Chocolate ice cream

I produced an acceptable chocolate ice cream using my fine machine and this recipe, slightly modified. It calls for unsweetened chocolate, and I didn't have any; rather than put on shoes and a coat and see if the bodega could supply it, I used dark chocolate and reduced the amount of sugar slightly.

The chocolate part of the mixture was lumpier than it should have been, and the whole process was more work than I'm really happy with, so I may look for more recipes. Or I may go back to buying chocolate ice cream, since Ben and Jerry's sells a fine one, and using my machine for the flavors I can't easily buy.

Chocolate ice cream

I produced an acceptable chocolate ice cream using my fine machine and this recipe, slightly modified. It calls for unsweetened chocolate, and I didn't have any; rather than put on shoes and a coat and see if the bodega could supply it, I used dark chocolate and reduced the amount of sugar slightly.

The chocolate part of the mixture was lumpier than it should have been, and the whole process was more work than I'm really happy with, so I may look for more recipes. Or I may go back to buying chocolate ice cream, since Ben and Jerry's sells a fine one, and using my machine for the flavors I can't easily buy.

Eyeglasses

I went back to Lenscrafters to get my eyeglasses remade.

It turns out that the frames I had selected originally, which hold the lenses only from above, only work with polycarbonate lenses--with ordinary eyeglass plastics, the first time you drop them, they're likely to break. It also turns out that many people can't adjust to polycarbonate, something I wish they'd told me in the first place. So I had to select different frames, which took time--and the ones I found that I liked were more expensive. That was made up for by not getting the "transitional" self-darkening coating. I made sure that I still had the anti-glare coating, and the saleswoman explained that with the kind of plastic I'm getting this time (an extra $30 for a thinner but similar version of what I have in the old prescription) it's automatic. I left with a credit card refund of $7.50, and expect my new glasses in about a week.

Once again, I decided I couldn't deal with midtown for lunch, and went down to Excellent Dumpling for my usual sweet ginger duck. Once fed, I went to Pearl Paint and bought a Moleskin notebook. (Having used one of the thin "cahier"s for a bit, I decided I want one with a solid cover and no detachable pages, which is what I got. Pearl has a new craft center, so I went across Lispenard Street, and spent some money on beads, plastic bags, and a divided tray to hold beading supplies. (I looked at, but didn't buy, various dyes.) I now have three coupons good for discounts on purchases at Pearl on April 1 or 2, which I suspect I won't use.

Thence, home via 181st Street: I have rye bread because rye bread is good, and shrimp to cook for dinner.

When I got home, I had an answering machine message from Lenscrafters--the anti-glare coating is not automatic. They're ordering it for me, but it'll cost me an extra $22.59 (?), which I think they'll have me pay when I get the glasses.

Eyeglasses

I went back to Lenscrafters to get my eyeglasses remade.

It turns out that the frames I had selected originally, which hold the lenses only from above, only work with polycarbonate lenses--with ordinary eyeglass plastics, the first time you drop them, they're likely to break. It also turns out that many people can't adjust to polycarbonate, something I wish they'd told me in the first place. So I had to select different frames, which took time--and the ones I found that I liked were more expensive. That was made up for by not getting the "transitional" self-darkening coating. I made sure that I still had the anti-glare coating, and the saleswoman explained that with the kind of plastic I'm getting this time (an extra $30 for a thinner but similar version of what I have in the old prescription) it's automatic. I left with a credit card refund of $7.50, and expect my new glasses in about a week.

Once again, I decided I couldn't deal with midtown for lunch, and went down to Excellent Dumpling for my usual sweet ginger duck. Once fed, I went to Pearl Paint and bought a Moleskin notebook. (Having used one of the thin "cahier"s for a bit, I decided I want one with a solid cover and no detachable pages, which is what I got. Pearl has a new craft center, so I went across Lispenard Street, and spent some money on beads, plastic bags, and a divided tray to hold beading supplies. (I looked at, but didn't buy, various dyes.) I now have three coupons good for discounts on purchases at Pearl on April 1 or 2, which I suspect I won't use.

Thence, home via 181st Street: I have rye bread because rye bread is good, and shrimp to cook for dinner.

When I got home, I had an answering machine message from Lenscrafters--the anti-glare coating is not automatic. They're ordering it for me, but it'll cost me an extra $22.59 (?), which I think they'll have me pay when I get the glasses.