S’mores Search

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S’mores Chips Ahoy Taste: 3/5        S’mores Authenticity: 3/5
S'mores cappuccino at Midway SA. Taste 3/5 S'mores Authenticity 4/5 (Graham flavor was present, unique for a drink)
S’mores cappuccino at Midway SA.
Taste: 3/5
S’mores Authenticity: 4/5 (Graham flavor was present, unique for a drink)
T-Rex Giant S'mores Cookies found in Capella on Thursdays Taste: 4/5 S'mores Authenticity: 2/5
T-Rex Giant S’mores Cookies found in Capella on Thursdays
Taste: 4/5
S’mores Authenticity: 2/5
Starbucks
Starbucks Taste: 4/5 S’mores Authenticity: 2/5

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My undying addiction to S’mores:

Of course, I love S’mores from a bonfire, but I’m not talking about just those succulent summer sweets. I’m talking about a weakness for S’mores anything.

I’m not kidding, when I’m driving by Culver’s, and the flavor of the day is S’mores, I always stop in to buy some. I buy pretty much anything S’mores.

So when I was in Cub and  saw these on the endcap, I had to buy it:

Smores oreos
S’mores Oreo’s Taste: 4/5 S’mores Authenticity: 4/5

Event Mastermind

Until I decided it wasn’t cool, my title in my meetup group was “Event Mastermind.”

The truth is, I design my events exactly as I design my dates. They are fun, have variety, and have the ability to talk to people yet provide distraction. Obviously, I developed this because when on a date, I need a distraction (show, traveling, or something else), because Justin focusing on a lady is overwhelming and he says too much.

So tonight I had my second date with a very intelligent woman. We decided that Saturday night would work.

I called her this morning to talk about options. I live in the Twin Cities, so naturally there werected a ton of options.

She is newer to the TC. I mean, she’s lived here before, but that was before medical school.

So naturally, she asked me about what to do. I mentioned the Fringe, but not in a great way.

I proposed a pub crawl with just her and me based around the Green Line.

I’ll leave or details of smiles, etc., and I’ll tell you where we went.

We met on the Green Line, and we continued to Lowertown Saint Paul. To make it faster, here’s the stops and bars:

Union Depot Station: Axle Ox Cart rooftop

Central Station: Vieux Carre Cocktail Bar and Grill

Also at Central Station: Amsterdam Bar

Stadium Village: Stub & Herbs

Walked to East Bank Station

There was live music at two places.

Night ended. There may have been another bar in there too, but I doubt it. We arrived in North Loop at 1:00. It was a nice night.

Beating the Rain

Crash!

Flash!

GRUMBLE!

I already knew what needed to happen.

It’s been far too long, and being a man of efficiency, I try not to spend time fixing high maintenance situations when they’re just going to get bad again. But it’s something every property owner does unless they’re a posh city-dweller.

So I ran to the garage, filled up the tank with fuel, opened the garage, and went as fast as I could.

I knew I had to mow the lawn quickly if I was going to beat the rain. I also knew it was long because I find it more efficient to not mow it too often (when I apologized to y neighbor for letting it get so long, George replied, “that’s okay. I like grass.” Best neighbor ever!)

Needless to say, this wasn’t my first time mowing long grass quickly (did I mention efficient earlier? Why take time mowing when you can take less time?). So I thought I’d share the secret with you.

When you mow quickly, you basically run behind the lawn mower and jump to the side to turn it (picture rotating very quickly on the outside of a lever). There’s a problem:
The blades slow down and eventually stop. If it’s warm out, the lawn mower will overheat.
I pay attention to the sound of the blade, and when it slows down, I quickly (because everything is quick) throw up (lift) the handle of the lawn mower to raise the rear wheels off the ground. This releases all the grass clippings out of the mower centrifuge, the high density of which is the reason for its slowing down.

I hope these tips help you waste less of your life doing lawn maintenance.

Cheers!

(Yes, I just wrote 2 pages about how you should lift the back of your mower when mowing fast. But the video before the storm didn’t turn out)

Canton Hong Kong Festin de Chine

Google just sent me an email out of the blue:

Your photos reached a new record on Google Maps!

When I went to a little Chinese restaurant in the Colonel Fabien area in Paris. It was another rainy day (yes, there were many this trip), so I was the only customer in the restaurant.

It was newer, open for less than a year. I noted it when I went for a few days in August, but I didn’t get a chance to eat there.
This time, I took the liberty of adding it on Google Maps, a strange thing I do for many new small businesses.

I also took a couple of snapshots to add to the Google Location.

My photo has received 119 view last week and 1,017 views since mid-June.

I generally like to be useful and helpful, and even on vacation, I love small businesses.

Here’s the thumbnail that was in the Google email:

Canton Hong Kong Festin de Chine