Cheese, anyone?
Funny how I had to come to North Carolina to get a Wisonsin t-shirt, but nonetheless, I love it!
Friday, May 19, 2006
Funny how I had to come to North Carolina to get a Wisonsin t-shirt, but nonetheless, I love it!
McCafe
Beth and I are back in NC this weekend to attend a job fair for teachers and meet with our realtor. One of the things we noticed last time we were here were these coffee houses called McCafe. Take a look at the picture above. Starbucks? No. Seattle's Best? No. Tully's? No. Peet's? No. Ready? .................. it's MCDONALD'S! Yes, folks, McDonald's has joined the fray and now has their own coffee houses (part of a normal McDonald's) that offer up all the hot, iced and frozen delights of the chains, as well as wrap sandwiches, pastries and smoothies.Beth and I met here in Raleigh this morning -- she coming from Las Vegas (via Philadelphia) and I from New York. Beth's flight was about an hour and a half late due to weather so I picked up the rental car and headed for the McCafe we saw near the airport last time we were here. Surprisingly, it was quite nice inside. I sat down in a comfy chair with my $1.50 Americano and began reading the Da Vinci Code (reading it a second time in preparation for the movie, which, BTW, opened today). Yep, they even have WiFi, too, although I'm not sure if it was free or not. The atmosphere was such a departure from your normal McDonald's. I enjoyed that I only paid a buck fifty for my joe and still had the comfortable atmosphere to delve into my book and get lost on the street's of Paris with Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu.
One of the other nice things about McCafe is if you dine-in, beverages are served in nice, over-sized mugs reminding me more of the mom-and-pop java houses than national chains.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Good Morning Baltimore!*
Beth, with her magical powers, was able to secure four tickets to see Hairspray today at the Luxor. (Of course, I can't reveal her secrets!) We went with Beth's parents, an impromptu and free Mother's Day treat for Dale, well, Beth too since she has fur babies. The show was a lot of fun and even had some hillarious impromptu in the middle where two of the actors lost it! It was hysterical... and very fun. It was nice to have a good laugh and be entertained.Hairspray was on our list of "wants" in terms of shows we wanted to see here in Vegas. Now we just need to see Mama Mia and we'll have completed the theatre side of the "to do before we move" list.
*Title of opening song
Friday, May 12, 2006
FFs (funny forwards)
Got this via email today and found it too funny not to share.
WHY DO MEN SNORE WHEN THEY LIE ON THEIR BACKS?
(because their balls fall over their butt-hole and they vapor lock)
WHY DO MEN SNORE WHEN THEY LIE ON THEIR BACKS?
(because their balls fall over their butt-hole and they vapor lock)
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Fingers crossed!
Please, please... BUY MY HOUSE! We had an open house on Sunday that resulted in zero, nada, zilch. Not just wasn't anyone not interested, they were so not interested to the point NO ONE showed up. However, we did have a realtor bring by a client after hours (had nothing to do with the open house) and her client really, really liked our house! So much so she has narrowed her choices down to our house and one on the complete other side of town.
She has always lived in Green Valley (Henderson - other side of town) and is not familiar with this area. BUT, her sister lives on the street behind us... like a five minute walk max! The realtor says there are many reasons for her to choose our house, not to mention it behooves the realtor to push our house since we are offering a higher kickback to her.
We should know in the next couple of days whether she selected our house or the one in GV. Please, please BUY MY HOUSE!
My mother says I need to plant a St. Joseph in my front yard. Dad claims he needs to be buried upside down to really make it work. I don't know if I believe in any of it. I just want my house to sell. Beth and I are off to North Carolina in a week and a half and it'd be nice to put in an offer on a house while we're there... something we won't do until our house here is under contract. This would work out beautifully! We're motivated sellers! Make us an offer and we'll see what we can do!
In the meantime, I'm off to New York tonight and Barbados tomorrow... only to be left without cell service, no connection to civilization -- when do you think the magic phone call will come? You guessed it. FINGERS CROSSED, toes too.
She has always lived in Green Valley (Henderson - other side of town) and is not familiar with this area. BUT, her sister lives on the street behind us... like a five minute walk max! The realtor says there are many reasons for her to choose our house, not to mention it behooves the realtor to push our house since we are offering a higher kickback to her.
We should know in the next couple of days whether she selected our house or the one in GV. Please, please BUY MY HOUSE!
My mother says I need to plant a St. Joseph in my front yard. Dad claims he needs to be buried upside down to really make it work. I don't know if I believe in any of it. I just want my house to sell. Beth and I are off to North Carolina in a week and a half and it'd be nice to put in an offer on a house while we're there... something we won't do until our house here is under contract. This would work out beautifully! We're motivated sellers! Make us an offer and we'll see what we can do!
In the meantime, I'm off to New York tonight and Barbados tomorrow... only to be left without cell service, no connection to civilization -- when do you think the magic phone call will come? You guessed it. FINGERS CROSSED, toes too.
