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And then one of the UN soldiers got back on the bus and said that at the last minute, we’d been denied access to the grounds because of “renovations,” but we could take pictures from the bus. We spent a few minutes snapping photos out the windows, and then we drove back to the gate where our passports were all checked again—to make sure everyone was there and no one had tried to defect to North Korea.

Susan Campbell (scampbell@wpri.com) is the Call 12 for Action and Target 12 consumer investigator for WPRI 12 and Fox Providence. Follow her on Twitter and on Facebook.

Milk – I see two options here. In the past, I have purchased powdered milk, it was actually perfect for Burning Man because I made small batches for my cereal each morning! As someone who camps in a tent, it’s also way less concerning that I don’t have to refrigerate powdered milk. The other option is to buy a milk container that can be returned to the store for a credit. I know that Sprout’s offers this via Straus organic milk, which is contained in glass bottles. 

I’m also skeptical of this new market of sustainable goods because, shouldn’t we be making every effort to buy used, recycled goods rather than new items on the market that will have us all tossing our old items? 

For the past year or so, I’ve been thinking about how I can do my part. My family and I are composting. I’ve purchased bamboo toothbrushes, clung to my Hyrdoflask water bottle and invested in a pack of paper straws (I still haven’t opened the pack).

At the height of the Southern California donut boom there were 2,000 donut shops between San Diego and Bakersfield, with Verne Winchell controlling the greatest share. Yet there were limits to his kingdom. In 1962 he decided to expand into Colorado, but the high altitudes stopped the dough from setting or rising properly. Winchell took a fryer up to a friend’s cabin in the San Bernadino Mountains and perfected a high-altitude donut mix, but the business never really took off in the Rockies. Winchell expanded as far east as Cleveland, but he never made it to New England, where the cold-weather confections of Dunkin’ Donuts hold sway.

Bandanna – It doesn’t help much with the finer dust, but I’m going to wear a washable bandanna this year instead of a disposable mask to keep some of the dust out of my respiratory system. 

A flash of high-vis approaches from the foodbank vehicle entrance. It is Robbie McGruer, the foodbank’s longest-serving volunteer, walking out to greet me. He’s also ensuring the area is clear for the foodbank van, which is heading out shortly to pick up some cakes.

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Every time I write about hamburgers, readers flood my inbox with letters to let me know I failed to include their beloved In-N-Out. They rush to point out that I forgot to mention Five Guys. Or, more recently, “What’s wrong with you? Haven’t you ever been to Shake Shack?” 

No fewer than 15 videos have been uploaded to Facebook since December 31, 2018. Each video shows shirtless men (and in one instance, a fully clothed woman) inverting near-empty bags of coal over their heads, shaking about and turning their faces and heads inky black.

When we were back on the bus, I asked Park how much she had known about the outside world before she left North Korea. She and her husband had lived close to the border with China, she explained, and after she stopped being an architect, she had worked in a flea market to make money. At the market, there were many Chinese smugglers who sold foreign goods and brought information and news about the world. This was also where she had found the smugglers to get her family out.