A Year In Restaurants
Part II

The Diary Project is Born

• Succulent Steak
• Airy Chips
• So fine, the double chips were the best.
• Smooth Salsa
• Delicate even.
• Taste won out over heat.
• My eyes are rolling back as I savor every bite.
• I asked for a meal to remember.
• I got it.
• So good...
• I'm a bit high.

Starting with barbecue:

• Was the service for sh!te?
• Or was I in a sh!tty mood?
• The table held a cornucopia of BBQ sauces.
• Fun!
• A mountainous pile of meat...
• Struggling from betwixt two buns...
• Is what the website showed.
• But not so much in person.
• After walking out, my first thought was 'So when are we going to eat?'

Moving on to...

• Art
• Show.
• Concert.
• Plenty of inspiration, ideas for art of my own:
• Primary color posterize...
• Rippling swirls.
• We had Artisinal Chocolate for dessert.
• And at $3/oz, it had better be art!
• Finishing it all off with the art of marketing...
• And trying on a $20,000 necklace to see how it hangs.

I'd have to say, 'All in all, it was a delightful day.'

Starting with the food:

• Huge!
• Yes it is, but please do not make a face when I say to put it in front of me.
• It is my pizza. I will be eating all of it. And I will contaminate whatever I might leave behind if I want to.
• There was nothing to leave behind!
• A good crust... No, a great crust!
• Too bad I will be wasting so much of it.
• But I will not be spending the rest of the day lugging leftovers around.
• And in the end, a pile of uneaten crust...
• And a sandwich bag of melted cheese sausage topping delight to take with me when I go.
• I knew there was a reason I had taken to carrying around sandwich bags.

Ending with the ambiance:

• High again!
• Not a bad side-effect from eating food!
• Crazy Bird!
• That's a cigarette!
• Sorry, my mistake. It's a Sour Patch Worm
• Carry on, then.
• I am still angry.
• The background anger is real.
• Very real
• So angry...
• I'm walking a tightrope.
• Or maybe that's just the after dinner entertainment.

And since the text comes first (long before I review the photos of the day), I wonder what I will be posting. I know for sure any images of the high-wire act would have been disappointing. I guess, that's why I did not take any...

Items worth noting (on the day):

• Went to a Classical Concert in the park...
• And once over, heard Godzilla on the back beat from the fair another park over.
• A taste of this, a taste of that...
• I probably could have tasted a little more.
• Lottery! Lottery! Lottery!
• Er, actually, I was more than a bit turned off by the marketing...
• All the money they have to spare on such things.
• Tasty!
• But not so good I didn't go to an old standby to fill up, once I was done with the event.
• I gave a hand massage to another on the ride back, while overhearing a conversation spoken in computerese.
• The entertainment could not be more sublime.

I didn't eat anywhere special, just what I'll call snacks twice. But what follows is more in line with what I think I want from this space from now on.

• First item worth noting was a Catheter Advertisement...
• In a Sporting Goods Store, no less.
• It's pretty cool...
• For such a sweltering hot day.
• It's a bird! No, a plane!
• Um, sorry. It's a ZipLiner!
• Pallets of corn!
• And 55 gallon drums of grease!
• A wobbly rocking chair and salted peanuts.
• The best seat in the house.
• Courtesy of my, now, favorite airline.
• Gosh, but it's hot!
• I don't mind the rain.
• Ahem! I said, I don't mind the rain!
• He's a better dancer than I'd at first presumed.
• Or he's pretty fly for a crazy guy.
• Actually, he's quite good.
• Super Fly Crazy Guy!
• There are so many people taking photos of their food...
• It's time for me to stop.
• Every drop of sweat feels like an insect.
• I hope none of them are.
• Um, my ankles are dripping sweat.
• That's sweat, right?
• Right!
• Art makes about as much sense as the current legal order.
• Thankfully, both often come with air conditioning.
• Suki is passed out drunk...
• A train wreck that's fun to watch,
• Dancing with her drunken self.
• Hot thumping music...
• Sweat pouring.
• A different sort of endurance workout.
• Simply enduring it
• Smoke it if you got it!
• Otherwise, simply inhale deeply.
• For, the party is on!
• On the train (at the end of the day), overhearing a conversation about the important things in life...
• Alcohol and cigarettes figuring prominently.

