December 2006 Archives

Hello! A brief, unimaginitive but informative announcement that we will be selling a special selection of pies this week, for any events that might occur over the next week, like for instance, a paticular holiday. Our pies will be:

Apple Cranberry- Tart, sweet, juicy, spicy... a rollercoaster of flavors $20

Bourbon Sweet Potato Praline - Boozy Southern Hospitality! $17

Chocolate Pecan - The Rolls Royce of pecan pies $20

Reseve yours today for pickup on Friday the 22nd. Thank you!

Our dear friend Dennis is in Roseburg for the holidays, but he was kind enough to make us a wish list. Any readers who wish to contribute to the Dennis' X-mas gift wish list 2006 fund may bring their donations by Half & Half. Merry Christmas, Dennis!

It is time to weigh in on the subject of December Holidays. Without making it too personal, I must disclose that Half & Half is not a big fan of the Christmas Season because its owner, Robin, is not fan of the Christmas Season. Sure, we like selling lots of extra T-shirts and Beer Cozies around this time, and we welcome all the crazy shoppers out there to come in for nourishment and relief from other crazy shoppers. We like seeing the kids that come home for the holiday break, and we look forward to a Half & Half bowling and karaoke party.

What we hate is decorating.

We hate blowing fuses out of a new string of lights. We hate trying to hang lights during business hours as much as we hate coming in during our free time to decorate. We hate how there is already a good deal of red and green happening at Half & Half on a daily basis, and Christmas red and green clashes with our existing red and green. We hate fake snow and garland and tinsel, but most of all we hate looking like schmucks if we don't decorate. Because our retail neighbors actually make an effort to convey The Holiday Spirit through their lights and window displays, I am embarrassed to see our sad, dark windows when the sun has set.

Incidentally, Half & Half's religious affiliation is Lapsed Jewish. In the great tradition of Lapsed Jews, we can capitalize on our Jewish heritage through food, comedy and guilt, but we can't suddenly become actively Jewish just for Chanukah, because in respect to other Jews, Chanukah isn't much of a religious holiday. So we don't feel quite right about stringing Star-of-David lights in the windows and doing everything in blue and silver, just as we feel a little bit betrayed by robotically referring to everything in December in terms of Christmas.

What we do is what comes most naturally to us; complain. Happy Holidays!