What a Whirl Wind

Food Unrelated Post



look at these beautiful people ;)



What a whirl wind. I never thought in a few months I could learn so much, laugh so much and be so inspired. I learnt so much from such amazing teachers, and such great classmates. They made me laugh so hard, had my back on tough days, and inspired me everyday to be more creative and try harder at everything.

My life has changed so much. Before summer ended, I was working two jobs and living with my disabled dad and grandma out of the city. I moved in with them when I was 18 to help them out, and they helped me out too.

Moving in with them, I had to give up a lot. It was really hard giving up being selfish. My friends would go out; while I spent my time either working, doing the shopping and the laundry, cutting grass and doing outdoor stuff, and just spending time with my dad and grandma. At first I was upset, and jealous of my friends, but after time it didn't matter if I missed a party.

There is a sense of urgency having a sick dad. It makes you think different about a relationship that most people get to treat a little more nonchalantly. When he right pisses me off, I kind of got to step back and get over it quick.

I did though, think I forgot about myself. Sure I was saving up money, but where was my life going. I had people telling me I have to think about myself, but that can be a difficult thing to do.

After thinking long and hard, I applied to CreComm, just in case there was a chance that this is my true path. If it's supposed to, it'll happen. CreComm has changed so much of my life. I haven't been so wrapped up in myself for a long time. I moved in with my mom so I wouldn't have to drive half an hour to school, pay for parking.

CreComm has been insane. Even though we groan at home work, the projects we get are so fun. I'm most proud of my improving writing skills. I started off getting 5 and 5.5 as I hadn't even wrote in so long, and I'm happy to say I ended up even having a few 8's in my back pocket. When I was younger I would have slapped together my projects, and have probably been late a hundred times. But spending that time with my dad, and my grandma gave me more perspective. CreComm is my chance (and everyone's chance) to make things right for myself, and take care of my life first. naturally good things will flourish with trying to be better.

Wow CreComm:

-First bomber game (sad,   but true story)

-First Election night (actually pretty exciting) (plus I actually understood what was going down in politics :O)

-Used actual film equipment

-Used actual radio equipment

-Wrote tv and radio ads

-Made a twitter... And Blogged

-8 am due dates, when your at the forum till 10, and that's what your assignments on

-Two hour blog classes (yes this is my school)

-Eating waaay too much Tim Hortins

So here's to first semester, and I'll keep you updated if I try anything new over the holidays. I will be doing ALOT of baking for Christmas so I'll post my favourite things to bake.

And please post some comments of your favourite recipes for baking. :) 

Holy Guacamole

I've always been curious about guacamole. I've never had an avocado before so it's such a mystery. My mom had these little individual packs of the bright green paste.

I don't really think it looks like it could taste good. It definitely plays into my disgust of dips. Even though I've given all kinds of dips a chance, I just can't wrap my head around their appeal. I think it's the temperature, and I can't like sour cream or cream cheese.

But no dip could taste like crushed up avocados, could it? I tried it with a Tosititos chip, and I didn't like how mushy it was. I knew it would be, but it made the chips too soggy when I ate it. It was much more bland than I thought it would be. But I still didn't like the flavor. I was able to have a couple bites to really taste it, and I just thought there was nothing special about it.

Perhaps it would taste better home made, as I've heard from guacamole lovers. With so many dips out there that are 'supposed' to be delicious and that I just don't like, I don't think I'm really missing out on anything.

** out 5

the fith avacado Hilariousness that peaked my interest in guacamole... haha

Maybe it's worse than I thought

I’m googleing away for stuff picky eaters usually don’t eat and maybe I should try. Like a myth or something that my people and I just don’t eat. And I find my way onto Wikipedia (not a good source I know) and there’s actually a disorder in which prevents a person from not wanting to try new foods and only sticking to a limited diet. It’s called a Selective Eating Disorder.

Selective eating disorder (SED) (also known as fussy eating, picky eating, or perseverative feeding disorder) is an eating disorder that prevents the consumption of certain foods.

"Selective eating is the little-studied phenomenon of eating a highly limited range of foods, associated with an unwillingness to try new foods. Common in toddlers, it can persist into middle childhood and adolescence in a small number of children, most commonly boys. When this happens, social avoidance, anxiety and conflict can result."

