This past Friday I was talking on the phone with Dwayne, one of the consultants with whom I work. He's in North Carolina. He said to me with great enthusiasm, "Mike, on Thanksgiving I'm going to be cracking out this raspberry-infused vodka I've been working on for a while, it's going to be great." To which I replied,

"Now I mean this with the utmost respect, the only thing I infuse my vodka with is a little bit of vermouth and some olives."

That got a chuckle, but he also brought up that he couldn't get any of the neato varieties of olives like bleu cheese and whatnot. I just get em at the grocery store. I looked on the jar of sun dried tomato stuffed olives in my fridge, and they are from the Santa Barbara Olive Company.

As it turns out, the Santa Barbara Olive Company has a website, and on this website there is an online store where you can get all sorts of varieties like sun dried tomato, garlic, jabanero, jalapeno jack, and on down the line, shipped right to your door. I sent an email to my work email just as a reminder to tell Dwayne. He will be pleased, and so will you, if you like olives.