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Long Day
It was a long day – I worked until 11:00pm today. I was excited to get home, but thought I would hit up McDonald’s for their “two fillets-o-fish for $3″ lent deal thingy. On my way, I hit a pointless detour. There was a cop on the side of the road with some bloke, and he (the cop) had placed several unnecessary road flares on the road. Not sure why he felt blocking both lanes for a simple traffic stop was necessary, but I took the detour nonetheless.
Unfortunately, anyone familiar with the Appleton area knows that detouring Hwy 441 to get from the North side to the South side requires driving through town, through many red lights (gotta stop those College Avenue cruisers!). Doh!
I finally arrived at McDonald’s #1 (Memorial Drive). It was closed. I then took 441 Northbound to McDonald’s #2 (Calumet St). I went through the drive-through and began to order. “Two fillets-o-fish, please,” to which the lackey behind the speaker replied, “I’m sorry sir, we’re on our late night menu now.” What the hell does that mean, and what exactly is on the McDonald’s “late-night menu”? I see a breakfast menu, and a lunch/supper menu, but I see no “late-night menu.” Annoyed, I drove off to McDonald’s #3 (College Ave). It, too, was closed. What the hell? Those third-shift folks must be awfully skinny.
Frustrated and desparate to eat, I went to trusty ol’ Taco Bell. It was open, of course. I ordered the usual, and they didn’t even screw up my order this time!
In the end, I went home, ate my dinner, and watched King of the Hill before retiring to bed.
Weekend at Wendy’s
Christmas came and went so fast. I took Thursday and Friday off last week, so I had a nice, long 5-day weekend. Thursday was spent vegetating at home while Wanda was at work. On Friday, Wanda and I drove to Hudson, WI to visit her sister Wendy and boyfriend. We were unlucky enough to hit an amazing blizzard on the way. We stayed in a Super-8 Motel for two nights because it was the cheapest rate in the area. The motel was surprisingly pleasant, and the weekend went very well. Wanda and Wendy made their famous Fiala-family sour cream roast, a family tradition. It was quite good, as usual.
We watched the movie, “My Super Ex-Girlfriend.” I thought it was funny, but everyone else seemed to think it stunk. Wendy’s roommate had a cat with a crooked tail. It looked like it was broken and healed in a 90-degree angle. I tried to take a picture but was unsuccessful. It was sad, but the cat didn’t seem to mind.
We also went to the Bloomington Ikea store. It was my first time in an Ikea. If anything would entice me to move to the Cities area, it would be Ikea. Very sweet. We bought some shelves, a picture and frame.
On Monday, we had dinner (“supper” for those of you in Rio Linda) at my parents’ house. My mom made a delicious ham. It was nice catching up with my family. Unfortunately, I got wasted on margaritas and had a killer hangover the next morning.
All in all, a successful holiday with few casualties.
WPS Holiday Party 2006
Wanda and I attended a holiday party last night hosted by my employer at the S.C. Grand in De Pere. Dinner featured the usual entrees and was pretty good. After dinner we watched a Christmas musical written and performed by Let Me Be Frank Productions. The show was entertaining and very funny! They are an extremely talented group of people, and the singing was phenomenal. If you’re ever in the Green Bay area and want to treat yourself and significant other, consider a night of dinner theater with Frank’s.
One year closer to 30
I had my 28th birthday today. I’m not one to make a big deal out of the day, but the women of my life made sure it didn’t go without notice. I was given the choice of where to go to dinner tonight. I couldn’t resist Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp deal. I ate 40 shrimp scampi in total. Awesome, it was. I love Red Lobster. I went with Wanda and my mother. We had a great time.
My coworkers didn’t forget either. They gave me balloons and wished me a happy day. When I worked at the City they were quick to wish me well on my birthday as well. It turns out my current boss shares the same birthday (but not year) as me. No wonder we get along so well 
I still owe them a birthday treat, though. I knew that was coming, but was too tired to do anything about it last night. Perhaps next week…
Fast Food Nastiness
Why does it seem like the major fast food chains are trying their hardest to get us to stop eating their food?
- McDonald’s eyes Vietnamese catfish for sandwich
- KentuckyFriedCruelty.com – Be sure to watch the video links under the “Resources” menu. Very nasty.
Yes, I’ve been aware of the KFC site for awhile, which is the reason I don’t eat at KFC anymore even though I like their food very much, but I thought it was worth posting again.
Brats & Sausage
It’s no secret to those close to me that I love brats, although I am very finicky about which brands I’ll eat. I don’t like a brat to be chewy and look like a tube of flesh. I generally stay away from non-name brand brats because it’s too risky. I’ve found Johnsonville brats to be mediocre at best. My favorite brat brand is Klements, which is the winner by a long shot. Great taste and good consistency. When I was in Eau Claire, before Klements had really gained a market place there, I used to also enjoy Abbyland brats. They’re also quite good, but don’t have quite as much flavor as Klements. I also enjoy Klements breakfast sausages. Much more flavor than Johnsonville, and a lot less greasy than Jimmy Dean.
The Melting Pot
Wanda and I went to the The Melting Pot for Valentines day. It was extremely expensive, but I knew that getting into it. I though it would be nice to make up for Valentines days that I wasn’t so thoughtful for We had a good time – it was nice spending time together over a nice meal. A very nice place, indeed, but I don’t think it was our cup of tea.
For those who have never heard of it, The Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant. We got “The Big Night Out,” which consisted of about four courses – veggies and bread to dip in a tastey cheese fondue, salad, a main course of shrimp, fillet mignon, lobster, and stuffed ravioli, and desert of fruits and chocolates dipped in a white chocolate fondue. It was tastey for the most part, but not quite worth the price tag in our opinion. The lobster was terrible, although the rest of the main course was pretty good, though meager. The desert had too much bourbon in it and tasted like booze. A neat experience and a very nice place, but we’ll probably stick to our other local favorite, Good Company, in the future.
February 15th, 2005 
Food, Reviews 
Tags: fondue, Food, holiday, restaurants, review, valentines, more... Famous Dave’s
We went to Famous Dave’s for the first time the other day. It was good, but not great. The price was right, but I thought the quantity of the food could have been slightly higher and the chicken was all dark meat. Alternatively, at our other favorite Tex-Mex restaurant in Eau Claire, we can get double the portions and all white meat chicken breasts for the same price. Like I said, it was good, but not great.
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