{"id":409,"date":"2007-06-26T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/26\/food-and-happiness\/"},"modified":"2007-11-25T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T21:12:01","slug":"food-and-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/26\/food-and-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Dave gone, I think I&#8217;m a little down and less motivated. I haven&#8217;t been very inclined to cook for myself, which I have managed to do in the past when he&#8217;s gone. On the way home I knew I had to stop at the grocery if I was going to have any chance of eating a decent meal over the next few days. On spur of the moment, I stopped at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthfare.com\/\">Earthfare<\/a> to get my groceries tonight. I figure I&#8217;ve been stress-eating lately, I&#8217;d be more productive if I stress-bought!<\/p>\n<p>Here is proof of Dave&#8217;s theory that &#8220;organic&#8221; is code for more expensive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conventional Peaches: $1.99<\/li>\n<li>Organic Red Plums: $2.99<\/li>\n<li>Organic Nectarines: $3.99 <a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtpt9g7bI\/AAAAAAAABRg\/gTLpj2lHeFQ\/s1600-h\/organic.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtpt9g7bI\/AAAAAAAABRg\/gTLpj2lHeFQ\/s320\/organic.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>For Dave, I got some Ram&#8217;s Head IPA from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topofthehillrestaurant.com\/\">Top of the Hill Brewery<\/a>! Fun that you can buy it here, and in cans, as well!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtqN9g7cI\/AAAAAAAABRo\/_fpjx-m_GNg\/s1600-h\/beer.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtqN9g7cI\/AAAAAAAABRo\/_fpjx-m_GNg\/s320\/beer.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> A gift for <a href=\"http:\/\/sinnoticiasdestew.blogspot.com\/\">Jenny<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/sinnoticiasdestew.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/eating%20local\">local soap powder<\/a> for your laundry!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtq99g7dI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/EAfcn1ohR8k\/s1600-h\/lingeriepowder.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtq99g7dI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/EAfcn1ohR8k\/s320\/lingeriepowder.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Here&#8217;s my dinner &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manchego_cheese\">Manchego<\/a>, spiced salami, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bouquetoffruits.com\/fruit-facts\/asian-pear-facts.html\">asian pear<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fruitfromwashington.com\/Varieties\/jonagold.htm\">Jonagold apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.wasa.com\/wasa\/smpage.fwx?page=591&amp;main=products\">Wasa crackers<\/a> and steamed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovery.com\/area\/skinnyon\/skinnyon970115\/skinny1.html\">asparagus<\/a>, with a glass of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimcrawfordwines.co.nz\/\">Kim Crawford<\/a> Unoaked Chardonnay.\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtsd9g7fI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/iLjHmHk-4j4\/s1600-h\/dinner1.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtsd9g7fI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/iLjHmHk-4j4\/s320\/dinner1.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> I thought it was quite tasty and a nice change from the deli sandwiches and Bojangle&#8217;s I&#8217;ve been eating. <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_e3TqDsuX4e8\/RoBtrt9g7eI\/AAAAAAAABR4\/9lgDEPSwt_Q\/s320\/dinner2.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Dave gone, I think I&#8217;m a little down and less motivated. I haven&#8217;t been very inclined to cook for myself, which I have managed to do in the past when he&#8217;s gone. On the way home I knew I had to stop at the grocery if I was going to have any chance of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,70,115,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-food","category-mood","category-shopping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}