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Ok Californians, you think you are ready to move here because your hyper-sensitive taste buds can deal with iceburg lettuce instead of the real stuff? What about bugs? Yes, they eat bugs. Check out the proof. See the happy youngster chowing down? They love them so much, they have a festival at Cornell every year to celebrate called Insectapalooza. This young man had two cookies and two crickets on their own. The photographer somehow resisted the tasty temptation.
While you are visiting this winter to see if you can take the snow, you might want to eat at a famous restaurant where they don’t purposely serve bugs. Go to Moosewood (but I’d check the salad carefully if I were you).
Ithaca Quote of the Day: "Ithaca has two seasons: winter and construction."

…And one more thing. I have been trying to spot a Northern Flicker near our house but I never would have expected one to knock on the window. This beautiful woodpecker decided to let us know it was here the other day by tapping on the kitchen window nearest the woods while we were eating breakfast. I wish I’d had the camera ready, but I can’t remember ever having a camera and a bowl of cereal in close proximity. The photo on the right is on generous loan and does not show the exact markings of the bird I spotted but you get the idea.

Ok Californians, you think you are ready to move here because your hyper-sensitive taste buds can deal with iceburg lettuce instead of the real stuff? What about bugs? Yes, they eat bugs. Check out the proof. See the happy youngster chowing down? They love them so much, they have a festival at Cornell every year to celebrate called Insectapalooza. This young man had two cookies and two crickets on their own. The photographer somehow resisted the tasty temptation.
While you are visiting this winter to see if you can take the snow, you might want to eat at a famous restaurant where they don’t purposely serve bugs. Go to Moosewood (but I’d check the salad carefully if I were you).
Ithaca Quote of the Day: "Ithaca has two seasons: winter and construction."

…And one more thing. I have been trying to spot a Northern Flicker near our house but I never would have expected one to knock on the window. This beautiful woodpecker decided to let us know it was here the other day by tapping on the kitchen window nearest the woods while we were eating breakfast. I wish I’d had the camera ready, but I can’t remember ever having a camera and a bowl of cereal in close proximity. The photo on the right is on generous loan and does not show the exact markings of the bird I spotted but you get the idea.