Can any of my readers, rabbinic or otherwise, advise as to how reliable the hashgacha is of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of San Francisco?

I'm having trouble reproducing the symbol, but click here and scroll down a bit to see it. Mrs. Manhattan has recently seen the symbol on some products and is checking as to its reliability.

A symphony version of "Stairway to Heaven," performed as it might have been written by Schubert, Mahler and Beethoven, among others. Click here for it.

Suburban-and-domesticated Laura McKenna, a recent transplant to the New Jersey suburbs, mourns the loss of the snobbish food shopping at "foodie mecca" Fairway:

It was a fraction of the size of the Shop Rite, but it had all the best stuff. They saved a lot of room by cutting out the Wonder Bread and having less varieties of sliced pickles and baked beans. Like a city street, the aisles twist and turn, and there is always too much traffic at the deli section. In the produce section, there is a mountain of mescaline, an organic area, and a bushel of fresh basil. By the deli, they have an olive bar, three variety of heavily herbed chickens, bagels that are bagels (not rolls with holes in the center), and a huge cheese section. 100 variety of cheeses are available -- goat cheese, feta, fresh mozzarella tied up in bags, obscure moldy cheese that fermented under some French guy's armpit for two years. And meat, fish, and dairy is in a walk-in freezer. You and your kids put on communal coats before entering to buy extra firm tofu and organic yogurt. Everything looks so fresh and exotic that you're immediately inspired to try out the recipe from the Sunday Times. Shop Rite only inspires me to nuke some frozen pizza.

The Manhattan household seconds the endorsement of Fairway (also a short trip away). Even the non-organic produce is much better than its supermarket competitors. And they've got plenty of eclectic kosher products that keep us coming back. Do they have everything? No. Are huge suburban supermarkets a great resource? Absolutely (we frequent them as well). But Fairway has its own unique niche, which we appreciate and are happy to support.