So, yesterday I hopped on the Metro and rode 1.3 hours out to Old Town Pasadena

[kestrel91316]

to go window shopping and have lunch. It was lovely if a bit warmish. Lunch was a Stella Artois and fish and chips (with peas) at a real pub (next time I want the ploughman's lunch or bangers and mash). Once tipsy and full, I walked the streets and window shopped. I went into Sur La Table, and wanted to find a tiny kitchen tool, but they were out of them.

But I was in luck. At Crate and Barrel they didn't have any on the shelf, but a nice young lady said they had them and went down to the basement and rummaged for about 10 minutes.

So I bought myself TWO orange peelers at the fabulous cheap plastic price of .75 ea.

Orange peelers - you know, those things that score the peel, and then the other end is flattish and separates the peel from the flesh instead of using a fingernail. My sister and BIL have had one for years, from the days when BIL's dad lived in FL, but I have never been able to find them for sale anywhere since, and didn't want to have to pay shipping if I bought online, lol.

But now I am the proud owner of TWO - one for home and one for the office.

I would have preferred to buy a complete set of table dishes AND some Le Creuset, but alas, it isn't meant to be for now.

[japple]

1. Sounds like a lovely day! I've always used a spoon to peel

oranges. Just cut a "plug" out of the top, then run the spoon under the skin all the way around to loosen it. Peel off that part, then keep going all the way down with the spoon.

[pengillian101]

2. Dang, I miss mine.

"Orange peelers - you know, those things that score the peel, and then the other end is flattish and separates the peel from the flesh instead of using a fingernail."

Tupperware had them decades ago and I've never seen one since. Lucky you! Sounds like you had a great day :-)

[undergroundnomore]

3. wow

that sounds like a really funn day! great weather, great eats and great bargains.

[grasswire]

4. Lake Avenue and Colorado Blvd?

I don't know what's considered Old Town these days, but that was the center of Pasadena when I lived in Arcadia many many many years ago.

Is Vroman's book store still there?

[kestrel91316]

5. I think Vroman's is down Colorado Bl to the east a few blocks. Old Town

extends from the arroyo east a few blocks, and from a few blocks north of Colorado to a few blocks south of it. There are a couple of Metro Gold Line stations right there. Lots and lots of good restaurants and shops, very much revitalized. There are also some beautiful new apartment/condos right along the Gold Line, which is electric and therefore silent.