• I find myself immersed in anger.
• I would much rather dabble in art and philosophy.
• But I am slowly coming to the realization:
  • Money is all that matters.
• Good art sells.
• What more do you need to know?
• An artistic history of the zombie apocalypse.
• Would I save a one?
• I ate lunch in the lobby of an old building.
• There was a five story balcony rimmed atrium...
• With only a single chandelier to fill the space.
• Do you care about the food?
• The Reuben was surprisingly tasty.
• Even if the food (overall) was amazingly mediocre.
• That's the third ping pong club I've seen today.
• Handily, located next to a darts club.
• OK. I'm lying.
• It's just the second.
• But I know where a third one is just a stone's throw away.
• If you're explaining why you shouldn't be arrested, maybe try walking away.
• I mean, if you're backing up to catch your breath.
• Maybe, just back up and walk completely away.
• There's a trumpeter playing in the park.
• He's not allowed.
• But I wonder if the security guards even know that.
• Now, that's a crappy movie.
• Thankfully, it's just a pre-feature short...
  • With ear shattering sound effects...
    • That make nails on a chalkboard sound like a symphony.
• But the crowd applauded, so they must have liked it.

• The food was the least of it.
• We had a mediocre hamburger...
• And a truly wonderful vegan burger with mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes.
• We bet on the horses...
• And had more winning tickets than losers.
• So, maybe, we were down a dollar on the day.
• Sunshine turning to rain clouds...
• On a beautiful summer day.
• Four hours of racing flew on by.
• I mean, it flew right on by.
• It was an exciting, fun-filled day.

• I'd thought we'd gone to that other place.
• But no, we'd gone to this one.
• The burgers...
• Were delightful...
• As was the conversation.
• In fact, the entire day was a delightful repeat.
• Same people.
• Same places.
• Same good times.
• I must be in Heaven.
• Psychedelic art.
• Truly works of wonder.
• The advertising banners did not do the artwork justice...
  • Failing to convey the visual effects, as they did...
    • Or did not, as the case may be.
• Sitting down...
• And not getting ice cream.
• But lots and lots of ice water.
• Oh, a boat ride both ways!
• I'm living the Vida da River Rat.

• The ball game...
• Went fast.
• Lunch was a bit of fine dining...
• Topped off with stale cannoli.
• The antique toy shop...
• Brought memories of yesteryear.


• Then its off to the riverside.
• The second town is better.
• You know, the one we went to last time, first.
• And topping the day off, there was a bit of ghoulish endeavors.
• Or you know, home ways are the best ways.
• Nope! Sorry! Sitting in the park, listening to a bagpipe band, it is!

• Mirrored reflections, broken into grids.
• I like the clouds the best.
• I wonder how I'd code such a cubist effect.
• The river.
• Working its way back to health.
• In the meantime, free fishing!
• Dark corner, out of the sun.
• Private booth, Cuban food, ordered a jibarito.
• I hope it is good.
• The ketchup packed a little punch...
• That was missing from the rest of the meal.
• Still, bacon fried frozen peanut butter and banana pancakes come rapidly to mind.
• You know, in answer to how would I improve what I just ate.
• Whoa!
• Got that glow!
• Chandeliers swaying to and fro.
• Got me a free ice cream bar.
• Cookies & Cream.
• I've got my reasons.
• Chase Greatness?
• No!
• Be greatness!
• Or at least, great!
• Street level ambient noise level measurements.
• To determine how hard we have to work to keep the outside out.
• Old friends, a chance meeting, a selfie.
• Let me tell you about this book I'm reading.
• Walking away, neither one looking back.
• Wrapping it up with reggae in the park.
• Best listened to a few blocks away.
• While reading Supreme Court Slips.

• Lazy days.
• Floating down the river.
• Low effort.
• Low effort food.
• I'll take to go and eat in the park.
• And eat like a king.
• Have I told you I'm looking for money.
• For an opportunity.
• I don't think I'd know it if I found it.
• Orchestra.
• Practising in the park.
• Conductor losing it.
• Well, in an alternate universe, he is losing it.
• Following the magician.
• Revealing his own card.
• Time and time, again.
• A quiet spot.
• To sit and read.
• And take delight in the unruly masses.
• A space underutilized.
• A city struggling to fight decay.
• Art? Yes! Yes! Good idea!
• I'd rather look at that than stand in the rain.
• His name was <redacted>.
• In town, laying over, between trains for the day.
• Drunk as a skunk.
• Off to buy more, looking to trade.
• Perhaps, the happiest guy, I'd met all day.
• Saw a taxi get a ticket.
• Wait! Taxis get tickets?
• Ah, maybe just this brand.
• Free ice cream.
• Again!
• It's the new way to advertise.

The side dishes are the best thing about Korean Food. Deep fried zucchini in a sweet fish sauce did not disappoint. The bland meat served in an ample bowl with rice and vegetable shavings needed the sauce. But then, dishes like this always need the sauce. That is what the sauce is for.

