Assorted amusing things
Jul. 25th, 2011 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athenaltenaFor the next entry in odd things I've found in the North End, a giant jar of Nutella.
Oh, and according to the guy at the shop, it's not just a prop. It actually contains 11 pounds of Nutella. And comes with its own little shovel!
I also asked them if they're related to a guy who has a playground named after him a little ways up the street since they have the same last name, and the two guys said he was then got into a humorous argument about whether he was their first or second cousin, and they said that they're related to several of the families who own some of the famous places in the neighborhood. I told them I could relate to the part about huge families, since that's very much what my dad's is like, and mentioned that it gets pretty confusing because at one point we had two brothers of one family marry two sisters of another, or something like that. I honestly can't keep it straight half the time.
And today I stuck my head into a produce shop I walk by all the time but have never gone into, and found that they actually have green onions! It's surprisingly hard to find them in Boston, and I told the guy as much. I also got some celery and was pleasantly surprised that it only cost me $3. Just the other day I was talking to D about how it's hard to find decent, cheap produce in Boston outside of Haymarket, but that's only two days a week and it can be hit or miss in terms of quality. I'll have to tell her about this place.
Oh, and according to the guy at the shop, it's not just a prop. It actually contains 11 pounds of Nutella. And comes with its own little shovel!
I also asked them if they're related to a guy who has a playground named after him a little ways up the street since they have the same last name, and the two guys said he was then got into a humorous argument about whether he was their first or second cousin, and they said that they're related to several of the families who own some of the famous places in the neighborhood. I told them I could relate to the part about huge families, since that's very much what my dad's is like, and mentioned that it gets pretty confusing because at one point we had two brothers of one family marry two sisters of another, or something like that. I honestly can't keep it straight half the time.
And today I stuck my head into a produce shop I walk by all the time but have never gone into, and found that they actually have green onions! It's surprisingly hard to find them in Boston, and I told the guy as much. I also got some celery and was pleasantly surprised that it only cost me $3. Just the other day I was talking to D about how it's hard to find decent, cheap produce in Boston outside of Haymarket, but that's only two days a week and it can be hit or miss in terms of quality. I'll have to tell her about this place.
