Challah, Part II

Success, again!

Challah acquired, same brand, but this time at Fareway, another grocery chain.
Overall, not terribly impressed with store but nice to see more robust bread selections.

Today found out chickpeas are filed under "ethnic/Mexican foods" section in Hy-vee. Who knew.
I was a little suspicious when all other types of beans were clustered together, but since employees seem to hover around, waiting to be of help, one asked me if I was looking for something, and
then I was directed to the other aisle, where lo and behold, chickpeas aplenty.

Additional items, no extra charge

Call now and you'll receive a free door!

Today I saw a door on the curb, with a sign that said "Free"

In other non-Amesian news, wtf is going on in Pittsburgh????
Seriously, I'm not gone 2 months and it's all gone to crap?

Chair in Yard

Here's a picture of the whole scene. In case you were having trouble imagining it. Sometimes this place is like bizarro-world. Maybe I have wandered into the portal, and it doesn't go to Joliet or Ames or Pittsburgh; it goes to bizarro world. I'd be curious to see if they do manage to sell it!

Still for sale...

Apparently, it's still for sale! This amuses and perplexes me.

Impromptu garage sales

Another funny thing I've noticed is the impromptu garage sales that occur here. There are some of the "regular" garage sales but I've seen that there are some people in the building which borders the main road here, who hold these semi-regular impromptu sales. Yesterday I had the good fortune to actually see them "setting up" for this. This involved pulling a card table onto the sidewalk and loading that up with about a dozen (?) old DVD players and a VCR or two, and some assorted DVD's. This was at around 3:30-4:00.
I wonder what, if anything, they managed to sell.

The better "sale" I saw was on a side street- randomly in someone's front yard, they had dragged out their recliner ( I wish I had gotten a picture of this), and slapped a "For sale: $20" sign on that thing. Also it was draped in red and gold (ISU colors) some sort of plastic or vinyl sheets.
I wonder if it sold!

Nugent 2012

Today when I stopped to have a *coffee and crappy scone at this coffee place, I saw a guy wearing a shirt which said: Nugent 2012. Of course this made me think of my friend Rebecca, but sadly, I think his tshirt is asking us to consider supporting rocker Ted Nugent for President.
The guy was wearing a cowboy hat (yes, I know you saw that coming) and sunglasses.

*this made me think longingly of La Prima and of Friday coffee days with H & H.
Although I never did like the way La Prima made their coffee.
The scone at this coffee place was pretty bad, maybe too much baking powder or something.

Tacos Deluxe

For those days when you just can't decide between:
Taco Time and Taco John's.

Luckily, they are right across the street from each other.