I’m suffering from a serious disorder here. Well I’m not sure what happened that makes me just disgusted by the sight or smell of certain foods. But now I feel like I have a perfectly good reason to get out of that awkward situation when you’re at someone’s house and they offer you a whole load of stuff and you’re like “oh no thanks. I ate just before I got here." It’s not you or your food, it’s me.

 “Oh Grandma that looks like such good lasagna, but I can’t I have SED. Yes, I know, it’s too bad isn’t it.”

So maybe I’ll exploit this for a bit, or go through some serious soul searching and find the root of my problem, and maybe one day I’ll like lasagna.

Yes... I tried Indian Food

In journalism class we were given a review assignment. We could either review play/show, an independent film or a restaurant. What an excellent way to tie my blogging in with an assignment! So, I went and tried something that I’ve wanted to try for a loooong time: Indian food. I did do a review on it, but this will be much more laid back.

So I dragged my picky self to Clay Oven. I’ve heard tons about it from friends and coworkers who love this place, and from them I was told what my mission was: butter chicken.

When I found my way to my international food adventure, I was already impressed by the atmosphere. It was modern, and had nice warm lighting. From working in the event industry I found lighting makes the whole experience.

I did have an issue with service though. I had a young waiter, who I told I have never eaten this type of food before and I feel like he refrained from explaining things to me. I asked him about a combination dish and ordered the chicken thali platter. When it came it was a large metal plate with nine grooves for different food. I was kind of surprised he didn’t even tell me what I was eating.

I’m also not a spicy food person, and I definitely needed refills on my water, but it was hard to call the waiter over. I tried to get some ‘hey over here’ eye contact going, but it didn’t work too well. I asked the waitress who came over to fill my water what the things on my plate were called and she brought me back a takeout tray. It’s fine she doesn’t know English, but she was working on the floor with customers.

So, I got my plate, and at least I had some familiar foods. Rice, salad (no dressing L) and a hard chip like taco. The naan bread was amazing though. Soft and warm, it was perfect for dipping. Without it I for sure would have headed to McDonalds for a cheeseburger.

I felt the food was mostly sauce, which I’m not too crazy about. There were a few things on my dish that I just could not eat. Raita was a white creamy sauce with lentils and other things in it, but it tasted like goat yogurt. Yuck. Bitter. I only dipped my fork in it to taste it. And the palak paneer was not my cup of tea. It was a mossy green baby poop colour and there were cubes of cheese in it. The cheese was gritty, and I do like spinach but I didn’t like the spices. I was impartial to the allo gobbhi, which was some veggies covered in a red sauce. It was alright, a little soggy, and not that exciting. Let’s just say I didn’t finish it.

But I loved the butter chicken! It was so soft and melted in my mouth! It was spicy and I tasted garlic, but not too spicy for me. The dal makhani was also delicious. It had lentils in it, but I mostly just dipped my naan bread in it. I tasted garlic but it was a bit spicier than the butter chicken. My favourite was the rice pudding. This desert was on the same dish as everything else, and it looked watery but it was so sweet. It was the one thing I scraped clean.

So it’s mixed feelings for Indian food. I wouldn’t go out of my way to have it, but now I know that some aspects I like and I can go along with friends who do like it.

I’d give it *** out 5

Clay Oven

Things I've Learnt To Love

My favourite foods have to include anything that is barbequed, anything greasy (fries, pizza) and ice cream.  Now, those are just my favourites, and it doesn’t mean that’s all I eat though (even if I wish I could). I do also love all my fruits and tons of veggies and over the years I tried things now that I just have to have in my diet, that I really didn’t think I’d like.

Peppers- I now love em on my pizza or in a stir fry]

Zucchini- weird… but delicious

Salad- probably tried it when I was 14/15, and only liked Caesar at first. Now I’m getting more and more creative with different dressings, almonds, cheese, more veggies… now I even love greek salad!

Tomatoes- Only in moderation like in a salad, but I’m still not too crazy about them in a pizza sauce, salsa, lasagna… I know everyone loves it but I just can’t, no matter how much I try it.