Arriving late, we got to sit next to the owner's table where all of the employees where grilling the new Haole Hire, daring him to eat the squid.

$20 Food
$20 Drink

Wow! Good thing I do not drink that much. It really adds up.

And then, of course, there was the loud music, eventual drunken brawl, and a quick cut down a back alley to avoid the police dragnet, looking for someone, who came no where close to matching my description.

Note, 'I regret nothing. Nothing!'

But 'Honey, I think, maybe, I'll stay in tonight,' you know, lay low for a while.

I wonder how many of these Ethnic Places are owned by the same clan?

• Boat ride.
• Turns into taxi.
• Lazy walk.
• Becomes a Quest for food.
• Hot-hot food.
• Really hot.
• I mean, really-really hot.
• It was hot.
• A bit too hot.
• 'May I have some water, please?'.
• 3570.
• Or 9250.
• A grand opulent building.
• A memorial done right.
• Dreaming of imaginary friends.
• A memorial.
• With membership (and dues) for each.
• Been here an hour, now.
• A mausoleum to ourselves.
• Six hundred visitors a year?
• That can't be right.
• Monet's Garden.
• At the zoo.
• A wild praying mantis the best exhibit.
• Pizza.
• Meat lovers.
• A bit tough for me.
• But others rated it higher.
• First phone app car ride.
• I will not be downloading.
• Off to the tourist bridge.
• Closed!
• Time for a movie in the park.
• Free ice cream!
• Score!
• And score, again!
• Train ride to end it all.
• Cannot be over soon enough.
• Watermelon.
• Sweet-sweet watermelon.
• I think I'm in love.

• Death by Chocolate.
• I must be in Heaven.
• Italian delight.
• Real cannoli.
• So, now, I have had cannoli.
• Paid for by a dash in the rain.
• Breakfast buffet.
• Family style.
• Followed by a little exercise.
• By way of vacuuming and light housekeeping.
• Soup and sandwich special.
• Followed by talk of politics.
• Which to me, means economics.
• So, maybe it's time for a nap.
• Lasagna with salad.
• Scrumptious.
• Hit religion.
• Missed politics.
• Oh, I almost forgot the gin and tonic.
• Nasty few sips of a drink, that was.
• Early morning wake up.
• Croissants and hot chocolate.
• Followed by a traffic jam caused by a foot race.
• On the way to a water race.
• Rooftop view as the morning clouds slowly burned off.
• A fabulous cheese and farm fresh tomato omelet.
• With talk.
• Talk.
• And more talk.
• Seriously, guys, isn't it time for a nap.
• Trapped in the car.
• A long debriefing deconstructing the visit.
• I need a pizza.
• And time to think about what I've done wrong.
• But seriously, if you know me at all by now, you know it, simply, wasn't my fault...

• Eating chocolate for breakfast on the train.
• Listening to a half dozen high school boys.
• And the concerns of the youth of today.
• Chocolate company with rail tanker car pumping itself out.
• I like to believe it's 10,000 gallons of liquid chocolate.
• Smells like it.
• Though, the stray cocoa beans down the way turned out to be gravel.
• Walking through the Magnificent West, just North of the River.
• Call it the Gold Coast.
• Preacher loves the heat.
• He knows the church has AC.
• A sacrament of food makes a lot more sense when the threat of starvation is real.
• Air show.
• It begins.
• Blocks away.
• Jet fighters echoing thru the Sky...
  • Scrapers.
• Air filled with stunt flying daring do.
• And the sound of inane announcers.
• It's fun being in the press of the crowd.
• But a lot easier to think away from the announcer's endless drone.
• If only they thanked someone (or more likely something) worthwhile.
• 'Hey! Let's give it up for the weather!'.
• 'And how about those free water fountains?'.
• The roar of the planes.
• The crush of the crowd.
• While avoiding puffs of magical smoke.
• Folks enjoying a cement beach.
• I must be developing a nice even burn.
• Speed bikers.
• Among slow walkers.
• Ice cold water... four takers.
• Free water fountain... twelve.
• Fools...
  • And their money.
• Or maybe, you just can't take it with you.
• 'Watch your step. There's a step up here.'
• 'Those planes look a lot cooler when they're not dropping bombs on you.'
• And if the government and the market are one.
• I think it's time to go shopping.
• Char Dog.
• Polish Dog.
• I've, now, had a Dog.
• The Char was better.
• The luxury sports car was not luxury enough.
• I have...
  • Well, I'd say expensive.
  • But maybe just Pick Up Truck tastes.
• He's got really nice clothes.
• Too nice to be asking others to pay his 'licensing fees'.
• Missed the concert.
• I didn't know there was a concert.
• Just as well, lots else doing.
• And now, I'm planning tomorrow.

