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By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 18, 2007
It's Saturday afternoon and I'm racing around to re-print the newsletter. Every Friday I get together with Dan, our produce buyer, to go over what is new and unique in the crates for Monday. This …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 9, 2007
We all wore togas to our Latin Club party my senior year in high school. I wasn't a great Latin student, but I lived by the motto developed by our Latin club members - semper ubi sub-ubi, "Always wear …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 2, 2007
April had a knack for making my life complicated. So when April walked through my door on the First, I couldn't help but feel like a fool. "Trick or Treat," she said with a smile. It was all show and …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 26, 2007
Erin, our FruitGuys marketing maven, was cooking dinner last week while her son played at the kitchen table with his Playmobile pirate set. He pumped his men up for battle: "It's gonna be dangerous. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on March 19, 2007
It's 1980, and yes, I'm wearing Izod. My dad has a consulting gig with a large hospital group in LA, and we're on a flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Tray table down, window shades up, my folks …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 26, 2007
They were standing around the FruitCrate when all heck broke loose. Jane was trying to convince John that "grapefruit" descended from a dinosaur egg-sized fruit-grape that used to grow under …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 20, 2007
Bob is standing next to the FruitGuys crate, cutting an avocado in half. Jane's new soft-soled shoes make her quiet like a cat as she walks to the fruit. There's a song in the air that Jane can't …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 12, 2007
During mid-winter, I feel like I need a carnival sideshow to keep me motivated. "See the 12-foot-tall Giraffe Man who eats leaves from the tops of trees! Dare to pet the terrifying, two-headed, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on February 5, 2007
I've been writing about the travels of our fruit buyer Dan a great deal lately. There are two reasons - first is that Dan is very active in seeking out great farmers to work with, and second is that …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 29, 2007
I think that we sometimes forget that technology is found as equally in shop class as it is in an iPod. Technology doesn't have to be wi-fi or silicon-based to be exciting or accessible to us. It can …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 22, 2007
You've probably heard a great deal this week about the citrus freeze that attacked California just like Mr. Cold-Miser laid it down over South Town in a fit of stop-animation history. With all the …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 15, 2007
I've always had an affinity for wacky superheroes. Something about doing good while being a geek just cracks me up. Take the Wonder Twins, Zan and Jana, and their pet monkey Gleek, for example - part …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 8, 2007
It's the little things that keep me going. The bits of life that compress into diamonds that make me laugh and feel connected. Like the time my friends Matt and Maria ordered an elegant seafood meal …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on January 2, 2007
Well, you made it through the holidays. Mom assured you that she would be "just fine" on the floor of the guest bedroom while dad noted that the blow-up camping mattress smelled like the battleship he …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 27, 2006
It's 1982, and I'm feeling nervous. Expectant, happy adult faces stare up at my two younger sisters and me as we stand in the spotlight of the annual holiday talent show. My mom is crouched on the …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 19, 2006
We're up in Cloverdale heading into the misty wet clouds on a small mountain in Sonoma County. Raised a suburban Philadelphia kid, I lucked out by marrying into my wife's family, which on her mother's …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 11, 2006
Several seasonal fruit transitions always remind me to look up and notice the changing time of year. The most obvious is the change from summer into fall when we see the end of the stone fruit (fruits …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 4, 2006
Demeter, the wife of Zeus, mother of Persephone, goddess of the harvest, is biting her nails. Her hair is a mess, and she's still in her pajamas/toga. She looks like she's been up for months. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 27, 2006
Yes, it is the annual Satsuma Zooma slam. A fruit-based poetry slam that churns through a metaphorical blender here at The FruitGuys to produce a smackin' smoothie of fruit love. It also seems to …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on October 30, 2006
She was a red but with a hint of golden-green about her. I found her hanging around with the ones they said were a bit sweet and tart. They called her Lady. She corrected them calmly: "It's Pink …
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