Prague Journal

Monday, November 08, 2004.

Just as I was planning to head out for groceries, it started to hail! This is not Denver-type hail – large hard-hitting stones – but rather gentle beads that tapped the windows for all of five minutes. About a half hour later, the sun was shining, but later it rained with slushy hail and then returned to a typical overcast haze. It’s getting cold here, near zero at night (although the temperature swings here are not wide). Snow is predicted for tomorrow.
I stopped by to see Sandra’s jewelry open-house, just off Revolucni. Sandra is from Columbia and sells Columbian jewelry, sharing a space with a clothing boutique, not far from Kotva (a large upscale department store on Republic Square). The open-house was co-sponsored by a Latin-American wine importer, so Argentinean wine was served to accompany the cheese platter. The jewelry is indigenous pre-Columbian design, mostly gold, some with hand-made beads.
At Charlotte’s suggestion, I made cauliflower soup, sort of. I was not about to make soup from scratch, but I bought a package of dry potato-soup mix (I couldn’t find cauliflower soup mix) and added chopped cauliflower, which turned out to be quite tasty.

posted by JWinn @ 10:59 PM