Eric Holder and Colder in Our Morning Roundup
*A "near-certainty" is how one account puts the chances that Eric Holder will become the country's next attorney general. Most of the accounts of Holder's past service are glowing, with the standard Washington pundits saying all the right things about the guy. But any good vetting of this man's past has to include his tenure as U.S. attorney for D.C., and on that front, the accomplishments aren't so overwhelming.
*Winter cold "coming on strong," as if you couldn't figure that out for yourself.
*LottieB makes a superb point about the crowded Whole Foods on P Street. LottieB points out that if you head there on weekends, get in the store before 11 am. Anytime after that, she says, you're sunk. My family has a new metric for success in household finance management: How long you can go without stepping foot in Whole Foods. Long live Peapod!
*OK, a smart expert on urban affairs says on his blog that Mount Pleasant is the best neighborhood in D.C. Now, everyone is entitled to an opinion, and Mount Pleasant is certainly a nice place, though it's a bit congested, the retail strip is woeful, and the neighbors are painfully divided over everything. But the point is that this whole question of what's the best neighborhood in the District has been scientifically settled by a crack team of experts.
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10:01 am
Wait a minute - your finance-management strategy includes paying a delivery fee for your freakin' groceries?!?
10:11 am
Yes, it does. Sounds crazy, right? And from a cold, distant, rational accounting perspective, that sounds like madness. But it's not. The delivery fee is like five or ten bucks. So we pay that instead of spending two hours of our time, driving, and so on. Well worth it no matter how you look at it. Furthermore, that delivery fee looks TINY compared to the hundreds of dollars of whimsy purchases that stack up every time you actually VISIT a grocery as opposed to buying online. When you buy online, you stick to your list. You're not distracted by some handsome display for the latest cheapo Pinot Noir at Whole Foods or some great cheese display or some new fab pork concoction or some ugly fruit trend. You end up buying only what you need, not what you decide you want. Hell, the entire Whole Foods biz model is based on this very dynamic: The staple items at the store--canned tomatoes, pasta, cereals--are actually reasonably priced. But the specialty foods right alongside them are priced only for the Wesley Heights crowd. That's what gets you when you go to Whole Foods--it's the adjacencies! The adjacencies, I tell you! I really do not need those gourmet figs!
10:17 am
I've been thinking about getting a milkman, myself.
10:45 am
that is so true. I went to Whole Foods on Saturday to buy a few ingredients and ended up spending $100. Expensive, but so good.