Random thoughts flying back home

[OttoinGrotto]

My best chicken sandwich ever was at the Crack Shack in SD. Amazing.

Original Crack Shack is fantastic.

Interestingly, a restaurant ownership group opened up a bunch in Utah. It was good, but not quite as good as the original, and they all got pulled.

 

[shandeezy7]

Not everyone goes with duck fat fries. Shows a real lack of conviction by them.

RIP to the duck fries at the former Blue Monk on Elmwood Ave in Buffalo. Have never had a better french fry in my life.

 

[TexanMark]

My favorite is the Win-Dow but it's more local to LA. But I'm back in OC now so it's a haul. Think the closest to OC is in Long Beach.

Also there's this place in Santa Monica called Pono Burger that's a Hawaiian burger place, I think they only have one location but that place is really good.

I was just in Laguna Nigel at a friend's house...such a nice area.

 

[TexanMark]

Driving home from Vegas, my wife and I pull off somewhere after crossing into California for some gas and coffee. As much as I hate to do it we drive through McD’s for a breakfast and coffee. I order the steak egg and cheese bagel meal with a large black coffee. She orders the bacon egg and cheese meal with a large coffee. We got a sausage biscuit meal for Winston our French bulldog - photo added as a reference below. Now I haven’t been to McDonalds for a very long time, and I was shocked when the tab came in at over $40. Even Winston was shocked.


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If it was Baker...should have gone into "The Angry Greek" for food

 

[TexanMark]

What did Winston have at McDonalds?

No complaints about the McDonalds across from Mandalay. The Big Mac was $5.99 I think and solid when I went to go get more beer. 2 Egg McMuffins + 2 Coffees were $10.99 one morning. I almost never eat McDonalds so it usually hits the spot unless you get an awful location most of the time its just a diet coke for me and ice cream for my dog.

Has anyone drank a Busch Lite recently? I had one for the first time in a decade last year and its an amazing light beer super watery 4.1% no nasty taste. Each day I sunk around 20 of them between the pool and room with no hangover and was able to keep going at dinner or the game after. $7.99/12 or $1.05 per for 16oz. Very solid unsung heros of the trip. Modelo Agua Frescas for the lady came in better than expected as well. Lime Cucumber 10/10. Pineapple and Watermelon 7.5/10. Pink passionfruit wasn't great maybe 4/10 and the weak link in the 12 pack.

I bought more light beer than I ever did before for a tailgate. Cuz 104 degrees

 

[JeremyCuse]

I happened to be observing much of this with Tom.
I didn’t have a deep enough wallet to sit down at a black jack table ( 7 or 8 hands ) so I played a slot machine……. I don’t get it…. I know people that head to the Turning Stone once a month to play slot machines ….. again I don’t get it.
Vegas was a bucket list trip for me, and it was fun but I don’t think I will be back . I can see the appeal for a bachelor or bachelorette gig or something like that.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, I don't get the slot fascination at all. Walked through probably a half dozen casinos 98% of the people playing slots looked like they'd rather be anywhere else and appeared to be losing money hand over fist.

Did play a few slots as my parents wanted to just try them. Good lord you need a masters to figure out the combinations needed to win. I spent 5+ mins on one trying to figure it out and gave up.

Did put in a few sports book bets including Syracuse that hit wish i had bet more...