Rhubarb should be eaten young. It gets really woody, like asparagus, if allowed to grow. If it's past that point, you can cut it back and let it grow up again, and otherwise harvest just the small stalks.

Whoops, make that mom/grandmother's. I skimmed... sorry.

I once bought a mattress set at Ikea when I was living in Greenwood. We strapped it to the hood and decided to avoid the freeways. I took 167, which becomes Rainier, all the way to NE 45th Street in the fashion you describe to get it home. (Went to Aurora Ave from there.)

Absolutely. This hostess sounds like she wants everyone else to do the cooking.

Thank you, too, Charles.

Fuck whoever thumbed down Mahtli69's response. That was absolutely correct. (Probably Randi - this answer is the least deserving of a mushroom. Sorry Fnarf, but you got this one way wrong.)

Didn't mean to neglect mentioning Mahtli69... good answer there, too.

No good. I used to work in the department at Wamu that did that reporting, and we had computer reports showing that stuff. If you try to avoid the $10,000 report, we filed something called a "Suspicious Activity Report" and sent that along. I guarantee those people received more scrutiny from the feds.

The stuff from Argentina is called "Wicked Good Charcoal - Weekend Warrior Blend."

I was a patron of the crumpet shop, too. Hope it's still good...

And I second Salumi. Try to go around 2:00 pm, when the crowds have finally thinned out.