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I’m back home from Burning Man and so glad to be able to have my morning green smoothie again. When I wrote that post, I promised a follow up about my blender. Well, here it is.Back in 2011, I wrote about hanging out with my friend Mark and watching him make homemade ketchup. What I didn’t mention was how impressed I was with his blender.It’s a Waring Pro MBB518 stainless steel blender. Mark said that even though it only has two speeds, it’s the sturdiest and best blender he’s ever had. But what caught my eye was that there is no plastic at all inside the glass pitcher to come into contact with the food.See, my current blender, a Kenmore that I’d had for years and that also had a glass pitcher had plastic at the bottom that twisted on and off for cleaning.I wasn’t crazy about that plastic inside the pitcher, but it wasn’t enough to make me chuck the machine for a new one. And then the bottom started to leak. And the leak got worse and worse every time I used it. Green smoothie pouring out all over the kitchen counter.
I tried to think of how I could fix it, and then I made the same decision I made in the case of the aluminum rice cooker back in July. I opted to recycle it at Green Citizen and order the kind of blender Mark has to avoid the plastic in the bottom.After my experience with the Lotus Foods rice cooker packaging plastic and styrofoam, I was interested to see how the Waring would be packaged.So, I opened the box and found… cardboard! The glass pitcher is wrapped only in cardboard.I knew there had to be some plastic in the box, and I was right. But compared to the way most things are packaged these days, I’d say it’s less.So… about the construction of the blender itself… this sucker is heavy. The base is stainless steel, and when you set it down, you can be sure it’s not going anywhere. There is a plastic section at the top of the base that holds the pitcher in place…But there is no plastic inside the pitcher itself. And no removable parts. The blade assembly is attached to the pitcher.
I was also happy to purchase a Waring instead of any other brand because the machines are assembled in the United States, rather than in China like most brands. They do, however, contain some foreign parts. I don’t think there’s any getting around that these days.And as I mentioned in my green smoothie post… or should have if I didn’t… The machine works great for its intended purpose. I don’t need to liquify anything. Not trying to turn veggies into soup in 10 seconds. All blenders these days that are powerful enough to do that (Vitamix, Blendtec, etc.) come with plastic pitchers. They say it’s because glass can break at such high speeds, but that doesn’t explain why they don’t offer a stainless steel pitcher option for those who want to avoid plastic.Anyway, my blender is solid and beautiful and makes me happy every morning when I use it.ADVERTISEMENT I only post ads for products I use myself. Your support helps to fund my plastic-free mission. Skip to accessibility help
Sage by Heston Blumenthal £0 - £100 (18) £100 - £300 (11) £300 - £600 (4)As one of Hollywood's greatest sex symbols, she was known to have a turbulent private life.Now, Marilyn Monroe's love letters - and bizarrely, one of her bras - are being put up for auction in Beverly Hills, California.The letters, penned by the actress and her lovers, including playwright Arthur Miller and baseball great Joe DiMaggio, are among 300 items to go on sale as part of 'Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives'.Other artifacts include a 19-minute reel of a movie made for Monroe after her final picture, 1961's 'The Misfits', in which the star is seen frolicking happily at the beach with her co-star, Clark Gable. For sale: Marilyn Monroe's love letters - and bizarrely, one of her bras (pictured) - are being put up for auction as part of 'Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives' at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, next month Personal: The letters, penned by the actress and her lovers, including playwright Arthur Miller and baseball great Joe DiMaggio, are among 300 items to go on sale.
Above, a 1954 letter from DiMaggio to Monroe Couple: One letter, written by DiMaggio (seen with Monroe) when the star said she was filing for divorce, reads: 'I love you and want to be with you. There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me' They also feature the actress's white bra, a framed letter from costume designer Cecil Beaton, a Dior black silk dress and a fawn-colored silk overcoat with a black velvet collar.With regard to the love letters, one written by DiMaggio when Monroe announced she was filing for divorce after a matter of months in 1954 reads: 'I love you and want to be with you'.It continues: 'There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me.'DiMaggio, a famously stoic and private man, was pictured crying at Monroe's funeral in 1962 and for the following two decades, had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week Never before seen: Another letter (pictured) in the collection - which will go on sale at Julien's Auctions next month - is from Monroe to her third and final husband, Miller, in which she muses about her insecurities
Romance: 'Please, if I've ever made you cry or made you even more sadder, ever for a second, please forgive me, my perfect girl. I love you,' Miller (pictured with Monroe) wrote in a P.S. in one letter back to MonroeIn his letter, addressed to 'Mrs Joe DiMaggio and mailed special delivery, he wrote that he learned Monroe was leaving him only when he saw her make the announcement on television. 'My heart split even wider seeing you cry in front of all these people,' he penned.Another letter in the collection - which will go on sale at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills next month - is from Monroe to her third and final husband, Miller, in which she muses about her insecurities.Others are from Monroe's friends, such as Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Jane Russell; with the latter imploring the actress in 10 handwritten pages to give her marriage to DiMaggio another chance. Elegant: Other artifacts include a framed letter from costume designer Cecil Beaton and a number of items of clothing, including this fawn-colored silk overcoat (pictured) with a black velvet collar and apricot satin lining
On display: A Dior black silk velvet dress worn by Monroe (left) and an Oster 'Osterizer' chrome beehive blender with an original glass jar (right), which was used by the star, are seen on display at Julien's Auctions'It really gives you the chills when you read some of the stuff and see the intimacy and the personal nature of it,' said auction curator Martin Nolan, who spent nine months organizing the collection.Auction owner Darren Julien said the pieces could fetch more than $1million, citing a watercolor that Monroe painted with the aim of giving it to President John Kennedy.The artwork sold for $80,000 at an estate auction nine years ago. Monroe's 'collectability' has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in part by deep-pocketed Asian and European collectors with a fondness for American pop-culture artifacts, Mr Julien said.The fact that the centerpiece of this collection is not just celebrity tchotchkes but deeply personal artifacts is also expected to fuel interest.'We anticipate a lot of fans will be here.
They'll fly in from all over the world,' said Mr Julien, who will display the items at his gallery for four days before they go on the block on December 5 and 6.Monroe, who died of a drug overdose at age 36 in 1962, willed 'The Lost Archives' to her mentor, the legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg. He gave it to a friend he trusted would take proper care.That friend's family, which Julien said wants to remain anonymous, obviously met Strasberg's expectations. Many of the letters look as pristine as the day their authors wrote them. Old: This photo shows a three-page handwritten letter and original envelope that was sent from DiMaggio to Monroe postmarked October 9, 1954. It is among 300 items to go up for sale at the auction in Beverly Hills'Please, if I've ever made you cry or made you even more sadder, ever for a second, please forgive me, my perfect girl. I love you,' Miller wrote in a pencil-scribbled P.S. at the bottom of one letter.In a reply to one of his missives, Monroe takes issue with what the author of 'Death of a Salesman' had called her nobility in handling a difficult childhood followed by public adulation that nearly crushed her.'In other words, there was no choice to make, the same road was always before me,' she wrote.