COFFEE!- I always liked the smell, but the taste would just make me gag! I started drinking coffee this past summer when I would all these crazy hours between my two jobs. The girls at my event planning job are definitely coffee addicts, and they slowly got me hooked on coffee. I started drinking it with half French vanilla or hot chocolate, and now there are times when I’ll have a couple cups a day (only when I reeeaaaaaally need it though)

Spice- I was so opposed to spice at all! Now I don’t mind a little bit, like Miss Vickie’s Sour Cream & Jalapeno Chips… yum. And my boyfriend is Portuguese, so now I love some cherise (a spicy sausage) with my meal. (Though I won’t go as far as trying Squid Stew, a Portuguese specialty, yuck.)

Hopefully I can keep finding new things I love to eat and cook. Food can be comforting and exciting, and I’m just at the beginning to finding out what else I can add to my diet. And hopefully my dad will stop calling me “Sam I Am”.

Hummus

I'm so not excited to try hummus, not even a bit. I feel kind of bad for it, being called hummus and all. Kind of a gross name, so I probably am being a little prejudice to it. I guess I should give it a fair chance. It probably doesn't help that it's so pasty looking. Or that it's cold. I know you must think I'm nuts, but I don't like chip dip :0 I think it's the temperature. I like hot cheesy dip.

***

I don't even know how to describe it. My mom put a little bit on the end of a cracker, and wouldn't even let me say no before shoving it in my mouth. She said it would taste blah, but I beg to differ.

I know it's just chick peas and sesame seeds ground up, but it did not taste yummy at all. I've never had chick peas, but I think I gave it a fair chance. I tired it twice! Once on a cracker and once with a carrot. My mom said since it was so plain it might be better with a carrot, even though I don't think it was plain.

I wish I liked it because I know it's so good for you, but I just can't. It had a funny salt yet strange taste. And the texture was just awful. It was so pasty I had to chug down water to get rid of the thick residue it left behind.

I think it might be good if you tossed it with some hot veggies... Maybe.

Overall I'd give it * out of five. One for the nutritional value I got out of the two bites I had.

Yucca Yucky

So, I work at a small convenience store where we sell a lot of ethnic food from South America. The old owners, who owned it for over 30 years, were from South America. So, they carried all these items from their culture, and had a strong customer base that relies on the store for their favourite treats from home.  My boss is just keeping up the tradition.

We sell a lot of Yerba Mate (loose tea) imported from Paraguay, and I say a lot I mean A LOT! It’s usually sold in one kilo bricks, but people will buy 10 kilo packs. Mass Tea. We also sell candies, spices and home-made food like empanadas and bread balls.

Frozen- From Costa Rica

 I’ve worked there for three and half years and I haven’t tried a lot of the specialty items we have there. One item in particular I’ve been curios about is Yucca, or Cassava. It looks like frozen chunks of dough (which I thought it was) and customers told me it tastes like a potato. My thinking: then just eat a potato.

Actually, it’s a root with the peel taken off. They grow mostly in South America and even more in Africa. It’s a crop that really helps out those places in times of famine.

 It’s a carb, so it’s not all that healthy for you, especially when they say it’s best when it’s deep fried. (but what isn’t?) The kind I bought had already been peeled and cored, but when you purchase it fresh there can be major danger in cooking this root. If you don’t cook and prepare it properly you can get really sick, and even die. There are poisons in the peel, and if it’s not boiled long enough, that can cause your body to produce cyanide. This is a big issue in those countries that grow it because sometimes they don’t have good cooking equipment, and they are already malnutrition. A lot of people die because of these cyanide issues, but it’s a resilient crop that they depend on.

looks like pale-dry pine apple lol

Being as brave as I am I decided to try it anyway.  Geez, putting my life on the line for blogging. So how do you cook it anyway you ask?  Well online and on the package it says it must be boiled first for half an hour. I boiled mine for 35 mins. to be safe.  Then online it says you can bake it for some crisp or most highly suggested: deep fry it in some oil. There are also some sauce recipes online that go well with it. You can also do some baking with it. I decided to just try it boiled to see if I even liked it.

I was kind of scared cause I couldn’t stop thinking about the cyanide poisoning. So I tried a small piece around the edges, with salt and pepper, like I would a potato. It was odd. It was tasted like a perogie with no stuffing, and a little potato-y. But it had a bit of strange texture, like a paste residue. Maybe like a more pasty cooked potato and I kind want to say like a soggy cookie residue. It wasn’t horrible, but it tasted like it was a wanna-be potato.  I`m sure if I deep-fried it, it would have been much better, but then I`d just eat some fries instead.  

