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Vacation Day 6
Dec. 30th, 2010 02:44 amTrying to post daily, but since P and I are spending a lot of time together, lately, if you read both of us you will read a lot of overlap. Sorry!
Today was Fun Day, and for us that generally means a car trip somewhere. We decided on western MA, since it was a medium-long trip and had good food at the end. We also pulled Suzanne into our wake, so she was forced along to Panda East in Amherst, and La Fiorentina (MAN that's a lame website), here's a better image, and Herrell's in Northampton (plus other, non-food-related places). Got to say hi to her eldest child and the pets, so that was good, too. Had a reasonably good drive (made better by my heated seats in my car — so awesome), made it home alive and collapsed. Did all the driving, so I seriously appreciated flopping on my bed after.
A couple of notes about our food experiences: I went to Panda East A LOT during my 90+ years of college, so I admit to a strong bias. And honestly? It was pretty much exactly as I remembered it. Great scallion pancakes! Pretty great hot and sour soup! Everything else was pretty good!
La Fiorentina was as unbelievably delicious as always, but I ordered two cannolis and two eclairs and came home with one cannoli and two eclairs. Le sigh. I should have opened the box, but they tape 'em up and I wasn't ready to eat them yet.
And finally Herrell's: First of all, there was one employee behind the counter actively working, and another employee behind the counter flirting with some cute boy. That's fine, but flirt and WORK at the same time. It turns out she was "on break", but hey, get out from behind the counter then, and don't cause us undue agita. Secondly, the working employee was slow as molasses. Why do some ice cream joints still use the stick blenders? They take FOREVER and require constant attention. Get a real blender and figure a way to rinse in between orders. And finally? YUM. I love their fudge, and I love their whipped cream. Those two ingredients are why I go there at all. And the smoosh-ins are great, too. Ah, Herrell's. Such a mixed bag!
Didn't do much this evening, other than eat my one delicious cannoli from the aforementioned La Fiorentina. Tomorrow I need to make sure Mom gets her staples out; I'd also like to swing by a Comcast and return all my equipment. So happy with RCN right now. Will probably wear off, but for now? Saving almost $60 per month AND having a more awesome service? is sooooo nice. I wish every town had options for cable service. Competition is indeed a good thing.
Today was Fun Day, and for us that generally means a car trip somewhere. We decided on western MA, since it was a medium-long trip and had good food at the end. We also pulled Suzanne into our wake, so she was forced along to Panda East in Amherst, and La Fiorentina (MAN that's a lame website), here's a better image, and Herrell's in Northampton (plus other, non-food-related places). Got to say hi to her eldest child and the pets, so that was good, too. Had a reasonably good drive (made better by my heated seats in my car — so awesome), made it home alive and collapsed. Did all the driving, so I seriously appreciated flopping on my bed after.
A couple of notes about our food experiences: I went to Panda East A LOT during my 90+ years of college, so I admit to a strong bias. And honestly? It was pretty much exactly as I remembered it. Great scallion pancakes! Pretty great hot and sour soup! Everything else was pretty good!
La Fiorentina was as unbelievably delicious as always, but I ordered two cannolis and two eclairs and came home with one cannoli and two eclairs. Le sigh. I should have opened the box, but they tape 'em up and I wasn't ready to eat them yet.
And finally Herrell's: First of all, there was one employee behind the counter actively working, and another employee behind the counter flirting with some cute boy. That's fine, but flirt and WORK at the same time. It turns out she was "on break", but hey, get out from behind the counter then, and don't cause us undue agita. Secondly, the working employee was slow as molasses. Why do some ice cream joints still use the stick blenders? They take FOREVER and require constant attention. Get a real blender and figure a way to rinse in between orders. And finally? YUM. I love their fudge, and I love their whipped cream. Those two ingredients are why I go there at all. And the smoosh-ins are great, too. Ah, Herrell's. Such a mixed bag!
Didn't do much this evening, other than eat my one delicious cannoli from the aforementioned La Fiorentina. Tomorrow I need to make sure Mom gets her staples out; I'd also like to swing by a Comcast and return all my equipment. So happy with RCN right now. Will probably wear off, but for now? Saving almost $60 per month AND having a more awesome service? is sooooo nice. I wish every town had options for cable service. Competition is indeed a good thing.
