The kittens are coming!

Yes...she didn't think they'd demand that since I'd be borrowing less than I currently am.

Says Australian style....I have never been aware of licorice as any big deal here. I wonder if it's like the weird outback diner things they have in the US? Totally ersatz.

Ha! High flyers now sleeping like babies. They'll have to feel stiff tomorrow...after the antics they got up to.

They're made in Australia - and apparently are sold in great quantity there. It's a comparatively new style of candy here.

http://www.dlea.com.au/product-range/liquorice-facts/

Ah...Darrel Leah....I hardly eat any sweets and I really find their stuff inferior. Theres a huge shop of theirs in the middle of the city here and I hate the smell of it. They're kind of a really mass producer. They're in some kind of trouble, or about to be taken over or something...

I don't eat licorice.....never liked liked it much, except as bullets...do you guys have them?....and it's bad if you have hypertension. I used to love the traditional licorice straps as a kid. Soft licorice I don't like at all....and that red stuff....ewwww.

I think DL is pretty popular. Good on them if they're doing a good export trade.

On the corner across the mall is an Australian chocolate maker whose wares you really SHOULD try....Haigh's. Mmmmmmmmmm....

I'd be happy to send you some if you like.

They're just one of the Australian producers of the stuff.

I've had Haigh's (you can get it in our Distillery District). Good stuff, but I prefer same-day chocolate. The chocolatiers tour of Manhattan I was on spoiled me.

For real? We are exporting soft licorice? Well, bugger me.

The Kookaburra website has special links for each country they export soft licorice to.

I prefer the Dutch/Norwegian salt licorice, but I see a lot of the Aussie-style in grocery baskets these days.

Yea..I see a lot of the Dutch around.

Viola just bought the extremely bedraggled feather from da bird in.....it's not long for this world.

Sigh...almost time to begin getting the place ready for the open today.

This was all new to me, but just checked as I passed candy at the grocery store and sure enough, this was front and center:

Another open?

I hope someone falls in love with the place (I think it's gorgeous)

Someone did....but she's either cooled or is playing a waiting game. Opens are thick upon me.

It may be that the price I need is more than the market will give right now.

Glad you like the humble abode.

Man, they're evil. "A low fat food".

Care to comment on the SUGAR! Or the SALT!

So how did the "open" go this afternoon, Deb?
I hope that interested woman returned!

Nah. There's an interested man who wants to bring his partner through during the week.

Man....I just had two friends turn up for dinner....I had invited them for the 11th august!

I was so exhausted after cleaning and all that flu that I clearly couldn't whip something up for them as I normally would do....so they've gone. Thing is, I've invited others because I knew they could make it!

A second look-see! With partner.
That sounds promising!
Fingers crossed s/he likes it!

So one lot of way-too-early dinner guests out ... another lot in, in a bit?
That sounds like too much to me, too.
You could go to bed, turn all the lights off & pretend you forgot.

No! They came on the wrong day. I invited them for 11th August.

Ah I see.
When you said you'd "invited others" I thought you meant for tonight.
Which seemed a bit much, really.
Relieved to hear you're not such a sucker from punishment!

Goddess no! I'm way too post-viral. Nearly did me in doing the cleaning.

How many more opens to go?