{"id":10235,"date":"2007-03-11T20:42:39","date_gmt":"2007-03-12T03:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/03\/11\/dishing-it-up.html"},"modified":"2007-03-11T20:42:39","modified_gmt":"2007-03-12T03:42:39","slug":"dishing_it_up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/11\/dishing_it_up.html","title":{"rendered":"Dishing it up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short set of errands, that&#8217;s all it was supposed to be &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; that turned into a new KVM switch for Margie, a new set of everyday plates etc., an electric fondue pot, and an urgent desire to Get Home Before We Buy Something Else. <\/p>\n<div class=\"img-shadow-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dansk Mosaic Wave, our old pattern\" height=\"127\" alt=\"dansk-mosaicwave\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/dansk-mosaicwave.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Margie had gifted me with &#8220;a change of china&#8221; a while back &#8212; but, of course, I&#8217;m not just going to run out and buy something unilaterally. And china, glassware, utensils, etc., are one of those things were taste rarely directly overlaps. We&#8217;ve learned that, when it does &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, that&#8217;s kind of attractive.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah. Huh, I actually like that, too.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Huh.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Huh.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should &#8211;&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8211; <em>get it<\/em> &#8211;&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8211; <em><u>now<\/u><\/em>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Luna plates - we went for the square ones, and you can't really see the edge design here\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/luna-plates.jpg\" width=\"260\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how we originally agreed on our old everyday &#8212; Dansk Mosaic &#8220;Wave&#8221; &#8212; but when we did, we ended up stripping the local Dansk store bare (since it was just about discontinued at the time of our wedding). <\/p>\n<p>In this case, the stuff (10 Strawberry Lane, &#8220;Luna&#8221;) was on clearance at Great Indoors, so the price was more than right. It&#8217;s simple, off-white but with some subtle design work around the edges, has a nice flat surface for food, a kind of cool semi-square design, and functions both for every-day and semi-formal. And, as noted, most importantly, Margie and I both liked it. <\/p>\n<p>We cleared the shelf (18 dinner plates, 20 shallow bowls\/lipped salad\/dessert plates, 6 mugs, which we may backfill, cream, sugar). 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