Saturday, October 25, 2008
Killing trees
I had them hold my mail while I was away for two weeks at conferences for work. This is the pile to which I returned home.Most of it was junk :(
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Guy Fieri is 0 - 2
One of Craig's favorite TV shows is Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. For the past few months, every time Guy Fieri, the host, visited a location in San Antonio, I made a note in my phone so I could have my brother take me there when I went to visit him. My first night in San Antonio, we went to The Cove, a diner with a car wash and laundromat. Watch this clip and you can see why I wanted to go there.
http://thecove.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=54
Bob ordered the lamb burger and I got the fish taco platter. We switched one taco for half the lamb burger so I could taste both. Both items were very spicy and it was difficult to taste anything but the heat and I typically enjoy spicy food. If you are in San Antonio, I don't recommend you go out of your way to eat here.
My second day in San Antonio, we went to The Tip Top, another restaurant
featured on Triple D. It is a family owned joint that has been open for over 70 years. Look at the pile of onion rings we got! Restaurants should serve onion rings with BBQ sauce (or that yummy onion ring sauce they have at Burger King). I got a hamburger and the meat had a really good taste. Bob got the chicken fried steak, which was huge but the breading was disappointing and they served it with french fries. Chicken Fried Steak should always be served with mashed potatoes. The food was okay and not expensive but the service was terrible. Another place, i recommend you don't go out of your way to patron.
http://thecove.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=54
Bob ordered the lamb burger and I got the fish taco platter. We switched one taco for half the lamb burger so I could taste both. Both items were very spicy and it was difficult to taste anything but the heat and I typically enjoy spicy food. If you are in San Antonio, I don't recommend you go out of your way to eat here.
My second day in San Antonio, we went to The Tip Top, another restaurant
featured on Triple D. It is a family owned joint that has been open for over 70 years. Look at the pile of onion rings we got! Restaurants should serve onion rings with BBQ sauce (or that yummy onion ring sauce they have at Burger King). I got a hamburger and the meat had a really good taste. Bob got the chicken fried steak, which was huge but the breading was disappointing and they served it with french fries. Chicken Fried Steak should always be served with mashed potatoes. The food was okay and not expensive but the service was terrible. Another place, i recommend you don't go out of your way to patron.Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Remember the Alamo!
No trip to San Antonio would be complete without a visit to the Alamo or so I thought. I was expecting a well developed museum and site similiar to what Bob and I saw when we went to Fort Sumnter in South Carolina. Most of the Alamo was destroyed and what remains takes but a few minutes to view. There wasn't any movie or display about what happened there. The opportunity for a history lesson was totally missed. For some reason, the Alamo doesn't receive any federal or state financial support and maybe that has a lot to do with it. Silly. Anyways, here's some pictures from the outside of the Alamo. You couldn't take any
inside.
inside.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Eat this
I was walking the snack aisle looking for something to snack on that would be slightly healthy. I found these all natural, pistachio crisps. They are so good. You should buy a bag because I am not sharing :)
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