I just think it`s kind of pointless. Potatoes taste so much better, and they can be grown right here in Canada. And they`re cheaper! (and they can`t give you cyanide poisoning J)

I`ll give this whole Yucca-Cassava thing ** out of 5

Kay's Deli

Having a three hour spare on Friday, myself and two of my classmates, Jacky Leskiw and Jamie Mckay, checked out a neat little deli on William Ave. near Red River.


Jacky had heard about it from her parents, and as we headed down William, unsure what we'd find, we wondered if it was even there. We were the only customers in the luxiously decorated deli as we pushed tables together and chose our seats. Beautiful art hung on the walls were for sale, and chalkboards made up the menus. The art varied from sceneries (my fav.) to a jar of pickles (Jamie's fav.).


I really wanted some comfort food that day, so I got a triple decker grilled cheese with two different types of cheese. To drink, I got a citrus berry smoothie, and an expresso. Though I have to choke down expressos, I love the rush of caffiene. Jamie, the sweetheart she is, bought me a second expresso to fuel my caffiene craziness. By the time we got back to school I was bouncing off the walls.


My sandwhich: Gouda and cheddar with a hint of roasted garlic puree


The grilled cheese was perfect. It was crunchy, and the two different cheese tasted amazing together with the garlic (even though there isn't ever a time when garlic doesnt't taste good). I was surprised of how fancy they could actually make a grilled cheese. Our food was up in no time, and with no one else in the place I didn't feel silly snapping some pics.


The smoothie though wasn't the best. I'm a booster juice addict, and have had plently of other smoothies from other places, and this particular drink did not live up to my standards. I mean, it was good of course, but not the kind of smoothie that you think about later, and how bad you want it again.


For atmosphere, service and taste, I gove Kay's **** out of 5

Kay's Deli



my favourite pieces, a wee tad outta my price range ;P




my lunch




'order here' adorable



more art, including pickle jar piece haha

a look at where the magic happens

my friday fuel

vegan citrus berry, for both me and Jacky, blueberry banana for Jamie

Comic Con

It was my first year at Comic Con and I plan to make it an annual adventure. Everyone had such great costumes and such spirit for their fav comics, movies and anything else they felt like dressing up as. I wanted to buy everything! They had clever t-shirts, collectables, toys, a zombie factory and face/body painting. My favourite part was "Artist Alley". They had comic book artists drawing right there on the spot, as well as excellent work in graphic design. I just wanted to share a pictures I snapped of my favourite artist at Comic Con.

I bought the wizard of Oz in black in white, was going to go for a zombie one but that black and white one is something I'll know I'll like for years (and it was the last one ;) )

yea.. the general lee wassup

Things I Will Never Ever Even Try

I know this blog is supposed to get me step outside my comfort zone when it comes to food, but I'm sorry folks there are just some things I won't even give a shot. They are just not my cup of tea.

                  Mustard- The smell is more than enough for me





Minestrone Soup- My mom and sister love it, but all those soggy vegatables and beans are not for moi

Chili in any form- yes that includes spaghetti sauce, sloppy joes..

Swiss Chard- soggy leaves, no thanks

Vern's Flame Thrower Pizza- My boyfriend's favourite.. no thanks. There's just no crust to topping ratio!

 

I'm fine with missing out on these foods, and many more.

Just different Strokes For Different Folks!

Newbie Blogger Thoughts

Blogging for me is a completely new concept. I have never tweeted, facebooked or blogged before starting school this fall, and it’s starting to grow on me.

While I don’t yet consider myself an entertaining blogger, (just yet) I find looking at other blogs is the best part about the whole thing. Everyone in my class inspires me every day to kick it up a notch to share fascinating things in an even more fascinating way.

                Hey Twitter

Twitter, though I rarely tweet, is so amazing. I can communicate to so many people, but I love all interesting news stories, links and photos. I’m still trying to figure out how to tweet a link, so I’ve resorted to typing out my blog link. There needs to be a Twitter tutor.

A big problem about Twitter for me is now it takes so much time away from my day. I’ve lived under a rock for so long that I can’t help but be glued to my Ipad for ridiculous amounts of time, checking out links and pictures. And I never know what to tweet. Sometimes I’ll hear or see something hilarious, and I’ll start a tweet about it but I can’t bring myself to Tweet it. I need to learn to hold back less and let my Tweets flow into the Twitterverse.

