[AGL] Trouble in paradise?

[michele mason]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANCES    and who else?   MICHAEL!  Much Much  
Happiness,  mm

On Mar 2, 2007, at 6:29 PM, Fontaine Maverick wrote:


> Well, happy birthday, Frances!

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Eisenstadt"  

> <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"  

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:20 AM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Trouble in paradise?

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>

>> Whole Foods on 6th & Lamar is just a few blocks from here.

>> It is a weird new shopping experience: crowded almost always,

>> more prepared food at many mini-restaurants scattered throughout

>> the store than there are groceries and produce. Food served on paper

>> plates and in take-away cardboard boxes. Mountains of

>> prepared food (hard to believe they could sell all of it before

>> it goes bad). The prices are sky-high. We buy there in a very

>> selective manner, just a few items are bargains. One discovery:

>> they are selling a very large sour-dough bagette of bread (they call  

>> it

>> Rustico) for $2. Unbelievably excellent, like something you might

>> find in Italy or France. Their 3-liter tin of olive oil, labelled with

>> their house brand name, is cheaper than what you will find elsewhere.

>> Bananas at 49 cents a pound is competitively priced. They have

>> a German trained German sausage meister (Herr Lehman) whose

>> bratwurst and andouille is not bad and often on sale. Avoid his

>> mint flavored lamb sausage! Too dry.

>>

>> On another subject: Happy Birthday Texas, Mike & Pat Holman,

>> and me!

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry" <mesmo at gilanet.com>

>> To: "ghetto" <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:50 AM

>> Subject: [AGL] Trouble in paradise?

>>

>>

>> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/dining/28whole.html? 

>> em&ex=1172984400&en=1ff4ecad27771e6c&ei=5087%0A

>>

>> G

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