shushan purim

today was/is shushan purim. for those in jerusalem it was purim for those of us in the united states its the day we try to recover from eating so much shalach manos. if you are like me it is a day when you are still eating shalach manos. i brought all of the shalach manos that i don't prefer to work and left the good stuff at home . not very good for the diet, but purim is but once a year and some of the nosh i received yesterday is just doggone good to give away.
have a good shabbos all.

pre-purim in midwood

the best hamantashen of midwood 2010 award in my humble opinion goes to ostrovitsky's bakery on avenue j. my favorite is poppy seed, but im sure the other flavors are good too.

the store with the most purim spirit is pomegranate. they have all of their cashiers wearing purim hats. some are wearing jester hats while others are wearing crowns and cowboy hats. none of them seem to be jewish so im not sure how much fun they are having wearing these get ups, but i can say that im enjoying it.

i really want to get some cute purim boxes or bags with an actual purim design on them . amazing savings probably has some but im dreading the crowds of other last minuters who are searching for the perfect shalach manos supplies.