purim preview

purim is upon us. i love the ronald mcdonald blow up doll that i saw outside of hocus pocus on avenue m. i also like that no one blocked out the faces of the girls in the pictures on another purim store on coney island avenue.

purim is on the way.

usually people (or at least me) start thinking about pesach in january and begin to dread pesach cleaning or start thinking about making their plans to go away. well , today i was at the farmer's market in union square and purim, not pesach was more on the radar. there is a hydroponic tomato stand that is based in shushan , ny. this stand always makes me think of purim. ive taken pictures of it before, but always the perfectionist, ive never liked how they came out. today's photo was the best ive taken of the shushan farms sign yet.

in the spirit of purim's imminent arrival i tested out a new chocolate cake recipe that i may use for shalach manos.

last year i had searched high and low for a purim costume and couldnt find anything in brooklyn . i gave up. after purim i was near canal street and i happened upon ricky's at 375 broadway between franklin and white street. they have a year round costume store. they have a range of prices and i found a costume there for around twenty dollars.

purim this year is march tenth, which is a tuesday. im ready for it. how about you?