• It begins.
• I'm kind of Elitist.
• Not many people can say that.
• Street side cafe.
• Enjoying the shade.
• Cool cats.
• Snapping to the beat.
• The hair weaves are growing out.
• Getting longer.
• Jazz Piano.
• There'll be jazz all day long.
• Night, too.
• Just you wait and see.
• Lamb, ribs, and waffle fries.
• Got to pay extra for the waffle fries.
• 555.
• Not quick enough to keep the straight running one more.
• Master of puppets.
• A retrospective.
• A whole lot of sitting around.
• Not much energy for anything else.
• Red-Red Wine.
• Oh, and a jazz flutist.
• Modern new age jazz.
• Complete with theremin.
• Good Gravy!
• Now, there's a soothing turn of phrase.
• Tattoos on the ride back in commemoration of a lost love.
• Or a suicide.
• Or something.
• A brighter end to the day than at first might seem.

No pictures, today.
I think I overdid it on Air Superiority.

• Too sick for notes.
• Well, we'll see.
• It's been awhile since I've eaten.
• Half rations at best... yesterday.
• So, I hope the curry is good.
• Or at least, I can keep it down.
• Spicy.
• Tasty.
• I'm totally out of it.
• Left a bit of rice.
• That's not like me.
• Japanese restaurant.
• Mexican music playing in the kitchen.
• Real jazz, baby, has soul.
• Piano work.
• Drowning out the rest.
• Or using it as a backdrop.
• I have no idea how you tell how a song sounds from reading a prose review.
• Or the contents of a day from a few simple notes.
• The kid's stroller comes with its own fan.
• No doubt, next year's model will come with full-on AC.
• My shirt commemorates The Four Preps playing in Catalina.
• So says a passing stranger.
• Wearing the same threads in blue rather than beige.
• In retrospect, I did not take advantage of the situation as I should have.
• Also, the note-editing features on this phone really suck.
• A half dozen miss-strikes, deleting random words and phrases, to insert this comment.
• She likes to whoop and holler.
• Still ringing in my ear.
• Festival Ribs.
• Ironically, not the best ribs I've had this week.
• The sound check is soothing enough.
• At least the drummer is wearing a tux.
• Maybe, he didn't get the memo.
• Clouds moving in.
• Shade!
• Shade, Everywhere!
• I almost lost my lucky charm.
• That would have sucked.
• "And let me just say, you are the most obnoxious," and so on.
• Of course, I was sitting right there and failed to notice the infraction.
• Also, he removed the (high hat) symbols from his drum set, before he left the stage.
• I guess, they go missing.

Thai Food
Quality Tom Ga
Sweet Chicken Larb
Hot & Spicy KaPoW!

Shopping! Shopping! Shopping!

Slider King
Will do again (and soon, most likely), but the chocolate shake was the best part. The burgers were more of a fun gimmick than anything else.

Shopping! Shopping! Shopping!

'Yawn. I'm tired. Let's go home.'

• Venezuelan food in the park.
• And just sitting for hours.
• Nice long pleasant hours.
• Well, minutes, anyway.
• $5,479.
• How much I'm spending a day for the rest of my life.
• Assuming I win the Big Prize in the Lottery, tonight.
• Decadent donuts.
• A repeat.
• Well, not the flavors.
• Either way, well worth it.
• Opera fills the night.
• Complete with visions of Dragon Scale Eyes.
• Discount code?
• We don't need no stinking discount code!
• Drunk as a skunk, they were.
• And then, we saw a skunk.
• No. No. You go first.

• Yeah, baby.
• Grove with Christ.
• Jazz.
• Dancing girl.
• What more do you want out of a church service?
• They even had cookies and fruit spears at half time.
• High finance.
• Crunching those numbers.
• Darts and barbecue.
• A classic combination.
• A fun half day.

• School sales or winter coats.
• Too late for the one.
• Too early for the other.
• Gyros!
• So cheap, they paid us to eat there.
• So tasty, we'll do it again.
  • And soon.
• Boots.
• Got a new pair.
  • Lightly used.
• A very lazy day.

$2 Parking

• Car fight.
• Do the clothes fit?
• Escargot!
• It's what's for lunch.
• Gooey brie.
• Tender escargot.
• Light lobster salad.
• Cheesy ham crepe.
• In sum total, it was Elegant Sufficiency.
• Antiques.
• Army navy.
• The Sherlock Holmes mystery store has it all.
• Along with the best restroom of the lot.
• A nice pair of rocking chairs, too.
• While the post book club discussion group ambiance was divine.
• Clothes, antiques, glittery place, antique, antique.
• Shopping is fun.
• Especially when you're the only ones around.
• A Hard No on the fru-fru glamour ball.
• Sitting in a coffee house.
• You know the one.
• With a sudden desire to engage in a fantasy collector card game.
• Too bad there's no one around to challenge.
• I lost the bet.
• Drat!
• You remember, the discussion in the car, back at the beginning.
• Eating again.
• Plant in the restroom.
• Not sure if I'm supposed to piss on it.
• Opa!
• Abundanza!
• The sampler plate wins again.

