craftsmanship, consumerism, virtue, privilege, and quality

pizza makers -- pizzaiola, they are now called

haha, no they are not, you have got to be kidding me right here

i think what ties brooklynites together, btw, is not a sense of pride or antagonism towards manhattanites, but just people in general trying to ~get shit done~ be it get to work on the train, buy groceries, walk the dog, whatever, people are just about doing what they're doing no judgments, and there seems to be a certain level of mutual respect for people in the community who would otherwise have nothing in common with each other. some sense of 'all in this together.'

― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, April 17, 2012

there aren't that many neighborhoods that fit that description in america

― iatee, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:38 PM (2 days ago)

Well, we can immediately eliminate the ones where everyone has a car and disappears into the house at 6pm every day.

(much of Queens?)

much of brooklyn! but yeah

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/04/artisanal-mayo-store-now-open-in-prospect-heights/

right around the corner from my apartment

belongs in a Portlandia sketch, not in my block, jeeeez

I'd say it's so easy to make your own mayo but I've fucked it up twice trying to use a food processor to do it. Immersion mixer probably key to doing it the fast way. Not that titrating the oil in by hand is all that slow, it's just uh kinda hard. Way better than Hellman's at any rate.

I hope the bulk of their business is to restaurants and the storefront is a sideline.

it looks disgusting. I don't really like mayo though. luckily it's not an artisanal pickle shop or I couldn't so easily mock.

http://empiremayo.myshopify.com/collections/all

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0104/4832/files/11_grande.jpg

OF FUCKING COURSE

Considering her hair for summer. Thx, elms.

if you eat nothing but mayo it will happen naturally after a month

http://www.cindylouwhomusic.com/images/waylon_sticker_blk.gif

http://images.wikia.com/avp/images/1/1e/Weyland-Yutani_Corp._Logo.gif

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6793545234_ca9d590dd9.jpg

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I don't think I look cool enough to start an artisan mayo company

making artisan foods mean never smiling, ever. smirking is acceptable but no open-mouthed smiles. it's in the handbook.

I don't mind dude's look but I'm not into belt buckles

Would Steal her dress.

they both look great. it's just that they both look so perfectly LIKE THAT.

like they might as well be clipart artisanal people

somebody crosspost them into an artisanal smash thread

They look a lot like the couple that ran the admittedly pretty good vintage shop in my old neighborhood -- slightly too old to be dressed the way they are, hipsterish style that's just slightly off, faint traces of the bitterness of a prior failed or unhappy career behind their eyes

faint traces of the bitterness of a prior failed or unhappy career behind their eyes

This is basically indistinguishable from "hungover" after a certain age. I'm all for it.

Also aren't YOU Judgey Judgerson.

yeah, idk what sort of clothing is age appropriate if you're a mayonnaise artisan

a certain something is missing from contenderizer's logo evolution post there...

goes in after teh weezer, right?

i'm kind of liking "artisanal people" way better than "hipsters" atm

"Well, we can immediately eliminate the ones where everyone has a car and disappears into the house at 6pm every day."

yeah i love where we live but i don't know our immediate neighbors at all. i never ever see them. they never sit on their porches out front. and they all have amazing porches. we've lived here since last august in this house and i couldn't tell you what the people who live directly across the street from us look like!

so nice when nice young couple moved in about a month ago two doors down. they are excited to be here like us and happy to get amazing cheap house and i invited them in the other day. feel like we are in similar boats. most of the other people on this block have probably been here forever. the only reason we know our next door neighbor is because we share a driveway. highly doubtful he would have said two words to us otherwise. but we have plenty of friends in town! and more coming all the time. younger people. families. it's all good.
it

almost 20 houses on this block and not one person said a word to us when we moved in. and still have never said a word. except for the guy next door. i don't know if that's weird or what. we made cookies for the people who just moved in. and introduced ourselves.

People who don't use their porches don't deserve 'em imo.

something i noticed at someone's house recently. if you own two or more whiskey bottle-looking bottles that aren't filled with whiskey...you may be a fan of the artisanal. you know, like hand-crafted vinegar or small-batch maple syrup or whatever. its a good look though.

i'm the only person on our block who hangs on the front porch. mostly to smoke, but still...i feel self-conscious sometimes. but i'm getting over it. our porch is awesome. i NEVER see people on their porches in greenfield! and this town is like the land of awesome porches! almost every house has an amazing front porch or back porch or both. or a wraparound porch.

People where I live don't even HAVE porches, they just have stoops, and they will sit outside for hours and hours just chatting to everyone who walks by. I kind of love it, but I covet all of the porches in the places that aren't New York.

I have an enclosed space that is more of a sunroom than a porch, and then a little porch deck out my front door that's small but big enough for one person to sit in a chair or maybe a couple people to stand around smoking or something. My neighbors have a large open porch they sit on all the time. It's nice, it's somewhere to sit outdoors that's just semi-outdoors.

haha, was going to say that artisanal mayo is some bullshit but I'm jealous of that dude because I'm pretty sure he gets (or could get) way more play than I do.

'what if we tried it this time with...mayo'

xpost He gets way more opportunities to spread his "artisanal mayonnaise"

ew ew ew ew ew lol

'this sandwich could use a little...mayo'

dnw ammonia-flavored mayo

Man nothing better than some fresh warm mayo squirted on some on some nice warm buns amirite

I have a big back deck that is rarely used.

some idiot former owner built a deck-like thing behind my house that has no conceivable use other than to make it easy to peer into my bedroom window. removing it pretty soon.

house I'm in now has a nice deck on the back, it was awesome for the four parties we've had here
of course, the only time it's actually been used was those four parties

Man nothing better than some fresh warm mayo squirted on some on some nice warm buns amirite

― I cannot host as my wife hates Walker (latebloomer), Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have a big back deck that is rarely used.

― Jeff, Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol forever

yessssss

mayo lady apparently writes for esquire.com

this thread is tl;dr and i know someone else has probably already said this

but i have really lost faith in anything labeled "artisanal" or "heritage" or "handcrafted" or whatever being any better than run of the mill shit, which i honestly believe to be a side-effect of the proliferation of this shit as marketing tool.

worth noting that 'artisan' once solely described producers of durable & decorative goods, describing food producers as artisans is a v recent development

Mayo lady is a million feet tall and amazing looking and makes faces for the camera more often than she looks into it, judging by the gis, and is my new hero. WWEVD? She'd make a face to distract you and then slam your drink. And write about it.