Got caught in the rain coming off the train this evening. No umbrella. So I sprinted to the house, clutching my plastic bag containing half-a-pound of Viennese Roast from Oren's and two black-and-white cookies from Zaro's. The cookies are gone already; the coffee we will start using tomorrow (I was supposed to get that yesterday, but I forgot -- Stew roasts coffee on the premises, but it just doesn't have the character of the stuff I get from Oren's).

Still need the orange soup technique -- Steve, will you get on that already!