• Indian Summer.
• Cooler than one might expect.
• Such a sunny day.
• Even the bums are smiling.
• Curry bowl.
• Lots of vegetables.
• Well, it's a vegetarian place.
• So, what did you expect?
• A swing.
• And a miss.
• When I order a curry bowl, I want a pool of curry.
• Not a drizzle of dressing on a rice salad.
• This might be the worst curry I have ever tasted.
• Mainly, because there wasn't any curry.
• The rice was pretty tasty, though.
• He's having a hard time of it.
• And I can't really tell why.
• Floating.
• Drifting.
• Letting the waves crash over me.
• Not very turbulent today, though.
• Flat.
• Serene.
• Is the drummer going to the strike or not?
• Hit and run.
• It's the drink-run for everyone else at the end of his shift.
• Lecture time.
• Silk.
• The silk slave connection.
• Subversiveness was never so entertaining.
• A walk.
• Almost forgettable.
• Hamburgers.
• Donuts.
• Got to do something to take-off the edge.
• Those drummers disappeared quickly.
• Different drummers.
• Hey! Almost lecture time.
• Again.
• Sitting.
• Waiting.
• At peace.
• I feel educated.
• A funny old bloke of a chap.
• With familial connections.
• Nice walk in the warm evening breeze.
• Peace of mind.
• I have it.
• But for how long.

• Lazy start.
• Too lazy to read an old school computer gaming magazine, even.
• Betting the ponies.
• Lost it all.
• But the day raced by.
• Pizza.
• I'm buying.
• We're getting the good kine.

I scored on the leftovers, as (partially) shown above:

Half a prime rib dinner, complete with butter ladened baked potato.

Half a duck with orange sauce.

And more bread sticks than you can shake a bread stick at.

• I saw them start their journey at the very beginning.
• Good on them.
• The art is lacking that certain something.
• High powered drugs.
• Yeah, definitely missing the drugs.
• A fun exchange talking nonsense.
• All season long and they still haven't raised enough money for a permit.
• Take the hint, dude.
• No one likes your act.
• I like flashing lights.
• Sirens, not so much.
• He's not chewing on a pen.
• He's smoking an e-cigarette.
• If he has anything to say about it, I'm going to Hell.
• Pity.
• I was quite enjoying my time with him.
• That's a lot of weed to be throwing by the side, dude.
• Can I call you 'dude'?
• OK. Mr Gangster Sir, it is.
• He's very orange.
• 'Don't you know this is a Blue Man town?'
• Burrito el cheap-o.
• Let's see if it's any good.
• Best $5 Burrito ever.
• Ever.
• Still, my resolve for always new is weakening.
• Dude should have gotten the door.
• I mean, you're a doorman.
• Right, dude?
• Under lights so bright, I can feel the heat.
• They like the orange shoes.
• Glowing neon.
• 'Comfortable in the Chaos'
• I can't remember where this comes from.
• And then, the River Walk.
• But I'm done.
• Time to find a train.

Day One

• Starting it all with a pleasant walk to the train station in the near-rain.
• College boys vying for supremacy in Theme Park knowledge.
• Chinese food for lunch, while snuggling close on the second leg of the trip.
• Taxi!
• Taxi!
• So, how is this done?
• Met the coolest dude in town.
• And kissed the girl.
• Not bad for a time filler walk on a rainy day.
• Oh, yeah!
• Oh, yeah!
• Oh, yeah!
• Scrumptious meal.
• So much more than Elegant Sufficiency.
• True decadence.

Day Two

• A very dark room.
• Illuminated only by the endless possibilities of a couch.
• More possibilities.
• This time an empty table filled in by a family of twelve.
• While we slowly ate our bangers and mash.
• Long conversations with a ghost.
• The ease with which they blend.
• And their knowledge of the modern.
• I feel like a beer.
• Found my funeral home.
• Hope it's not an omen.
• Fears proved false.
• Old time diner for a delicious lunch.
• And deep conversation.
• Art by the lake.
• Such a view.
• Thousands of new pieces.
• How long does it take to get a cab around here?
• Awesome German food for supper.
• Well, parts of it.
• The sausages were not for me.
• And of what nationality does carrot cake descend?
• Early to bed.
• Means the day was tiring.
• And full of fun.

