C Note(s)

Autumn is here! Parents of both college age young men and women, and children are attempting to avoid falling back into bad eating habits from the dog days of summer. This means college is already in session, the school children have returned to classrooms, and the scramble to eat healthy is on. I know I'm tempted by the area "food of shame" (Urban Dictionary / street words to describe fast food) The transition from summer to fall in the #UpperLeft traditionally marked with lower temperatures, and our famous rain - as in it always rains in Seattle. Even Blake Shelton wrote a song that incorporates "when it's sunny in Seattle". I digress! Falling Back Into Bad Eating Habits I know I'm guilty of these. H***, I'm still continuing from summer. I'm actually pretty terrible about meal preparation. I live with my roommate which is also my tenant / sister / and all around good girl. Over the summer, I re-built the pantry to incorporate "zone...

I was a Costco Member long before I was a Costco Employee. And definitely longer than working in the warehouse. One constant that's been there longer than my tenure is the "sample staff" (Club Distribution Services) Please don't interpret the following as throwing shade but rather a recognition of a necessary evil. Every day the warehouse opens they set up in various sections of the store to issue samples of various products, but most of the time it's food. It's a proven, battle-tested method, too. An unknown, perhaps underperforming product becomes the darling of sales for the day. Don't believe me? (Read this fascinating blog entry I read prior to posting: The Psychology Behind Costco's Free Samples ) Like sirens, they easily lure members, and their children, over to their stainless steel island with a foody call . The crowd congregates around the hair net wearing person anxiously awaiting to be fed. On the weekends, this is problematic due...