Saturday, February 21, 2004
Last night drifted by in a blaze of fiery cocktails from Villandry and The International Bar. Pick of the night was the Chivas Crush. (Chivas Regal, ginger beer, lime juice, probably approx 2:1:2). At one stage I found myself chatting to a dutch fruit broker. He failed to be drawn into giving away the trade secret origin of seedless grapes. However he was full of fun facts about fruit:
1 Apparently Thompson's Seedless was first grown in the seventies, and was initially popular only in the UK. Now it's the world's favourite eating grape, except in Spain.
2 Apples from supermarkets are picked between 3 and 5 am and then plunged into cold storage at -5 degrees. This way they can be stored up to a year before sale.
3 There's no profit in bananas, because their ripening cannot be delayed, so large quantities are always wasted.
Surprisingly you can learn a lot while blind drunk.
Today I will mostly be freaking out about:
Futura Laboratories Dunk. Releasing March 04, just 24 pairs, likely 10000 yen retail: guaranteed $1500 resale value on eBay. That kind of profit would pay for my flight to Tokyo, and a couple of nights staying Lost In Translation style at the Park Hyatt. Trouble is I'd have to waste the whole holiday camping out in the queue.
The Life Aquatic, Wes Anderson's new picture, starring ALL his favourite actors: Murray, Wilson, Huston, and Pallana. Script review here.
1 Apparently Thompson's Seedless was first grown in the seventies, and was initially popular only in the UK. Now it's the world's favourite eating grape, except in Spain.
2 Apples from supermarkets are picked between 3 and 5 am and then plunged into cold storage at -5 degrees. This way they can be stored up to a year before sale.
3 There's no profit in bananas, because their ripening cannot be delayed, so large quantities are always wasted.
Surprisingly you can learn a lot while blind drunk.
Today I will mostly be freaking out about:
Futura Laboratories Dunk. Releasing March 04, just 24 pairs, likely 10000 yen retail: guaranteed $1500 resale value on eBay. That kind of profit would pay for my flight to Tokyo, and a couple of nights staying Lost In Translation style at the Park Hyatt. Trouble is I'd have to waste the whole holiday camping out in the queue.
The Life Aquatic, Wes Anderson's new picture, starring ALL his favourite actors: Murray, Wilson, Huston, and Pallana. Script review here.
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