Day Three

• Scrumptious breakfast.
• Stocking up on the jelly.
• Walk through the old town.
• A glorious church.
• Reconstructing the local Federal Building.
• Off to a second-hand museum.
• A little hole in the wall.
• A delightful stop.
• Highly accessible.
• I weigh 220lbs.
• According to the penny scale.
• Suede carpet walls full of graffiti.
• Added some.
• Upscale Big Mac with cottage cheese for lunch.
• And off to the train to watch the colors change.
• For fall is in the air.

All in all, a very good trip!

• Going to the theater.
• Nothing playing.
• Watching others who went to the theater to watch others...
  • Even though nothing was playing.
• A full house.
• For the open house.
• Easy going.
• 'Find a way to live out your skills'.
• In a chapel in the sky.
• Vertigo.
• Looking up.
• Scared of falling down.
• An old building.
• Recently renovated.
• While protesters march far below.
• Blues.
• Ribs.
• And live singing.
• More than the band bargained for.
• Office.
• Office.
• Office.
• Hotel for a change of pace.
• And now, it's drinking time.
• Another round of ginger ale?
• Or should we head out?
• And to the train it is.
• Stumbling like zombies.

• Alone.
• Not everyone.
• But many.
• Each of us medicating in our own way.
• Thank you.
• You're welcome.
• I was being sarcastic.
• So was I.
• Awesome views for two days of the year.
• Better space and working conditions.
• In lieu of more money.
• Time is money.
• Or maybe the converse is true.
  • For most.
• Dirty printing.
• Oh, 3D printing.
• 'Up to the penthouse for a haircut, sir?'.
• Nice view.
• But the elegance is only skin deep.
• A long line.
• Long.
• Long-long.
• Well, maybe not so long.
• A lively conversation so close...
• You have to remind yourself you're not really in it.
• A safe in a safe.
• No doubt, with more safes inside.
• The plot can only go deeper.
• Inquisitive ones checking.
• Making sure all the safes are empty.
• Turns out the hinges are well oiled.
• 'A very male environment.'.
• Well, sometimes things are just ugly.
• From the Church of Money.
• To the Temple of God.
• Vetted by a 'Council of Grandmas'.
• Very Pyramid like.
• Now, that's a small holy relic.
• But what's the definitive Franciscan text?
  • Rule of St Francis.
  • And the, Testament of St Francis.
• Food on the run.
• Tasty.
• Saline injected chicken...
  • Or so I presume.
• But good.
• Solid.

• Whistle while you walk.
• Contest Food!
• I like to think the possibility of a prize is just the icing on the breakfast sandwich cake.
• The bums have set up office.
• Free fries.
• Score!
• Got my army jacket on.
• I feel like a thug.
• It's one of the reasons I bought a new jacket.
• But now and again, a thug feels about right.
• Watching the parade.
• As the pictures change much more slowly.
• Hanging on the wall.
• Running with the devil.
• OK. Fine.
• Eating at his restaurant.
• Fine. Whatever.
• At Cerberus's place.
• Nice ambience.
• Better than I would have expected from a three headed dog.
• Mango shake.
• Chunky.
• Listening to employees.
• Sounds like one Heck of a place to work.
• I am not at one with the TV Culture.
• Bears like beer.
• The whistling cure.
• New song.
• Once I hit BS.
• I usually stop reading.
• Well, maybe not usually.
• But if it's the first thing out the gate.
• Yeah.
• Another museum gallery to myself.
• Does no one think, anymore.
• Game of Thrones update.
• Someday, I'll watch.
• Iron meteorites.
• Heavy Metal from Outer Space.
• Or so, the museum placard assures me.
• Did I mention the half hour on a park bench staring at a gutted bike?
• Well, now I have.
• And back to the meteorites it is.
• Cutting it short.
• A leisurely stroll sounds more fun.
• Nope, it's not a submarine surfacing.
• Why would you think that?
• Just a trio of ducks coming in for a landing.
• I am a paranoid person.
• Turns out, it's not the cops.
• Just an old man on a scooter.
• Fries.
• Too many facial tattoos.
• Times two.
• Wearing an army jacket effects how I feel.
• How I blend.
• My internal monologue.
• And external expression.
• So says the man who carries around two phones.
• Taking the stairs two rungs at a time.
• Not a bad way to end the day.

• A car ride too long.
• But fun.
• Glorious mansions.
• What would it be like?
• The same-old same-old.
• Been here two, three times before.
• Mexican food.
• Well worth the repeat.
• Cost benefit analysis.
• Totally worth it.
• Now is not the time to think.
• Estate sale!
• Not much left.
• The dregs of a life.
• Trees!
• Everywhere you look, trees!
• Good walk.
• Good day.
• Looking forward to Bree.
• And pork roast.

