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According to www.stilltasty.com, it has a shelf life of two years for best quality.

I made bran muffins earlier tonight with molasses and applesauce as sweeteners.

Margaret here, wow, thanks for all the great suggestions!

And my apologies if I offended anyone, I should have been more specific. I am indeed (and should have classified myself as) a pescetarian; the only animal product I consume is an occasional piece of fish.

And deneph, I can definitely relate to the curry powder incident. Can't wait to try some of these ideas!

Dates and figs are two different fruits from two different trees.

Both can be served ripe or dried, but a date is a date and a fig is a fig.

Dates have a central pit (like olives) and are smooth, sticky, and very sweet. Figs are plumper and full of seeds (think Fig Newtons).

My dad loves the huge tubs of date from warehouse stores, so I'm always looking for things to do with dates, going to try this!

Never had to deal with rust, but I once left a greasy croissant on my "kashmir white" granite for several hours. I soaked a cloth in acetone, put it over the stain, covered it with plastic wrap and taped the wrap to the counter, then left it overnight. It actually worked pretty well at leeching out the grease.

Now I use a sponge and general cleaner for drops and splatters and follow that with Method's granite cleaner and a microfiber cloth, never streaks.

Bar was my immediate thought. There's some great mid-century bar carts if you wanted something from the time period.

Three days after moving into my Manhattan apartment, I looked out the window early one morning to see a neighbor across the street looking out as well.

Only she was naked.

It was my "welcome to NYC" moment.

I've been using the sawtooth, poster strips, velcro type, you name it, for years and I love them. As TravelingRae said, you have to follow the directions exactly, and I check them every so often to make sure they're not coming loose. They've allowed me to hang sheer roller shades from my cement ceiling and all my artwork--all of it; in fact, the only thing I don't have on command strips are shelves.

I went from Battery Park City in NYC to Mission Bay in SF and found they're both oddly similar in a planned community kind of way, but I wound up settling in Hayes Valley. It's convenient to pretty much everywhere via public transportation, it's urban enough while relatively safe (it's still a city after all), and it's close to the Financial District and Golden Gate Park.

That said, I would definitely not move here without job offers in hand, as others have said. Also, a back yard will be somewhat difficult (read expensive) to come by, but Duboce Park is very dog friendly--I'd say San Francisco is more dog friendly overall compared to NY.

While you'll have to get used to bringing a jacket with you in August at night, it's certainly nothing compared to a NY winter. And don't be surprised when you look at places that don't have air conditioning, you really don't need it.

Basically, if you can afford it and find employment, San Francisco is a fantastic place to live, and I definitely prefer it over New York. Check out www.socketsite.com for some insight into the current real estate market.

bepsf, it sounds like we live in the same building. O.o

I thought a lot of the cattier comments he said on the show looked staged. Granted, he still said them, but I'm sure the producers encouraged him. It's reality TV, after all.

I did, however, love it when he said "I work for the best!" (Martha Stewart, because she IS the best.)

The tone on his blog shows none of EvilEddie, and I visit it regularly and enjoy it.