Private Fun
I was out shopping at Superstore this evening and as I was picking up some apples, I noticed a young Muslim woman looking at some sort of cactus leaf thing and then she was holding it up and talking to another Muslim woman, possibly her mother. They were talking in their native language so I don't know what they were saying, but I was imagining it was something like:
"Look at this. What would they do with this?"
"I have no idea. There is so much weird food here."
"Perhaps it is just a decoration."
At this point, the young woman is holding the leaf up in the air and it looks kind of like she has a green cactus shark fin sticking out of her head. I'm smiling and laughing to myself and wondering myself what that thing is and then she notices me and starts smiling and laughing herself. She put the leaf back and went on her way, but every time I ran into her in the store after that we both started smiling. So, thanks Superstore for stocking Jamaican Aloe. I have no idea what people use it for, but it made my night.
That's actually two Tuesday's in a row that Superstore has helped my life in non-grocery ways. Last Tuesday, Kara Golemba was playing at O'Hanlon's new acoustic series. I really wanted to go, but shows there tend to start late and I had scheduled server maintenance to do at work at 10 pm, so I wasn't sure I'd actually get to see Kara perform. Luckily for me, Kara needed to stop at Superstore on her way out of town so she had to leave by 10 as well so I got to see her whole set.
I'm so glad I took the chance and went. The acoustic series is a bit weird as it is truly acoustic with no mic or other amplification and rather than being on O'Hanlon's stage it is by the front door, so people come and go past the artist. This setup could feel awkward, but since about half the audience were people I knew, this really felt like Kara was just holding a private jam session for us.
I also had my own private concert on Thursday night.
I went to the Exchange for the Winter Night Market but mostly to have the tacos from Malinche. (Malinche makes Mexican food and is run by the same people who do The Backyard pop-up restaurants. If you haven't yet had their food, you really must.) Ava Wild was providing background music and her second set was basically her taking requests from me and her parents. The best part of all though was when she and her mom sang Little Flower together. Having musician friends is amazing.
That's actually two Tuesday's in a row that Superstore has helped my life in non-grocery ways. Last Tuesday, Kara Golemba was playing at O'Hanlon's new acoustic series. I really wanted to go, but shows there tend to start late and I had scheduled server maintenance to do at work at 10 pm, so I wasn't sure I'd actually get to see Kara perform. Luckily for me, Kara needed to stop at Superstore on her way out of town so she had to leave by 10 as well so I got to see her whole set.
I'm so glad I took the chance and went. The acoustic series is a bit weird as it is truly acoustic with no mic or other amplification and rather than being on O'Hanlon's stage it is by the front door, so people come and go past the artist. This setup could feel awkward, but since about half the audience were people I knew, this really felt like Kara was just holding a private jam session for us.
I also had my own private concert on Thursday night.
I went to the Exchange for the Winter Night Market but mostly to have the tacos from Malinche. (Malinche makes Mexican food and is run by the same people who do The Backyard pop-up restaurants. If you haven't yet had their food, you really must.) Ava Wild was providing background music and her second set was basically her taking requests from me and her parents. The best part of all though was when she and her mom sang Little Flower together. Having musician friends is amazing.
