Don’t ask, don’t tell
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25464987/
An article about NYC restaurants and how they are now required to show calorie counts for their menu items. The funny part is not that the customers are upset that their favorite foods are bad for them, but that they are being forced to acknowledge the crap they are eating.
Despite the eye-opening revelations, whether New Yorkers will switch to lower calorie meals remains to be seen. They may just switch menus.
That’s what Fowler, the woman who was dining recently with her friends at T.G.I. Friday’s, decided to do.
“I’m so upset,” she said, noting some entrees — like the Jack Daniels ribs and shrimp dinner — contain almost 2,000 calories, and the desserts were more of the same (the brownie obsession is 1,500 calories).
Two things today that make me happy
One: Guns n Roses long awaited ‘Chinese Democracy‘ leaked today - at least 9 tracks did. It’s not art, but it’s closure.
Two: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25286161/
To lose weight and keep it off, eat a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates and protein, then follow a low-carb, low-calorie diet the rest of the day, a small study suggests.
The “big breakfast” diet works, researchers say, because it controls appetite and satisfies cravings for sweets and starches. It’s also healthier than popular low-carb diets because it allows people to eat more fiber- and vitamin-rich fruit, according to Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz, of the Hospital de Clinicas in Caracas, Venezuela.
Drunk 2 year old wraps wagon around tree
Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee’s. The explanation came when she opened the lidof the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.
“I wasn’t going to make a big deal about it,” the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, “but then he got sick.”
The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy’s drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee’s in the San Francisco Bay area.
Woman buys over $1K in tainted pet food
Woman buys over $1K in tainted pet food - Yahoo! News:
BEAUFORT, S.C. - A woman said she was so worried about reports of tainted pet food she spent more than $1,000 buying all the product she could find at her local Wal-Mart. Margaret Trask said she filled a shopping cart full of canned pet food made by Canadian company Menu Foods at the Beaufort Wal-Mart after hearing about the recall Friday.
She returned Wednesday morning to buy more food and came back that night to buy even more, but Trask said store officials asked her to leave.
Waffle House employees are smarter than the average bear
Too funny. The code is broken…
Supporting a opinion formed early in life that restaurant employees were some sort of special breed of genius, here is the Waffle House condiment code cheat sheet. Yes, your order is communicated via a code based on the arrangement of little packets of condiments on an empty plate. Everyone who has ever worked at a Waffle House is smarter than us. —MEGHANN MARCO
Coffee and Marlon Brando for Christmas
Am I too predictable or what?
Christmas is wrapping up, and after counting up the loot, I ended up with over $220 in Starbucks gift cards (and a damn nice SB mug from AC). Holy machiatto, Batman!
Thanks to my friends and family who are feeding my never ending addiction to caffeine. When my heart explodes, it will all be on your heads.
;)
I also got a few Polo shirts and a couple pairs of jeans to accommodate my increasingly expanding fat ass. There was a time when my ass was my best asset…now it’s my biggest. Sigh.
Like to eat? Like to save money? Like Mike?
Ok, that last one didn’t fit. But you should check out restaurants.com. You can get $25 gift certificates to pretty much anywhere for only $10.
VERY handy if you know you’re going to have a large group and want to pretend to be generous. I mean, if you are generous…
:)
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