Go ahead...drink that $4 latte...

The price of rice is up. Doubled, in fact. This is bothering me. Yesterday I threw away some purple cabbage because it didn't look fresh enough. What has happened to me?

I wrote to Kham Chuen and asked him if OPC is still receiving donated rice. I just heard back. They aren't.

Usually the shelter would receive about 10 - 16 bags of donated rice a month, as well as cans of oil, bags of yellow beans, parcels of salt, and bags of vitamin-enriched flour. Now that those supplies are cut off they are paying for them on their own - with the higher prices. Apparently someone donated 1000 baht to the shelter recently (roughly $25 US, give or take the weak dollar) and that was enough to buy one sack of rice and some dried fish.

I am formulating plans for a fundraiser later this spring, and all of the proceeds from my Etsy site will go to help feed the kids. Kham Chuen reports that they are in good health.

I miss them...

Homemade Brigade - Fine art and Music

April 19, 2008

Ok, so I finally got my hands on the new Homemade Brigade poster - unfortunately it is two and a half days away, so sorry for the late notice. This month's edition starts at 4 at Freshy's in West Seattle, and, as you can see from the poster, continues until "whenever". Sounds good to me. I have been assured that the music lineup is pretty awesome this time around, and that a cap on the number of wire-and-bead earring sellers has been established...

Location: 2735 California Ave, next to the PCC

Time: 4 p.m. - whenever

I started an Etsy site! The spawn of a boring, gloomy Seattle Saturday afternoon - this site is further evidence that am completely unable to chill out and relax. If anyone is in the market for retro, vintage, or just funky housewares, I've got the stuff for you - and at about 1/16th the cost of Anthropologie!

Check it out: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5550960

It's um...still a little under construction.