• How to be happy.
• An introspection.
• Cranes moving cement.
• But why?
• They've got a spider.
• I guess they figure, they've got a crane, too.
• Fifty-five stories going up.
• Eighty-seven parking stalls ought to be enough.
• Warmed by the sight.
• Mayor's Board for People with Ethics.
• Eh, maybe I read that wrong.
• 'You good?'.
• I must look like a crazy.
• Free samples.
• Yippie.
• A smile on my face.
• Scraping concrete.
• A sound that echoes through your bones.
• Same-old. Same-old.
• I've had this lunch a hundred times before.
• Any guesses?
• Daydreaming in familiar environs.
• Membership has its privileges.
• From rags to riches in a block and a half.
• Good thing I loaded up on the cash.
• I see my face in The Mirror, again.
• Black Obsidian.
• Like some God of Old.
• Hmm!
• This note app has unforeseen features.
• Long walk.
• Tired.
• Legs are giving out.
• Falling into a rut.
• Food wise.
• But at least I bought a place to sit.
• Moseying down the drag.
• Exhausted & well fed.
• I've got that end of day high.
• Too tired to be happy.
• Drifting through time.
• I've gotten good at ignoring your endless lists of thanks.
• Clapping surrounds me.
• In the end, I left early.
• Done.
• Hard to stay happy when so tired.
• But tired is good.

• Showing a new friend old haunts.
• Let's see what Simon says.
• Reduction to absurdity.
• As one tries to explain the popularity of the inane.
• Dazing.
• Long talk with a friend.
• Different friend.
• No worries.
• Always a lie.
• But relaxed.
• An absence of edge.
• Calm.
• Fried Fish Rangoon.
• Lying through my teeth.
• Something fish.
• Who knows what I ordered for lunch.
• I've quietly stopped the no repeat project.
• It's an idea.
• No longer a goal.
• Ice measured to just the right amount.
• Added the soda.
• Perfectly full.
• Food high.
• Got to get that sleep high down, as well.
• Purple velvet.
• Plastic infused cotton.
• Green beret herbal hand cream.
• Marvelous mannequins.
• I do love the floor show.
• Downsized to a more intimate lecture hall.
• Artistic breakthrough.
• The students declined to attend.
• Slideshow for consistent flow.
• A study in captivity.
• From interesting to boring.
• Quick jaunt, ending the day.

• Winter is coming?
• It's here.
• It's his pizza place.
• And he'll say what he wants.
• It's part of the fun.
• Pizza.
• Small.
• Meh, crust.
• Loads of cheese.
• I like the sauce.
• The clams sucked.
• And yet, I'm high.
• Happy days.
• Still, I never need to eat there again.
• Wandering through an exhibit on primitive people.
• Wondering about strategies for my current game.
• A lost hour.
• Fading away.
• Nice filter.
• But the pictures are fundamentally uninteresting.
• Protest.
• Down with... something.
• I'm not even kidding.
• Cold.
• Walk down a tunnel just to get out of the wind.
• And now, I'm officially tired.

There really is nothing else to say.

• Start with cocoa and chess.
• Move on to thoughts of computer world destruction.
• While outside, white and black.
• Snow and pavement.
• Gliding on by.
• Char Su.
• And whatever those noodles are.
• No.
• No money to spare.
• No on the hand cream.
• Free book.
• Some promotion.
• Skimmed.
• Not jealous.
• No, not.
• But, also, not worth carrying around.
• Comics shop.
• Who knows what I want?
• Big week.
• Stan Lee died, so comics have hit the mainstream.
• Sadder after the stop.
• Likely has more to do with feeling like a stranger in the store.
• Or memories from youth.
• Stan Lee means nothing to me.
• Oh, I mention this Stan Lee business, because the manager was being interviewed, on account thereof.
• I guess he's one of the anointed representatives.
• Spending lots of money.
• At least, it's not on me.
• So, now on me.
• Crowded bar.
• Noisy.
• Mescal is at home.
• Time to get my learning on.
• Why?
• The answer is probably worth...
• Everything else.

• Cozy train ride.
• Decadent dining.
• Meh, parade.
• But at ground zero for the fireworks.
• Echoing off the buildings.
• Easy walk along the river.
• Before calling it a night.