Feeble Blogger

I definitely feel like a feeble blogger at this point, technology wise. I’m still using the basic design options and am still unfamiliar with placing links and videos in my blog. (thanks Lauren Parsons for helping me post that link down there) Something I would like to try is building better designs from other websites. A few classmates have used picnic to create customized graphics for the top of their blog. That will hopefully be coming soon to this blog.

Picnik.com

Hopefully I can refine my skills and become an excellent blogger. My topic is so narrow, that I feel this is the best place to start, and it also pushes me to do some things that I maybe wouldn’t do before (like trying Sushi). I’d like to branch out into a blog about more interesting things, but this is just the push I needed to get started.

Zombie Walk 2011

I tried a delicious new dish on Oct. 14: BRAINS!!!

Zombie Sarah

I finally checked out Winnipeg's annual Zombie walk with Katie Madziak <3 from CreComm, I've always wanted to go but had to work whenever they had it. I have a zombie fetish to say the least, I am obsessed with zombie movies and have always enjoyed getting the crap scared out of me. It all began when I saw 13 Ghosts when I was around 10 against my mom's permission. I had nightmares for WEEKS, but when I recovered I wanted more horror!

My favourite horror flicks have to be Rob Zombie movies (House of 1,000 Corpses, the Devil's Rejects, the Halloween series), Resident Evil series, the 28 weeks later series and anything haunted house related. I do enjoy a Night of the Living Dead style zombie movie, but I've been spolied now by special effects and new concepts. There is also the new TV adaptation of the Walking Dead comic book, which I love because there are so many human elements to the story: love, family and side story lines. Also, how could you not want eight episodes of zombie fun. The second season came out October 16 on AMC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWV8WZtAQc

Anyway.. Here's my experience at the Zombie Walk

Yes! Silent Hill

apparently A LOT of latex

baby zombie

soooooo many zombies!

willy wonka zombie haha

kinda dark, but crazy pregnant zombie! she was shrieking so loud, freaking scary

It was a great time, really cold out but it was amazing to see all the creativity in the Peg. We all banded together in our love for gore, horror and Halloween!

Thanks my Zombie buddy Katie Madziak <3 for devouring some innocent people with me.

Geese Migration Dinner

Once a year Events by Emma has a dinner in the fall at the Fort Whyte Centre for the geese migration. Vendors and the EBE staff, including myself, all had a wonderful dinner on Friday night.

I had gotten an email with the three meal choices, which were the usual beef, chicken and fish, but of course I had to find something wrong with all of them.

Unfortunately I don't have photos, but this was the amazing menu:




GOOSE FLIGHTS - Dinner & A Show Menu

Salad: Baby Spinach Salad with sundried cherries, fresh berries, Bosc pears and Saskatoon berry vinaigrette served with fresh baked focaccia and grilled flatbread.  

Main: Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef crusted with fresh rosemary and peppercorns served with wild prairie mushroom jus.
–or–
Grilled Chicken Dijonanaise served with french mustard tarragon sauce.
–or–
Stuffed Pickerel Fillet served with shrimp, scallops, roasted red pepper mousse.
All entrees are served with the daily vegetable selection.  

Dessert: Daily selection

Now it all sounds delicious but I dislike mushrooms with the steak, I can't stand mustard in the sauce for the chicken, and I'm not crazy about scallops or the sound of red pepper mousse. I knew no one was going start asking for things to be removed or added and I didn't want to reveal my pickiness, so I went with the fish.

It was incredible! The stuffing in the fish was amazing. The fish itself was moist but with a little crunch on the outside, and spices. With so much food, and a few Caesars I might add, I was ridiculously full. I couldn't even finish my desert, which is rare for me. Desert was a chocolate whoopee pie with pumpkin cheese cake filling, chocolate ice-cream, a little caramel sauce and a raspberry on top all by Chocolate Zen, who does a lot of baking for Emma's weddings.

I hate pumpkin flavoured anything, but I gave it a go. Pumpkin is just not my thing, I ate most of the ice-cream but by that point everyone was so full that barely any deserts got finished.

