A hidden gem for Christians is surely Northwestern Publishing House in Wauwatosa. The warehouse and retail store are located just off of 113th and Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa (next door to Empire Fish, about a mile south of Mayfair. I stopped in today to pick up a copy of Christian Worship-Supplement, presumably hot off the presses (the order link just went live in the last week or so).
-No sacrilege intended, but I couldn't resist the headline. I just purchased Michaele Weissman's God in a Cup on buy.com for $7.78 with a $10 Google checkout sign-up bonus.
-I'm at Alterra Bayshore. Earlier this afternoon, I had an espresso on Prospect that was not quite the God shot to which I've become accustomed. I've just now enjoyed a cup of Organic Guatemala Azobagri, and am quite convinced this coffee figures prominently into their espresso blend. I'm going to do some searching for the God shot at home in the near future.
If you've ever sat around wistfully reminiscing about the good old-timey days when butcher shops and counters used to display the stripped, whole carcasses of freshly killed birds and beasties for human consumption and wondered why, oh why they no longer offer us this tempting visual smorgasbord--and, really, who hasn't?--this may be one of the reasons: a 1944 how-to pamphlet on creating artistic window and exhibit displays from bacon fat back. My reaction is a plain and simple eeew.
Written by Otto F. Fleiss--author, entrepreneur, meat lover--the full title is a powerful example of the snappy and succinct: White Art in the Meat Food Business. A Practical Handbook for Butcher, Pork Stores, Restaurants, Hotels and Delicatessens on How to Make Lasting and Transferable White Art Decorations out of Bacon Fat Back for Window Displays, Ornaments on Meat Food Cold Buffets and for Exhibits and Advertising Purposes. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?
Link (via Boing Boing)
Michael Pollan will be speaking at Alverno College on Monday night, January 14, as part of the Schwartz Live series.
