ladysprite | Somebody In Charge Of The World Loves Me

Yeah, stuff happened. It was the weekend, it was the con, it snowed a lot. More about that later.

I have just recieved an update from Penzey's Spices on the status of the Boston-area store. On the one hand, it likely won't be open until May or June. On the other hand, they have a location now.

I was assuming that they'd wind up on Newbury Street, or somewhere actually in Boston proper. It's a big area, full of other high-end specialty stores, and it's of equal inconvenience to just about everyone. Not actively impossible to get to, but significantly unfriendly to cars, and requiring at least one subway ride, with possibly a bus or two added into the journey. Nope.

They'll be on Mass Ave in Arlington. Beautiful, happy, friendly, marvelous, ten-minutes-from-my-house-at-rush-hour Arlington. Arlington with the amazing cross-stitch shop right on the same street. If they moved Lush Cosmetics there, I would consider that stretch of street my own personal mecca.

The down side of this is that, if I'm not careful, I am likely to spend a significant portion of my waking hours and the majority of my paycheck there. On the other hand, it gives me an excuse to invite people over for dinner. And dessert, and brunch, and afternoon snacks, and potlucks.....

Penzey's Spices. In Arlington. God loves me.