and this was the definitive sociological study about them (yes, my imagination did run riot, still does). My coffee table needs this book.

@SunnyBlue oh I like that idea. I don't have near that many "fronts" but they do get grungy and horrible in no time flat. Gonna start tonight.

It's taken much practise but I also clean up the kitchen as I cook, even if it's putting a large bowl with soapy water in the sink to drop used utensils or mixing bowls. It's definitely faster to wash the pre-soaked items rather than facing a jumble of dried or congealed food once the meal is over. It took me a while to sort that one out, I'm afraid.

The new pull handles are much better looking than the original ones. My childhood dresser had the same noisy, clanking pull handles and they drove me bats.