• Checking out the jewelry counter.
• I already have better.
• For less.
• Mean looks.
• Or kind.
• So hard to tell.
• I barely know what I am giving.
• What song would I whistle?
• Pop Goes the Weasel, apparently.
• A study in honor.
• And found wanting.
• Solid repeat for a late lunch.
• Spicy fried beef in tangy sauce.
• I've had it a hundred times before.
• Got that food high.
• And super tired.
• Though, not sleepy.
• Didn't sleep last night.
• I bet he loves that dog.
• Just like...
• I loved a cat...
  • Once.
• With racing stripes.
• An excursion to an English Country manor.
• Ostentatiously cozy.
• That old time religion.
• With jazz.
• Computers at the cop store.
• Wait, that's not right.
• Socks are no longer in season.
• And likely will not be for a year or two.
• A smoking glove.
• For cigars, don't you know.
• Quick run to the train.
• Running late.
• Plenty of time to spare.
• Lonely night, ahead.

• Lovely drive.
• Walking the main.
• Hamburgers with an attitude.
• It may have been mine.
• Hey, a huge storm is expected.
• Might not make it home.
• But first, a parade.
• How many s'mores can you eat?
• Let's find out.
• Parade.
• From a cop's point of view.
• Complete with psychedelic prismatic glasses...
• And spiked hot chocolate.
• Brunswick Stew.
• Watery.
• Horses with jingle bells.
• The warmth of an open door.
• And an open fire.
• Worst fireworks show ever.
• Fun in its failure.
• Less the whole frozen hands and feet, waiting for it part.

• Third snow.
• First blizzard of the year.
• Six inches.
• No power.
• Quiet walk in the snow.
• Hearty lunch.
• Or at least, I hope.
• Warm lights.
• Comfortable seats.
• Empty restaurant.
• But waiter wants us to order more.
• Way more food than I need.
• So-so (as in, meh) inventive Mexican.
• But it's good to feel stoned.
• That post food easy going bliss.
• Now, off to the snow.
• Car problems.
• Never good.
• Now, it's library time.
• A slow walk.
• Christmas lights in the park.
• Snow covered train.
• And lights!
• Finally, lights!
• Time to settle in.
• And get cozy.

• I went to buy silver.
• I thought it would be coins.
• Maybe an earring.
• It turned out being a necklace.
• 85.94 grams.
• I presume sterling.
• I paid $100.
• So, twice the spot price.
• Never found the second purchase.
• It wasn't through lack of trying.
• They're shutting the place down.
• Maybe we'll go back.
• But I doubt it.
• Slushy hail mixed with rain.
• Running inside for burritos.
• Scraping ice from my hair.
• Everyone is happy to see us today.
• Didn't get any shopping done for Christmas.

• Train ride in, thinking about the game.
• CIV IV.
• And the show.
• Game of Thrones.
• The main event is an art show.
• Unfortunately, I've seen it all before.
• Still, a few good ideas.
• Maybe I'm just naturally a downer.
• Pulling away from it all.
• Or maybe, there isn't as much all for one and one for all, as there was in the past.
• Thai Food.
• Into the repeats.. but long enough ago, it is as good as new.
• Oh, and it's not really Thai Food.
• Well, I think I got the Christmas shopping done.
• Nothing from here.
• I still have the food aisle to go.
• To bake or buy?
• As I may just need the icing on the cake.
• Breakfast sandwiches for dinner, next.
• No, I will not buy you any.
• Perhaps the gallery curators are subversive.
• And are trying to destroy any latent respect for the Artistic World that may still linger on in my soul.
• I am losing my respect for art.
• In truth, the puddle of mud just outside the door is as beautiful, captivating, and raw as anything inside.
• Time for a play.
• A transformed and 'agitated' version of the original.
• So bad.
• So unbelievably bad.
• It begs the question.
• Is any exhibit cancelled on account of total crapitude.
• On the bright side, the panel seemed to love it.
• The panel, obviously, consisting of idiots.
• Or ringers.
• So bad.
• So-so bad.
• No!
• I will not give you $1.75.
• My answer being implicit.
• Not explicit.

• A cold day.
• Watching our boys in service shiver and shake.
• Food.
• Lots and lots of food.
• Art.
• If you say so.
• Getting tired.
• Headed for an early train.
• I don't normally care for chewing on gloves.
• Huh, still don't.
• Long long-long long-long-long ride home.

• Ran out of battery.
• I hate it when I run out of battery.
• Too hot.
• Too expensive.
• I joke.
• One of the best Indian Buffets, yet.
• I haven't been to a bowling alley in a long time.
• Some people suck at keeping secrets.
• Only three more baking days till Christmas.
• A long time shopping.
• For what is basically a short outing.

And after all is said and done, I am pleased with the way this project has swerved. The outing synopsis are far more important to me. The flavour of a day trumping the flavour of a meal any day, week, or month of the year.