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Surprising Aromatic Notes
I had another bowl this afternoon and felt like I was walking on shellfish. Not sure that I did anything differently other than not pack it as much as the last time and could feel the lack of resistance with the air moving back and forth over the embers. Or perhaps my senses and attention were...- Marie
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
Kulak's Woodshed appears to be alive and kickin'. Not sure if you ever happened by The Iliad Bookshop? They moved to Cahuenga at Chandler. Still just as popular as ever.- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
Thank you for affirming the journey with your own experiences. I would love to Singapore! I wonder if the cod liver oil was a result of some happenstance or typical part of the process or environment since there was such a uniform stench that was consistent? I have not spent much time with the...- Marie
- Post #21
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
Hello fellow Angelino! I miss the mini lamb chops at Fogo...the best! :)- Marie
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
A humble thank you for the recommendations! I haven't spent as much time in San Gabriel Valley, however I love to drive so I am up for the trip. Haven't had dim sum in forever! Last time was decades ago in Boston's back bay during my college years. Definitely will try to make my way over to the...- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
It has to be this! 🤩- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
Um...we are not describing the same thing. 🤔 😶😶🌫️ However, your river mud could potentially be my shellfish...who knows? It's so subjective. I want to say a shellfish is a shellfish is a shellfish though.. 🤷♀️ :ROFLMAO:- Marie
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
H Hello out there in Kansas City! Briar is new to me. I read about it after seeing your reply, and I am attracted to the plateaux part of the burl block. It reminds of olive wood which is one of my favorites from a wood grain visual perspective. Especially after it is finished to make the...- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
This has all kinds of creative trouble written all over it. lol Lobster biskake, Crabkake, Po'boy shrimpkake...- Marie
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- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
I'll take the shellfish experience for the sheer nuance of it. :) However, I am not an active shellfish aromatic seeker. :ROFLMAO:- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
Kelp! Wow...that's cool. :)- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
It was just so unexpected, yet I couldn't help but enjoy the surprise immensely.- Marie
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Surprising Aromatic Notes
Yesterday I had some time to sit outside and enjoy a bowl of a chocolate aromatic. The tobacco was from a family-owned (mostly cigar store selling about 20-30 different kinds of pipe tobacco) brand. I am unsure of the distributor they purchased it from in bulk to sell. There were no details...- Marie
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
LOL...we still have the stunt drivers here en masse! Wonderful you find yourself around friendlier folk. Hear hear to that! Especially in these times. You have surely experienced a more welcoming Los Angeles than I! I arrived in the late 90s, and like most had learned quickly how truly closed...- Marie
- Post #53
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Teapots
Your pick of the one-cup teapot is almost identical to what I use most mornings. I got into a bit of tea blending several years back with flavored blacks mostly. My teapot collection is decent, yet like my french press for coffee, I always come back to this little mechanical one-cup teapot...- Marie
- Post #51
- Forum: Food & Drink
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
This has the potential to be a big rabbit hole of a discussion from my lens. AI is also getting more and more into the mix as well. As much as I love watching movies and tv shows when I have time, an equal if not more of that time goes to individual user-generated content on youtube and rumble...- Marie
- Post #46
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
I am not complaining about having sushi restaurants on every corner. Between that and Korean BBQ, I'm good! lol The challenge I perceive with B&M is the overhead to run shop. It costs so much $$ to run a B&M in most areas of LA anymore. Right there with you!- Marie
- Post #45
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
Entertainment here too...post-side with music for film/tv. Been rolling about in the SFV, lot's of great pockets of variety in the valley food-wise. Korean BBQ has really come into the fore, and I enjoy making it at home. A couple markets in the north-west pocket of the valley. But I've had some...- Marie
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
Hello Ex Angelino! I have been in LA for more than twenty years (would prefer almost any serene countryside at this point to this sprawl if it weren't for the diverse cultural and artistic melting pot here). Thank you for the background on CW, and the recommend with TT on the west side. I will...- Marie
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Hello from Los Angeles, CA
Yes, at the VERY beginning. LOL I am learning MSA/Classical arabic at the same time. So it's extremely slow going. Yet I like toggling back and forth between the languages. The arabic I have been chipping away at more, although my choice to settle into classical/MSA doesn't help with...- Marie
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