I first came across Maitelates (my-tay-lah-tes) at Comet Coffee (in the Ann Arbor Arcade) with a friend who had spent some time in Chile. She had a huge smile when she saw the chocolate dipped alfajors. She said she’s never seen them available in the USA.
I had never tasted anything like these treats. The caramel-filled [...]
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Chilean Chocolate Treats in A2
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Finds, Gifts on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sticker Ideas from My Mom Shops
Posted in Finds, Gifts, Holiday, tagged christmas presents, holiday presents, my mom shops, presents, stickers on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I remember carefully counting out the change from my allowance in order to buy stickers. I *loved* collecting stickers. There were the smelly ones, the funny ones, the pretty ones, the doubles you could sock away for later… inexpensive and personal, they were easily for a kid to collect.
My Mom Shops reminds us not only [...]
Finds: 99cent wedding
Posted in Finds on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had to share this. I heard on NPR recently that the 99 Cent store gave away 9 weddings for 99 cents on September 9th. Imagine that!
You can read the NPR story here and see more pics here. I don’t know that my dream wedding would be in aisle 9, but… it would save a lot [...]
