The buildup culminated in a frenzied three-minute celebration, as 40 assembled relatives simultaneously ripped open 400 gifts, filling the shared airspace with so much discarded packaging that one year my mother lost sight of the baby.
The insurance blind spot will be filled: Ride sharing companies in their nascent years exploited the holes in auto insurance contracting, often just having to add supplemental insurance to the insurance that drivers already have.
The result, she demonstrates, is richly elaborate verse filled with shared symbols and themes that a wide range of audiences could understand and find meaningful.
Just a handful of people come out to the farm for pickup each Saturday, filling their shares using a point system, cutting flowers and picking their own if something is in abundance.
Mochi (soft pastel-colored rice cakes filled with red bean paste, four for $5.50), Korean black rice bread ($3.50 a loaf) and sweet buns with cream filling ($1.15 apiece) share the display case with crisp croissants ($1.50), chocolate éclairs ($2.50) and sacher tortes ($4.50 a serving).
My "popular" page is filled with strangers sharing news articles from the shooting and videos from the shooting.
I had previously been there only on weekends, when it was filled with couples sharing the Sunday paper and parents wiping brownie residue off their toddlers.
On a recent weekday morning, most of the seats in the Dinky's one open car were filled with commuters sharing newspapers and conversation.
But inside, most of the tables are filled with people sharing plates of Korean fried chicken and bottles of soju "cocktail," a cloudy mix of the distilled spirit, yogurt and fruit juices.
Julia and I were motivated to fill this need, sharing the voices and wisdom that emerged from our research.