The salad was adorable, I did not even want to break it. A long thin piece of cucumber held the salad together perfectly, carrot sticks acting like toothpicks. It was right up my alley with dried fruit and a sweet dressing. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

There was another item on my diner plate I had never tried: sweet potato. That orange little mound was so different, I couldn't even tell if I liked it. I think it might have been too sweet for the rest of my plate but now I'd probably give sweet potato fries a shot now!

The down side was the weather was so awful the geese had such a hard time landing in the lake. But it was incredible! So many geese!!! The clouds threw them off a bit because the usually all come at sundown, so the poor little guys had to rearrange thier plans.

I have a total soft spot for geese; when they find thier partner they are together for life, they become lost without thier other goose. I've seen when one goose gets hit by a car and the other goose just doesn't know what to do, trying to dodge traffic to get to thier partner. So now you can say to your loved one "you're my goose."

It was an delicious meal, and I haven't seen the EBE staff since school started, so it was great catching up and visiting with the girls. I miss you EBE and can't wait for a whole summer of weddings next year!

My Poor Arteries

Even though I am so picky, I've been very slooowly widening my horizons. I have discovered if you like two things they can usually go together, I was the type of kid who could NOT have my food touching at all!

 One lunch, a few of my CreCommer ladies and I ventured out to the poutinerie in the Exchange to try the french fry heaven. With so many options to choose from I went with the bacon cheeseburger poutine. It was AMAZING. Fries, gravy, cheese, ground beef, and TONS of bacon. Yea bacon, yea.

Afterward I did feel like I seriously needed some vegetables and had a salad when I got home. I could definitely feel my arteries clogging… but it was so worth it!  

Represent being Canadian and make it at home! :D

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

I've alaways had a disgust for peanut butter, so for around 19 years of my life I never had a PB&J. I know, shocking right. My older brother is allergic to peanuts so my mom would avoid making us the popular treat, and maybe I just thought if he didn't want it (which is what my young mind thought) neither did I.

Not having it all made it seem kind of gross, and I became disgusted even at a Reese's Pieces. But one day while I was working with my friend Taylor, she discovered my PB&J vigirnity and forced me to consume one. Weeeeeell, she created a monster. I love it, and I crave it. When it was still a novelty, I probably ate one single everyday. I am not a sanwhich person at all (wait till I blog about trying subway for the first time...), so it was nice to expand my horizons of only grilled cheese or just jam.

Thank-you Taylor, for my PJ&J passion.

Take Your Sarah to Work Day

Frightening, is how I describe Page One: Inside The New York Times.

After the film ended I felt a sense of hopelessness, because what is happening to the Times (and the whole newspaper industry) is happening on such a grand scale, and no one stop the online revolution. I admit to preferring my precious 'free' Winnipeg Free Press app than to spend any money on actual newspapers.

The part I found the most discerning was when the lady who wrote the obituaries for twenty-one years decided to leave when the company asked workers to volunteer to quit. She had been very valuable for two decades and by no fault of her own she was out of a job. Now I do imagine her skill set was much more developed than that of my own (obviously), so for someone with such great experience, at the most recognized paper to be leaving her job is depressing for my generation.

Journalists, especially at the Times, have worked so hard to become creditable sources for the public, and watching the carpet being pulled from underneath the whole industry leaves me to think what will be left for us young hopeful students. Bloggers and Tweeters have stolen all the glory from actual news sources. The glory of being the first to reveal current events is lost on these online headline makers; the glory to the papers means so much more: it means a pay check. This leaves me wondering if journalists are going to have to work for free.

The documentary was not all horror stories. David Carr's story was one of achievement. After twenty years of battling drug addiction, he regained his life and a position at the Times, a dream he always had.

I thought that his story added some needed emotion to the factual documentary. He is a big personality and isn't afraid to voice his opinions which made the film much more interesting to me; to see such a colourful character succeed while pushing people's buttons. I loved when he was interviewing people because he came off cocky but he knew what he was doing and how to get the answers he wanted, even using his humour to get his point across.

I would have liked to see more of Tim Arango and his ventures reporting outside of the country. During the film he left to be a representative for the New York Times in Bagdad. It would have been interesting to see the process of reporting and residing in another country for a journalist.

I also thought seeing the whole process of how they come up with a story to how it ends up on the paper was so neat! The workers at the Times are always under such pressure, for timing and quality, but they always pull it off professionally because no matter what the paper has to hit the stands. It was like 'take your Sarah to work day', giving me a better idea if I think this is what I want to do.