And to think his whole time I’ve been using it out of context. Jesus Christ! Only in Texas. But seriously, this kind of shit is so fucking irritating. I’m not saying that I don’t believe in God but my God is probably very different from your God and you don’t see me throwing her in your face. I just think it’s sad, and annoying when I see people eat, live and shit God. I’m not saying that their God doesn’t exist, I’m just saying that if he did I’m pretty sure he would want you to get a life and not be so consumed with him. Besides if he did, how vain would he be?
Someone posted this video on FaceBook a while back of a lady secretly living in someones New York apartment
What I don’t get is how the hell did she knew there was a secret compartment up there in the first place. Totally gave me goose bumps. Weird and so creepy.
Every once in a while when Ray and I are strolling through a market and we spot something weird or interesting we like to give it a try, you know for experimental purposes. Today at Central Market we decided to give cucumber soda a whirl. And the verdict . . . yuck! It tastes exactly like carbonated cucumber water, go figure. We were expecting it to be sweet being soda and all but it wasn’t. I suggest this to anyone who likes to drink club soda or tonic water.
After our cucumber soda experiment we headed out for some food. Today Ray picked and he chose P. Terry’s Burgers. Yes folks, another burger joint. We’ve never been here before but we have been meaning to try it out. The good thing about going to all these burger joints is that we never have to go again because testing them out kills the curiosity. I was pleasantly pleased to find a vegan burger on the menu because I was only planning on just getting fries and a shake. The vegan burger was delightful. If I ever eat another vegan burger again I wouldn’t be disappointed if it tasted like this. The shake on the other hand was a bummer. I got strawberry flavor and it didn’t taste any better than a shake from McDonald’s or Burger King. It tasted like sugary sweet condensed strawberry syrup flavoring added to vanilla. I would have liked to have seen some real strawberries chunks or maybe made with strawberry ice cream. Also, not a fan of the fries either, flimsy and greasy.
Of course Ray got his burger and was said it was mediocre. No wow factor and kinda wimpy. I think we just held high expectations because every time we drive by a P. Terry’s there’s a ridiculous crowd outside. Well the prices we’re affordable and that’s a good thing in this economy.
Well there you have it. Try it for yourself and tell me what you think.
So today was another one of those driving around town because we’re bored days. Every time we drive through Austin it seems as though we find a new place to add to our mental list of places we need to check out one day. Sandy’s was among that list and, well what better day than today to check it off? Ray is a hamburger whore. I know sounds kinda gross and that because it is. Is it weird that never in my whole entire existence have I ever craved a burger and I end up marrying the whore of all burgers. And me, I’m known throughout the land as a sugar whore. All sugary goodness shall serve it’s purpose and be consumed in my kingdom and ice cream is a top priority on that list. So whenever there’s the word, “hamburger” in the title of a business, or “sandwich” for that matter Ray jots it down on that list and every time I see a cute little bakery or creamery it gets jot down on my list. Sandy’s Hamburger’s was actually among both our list because not only does it clearly state the word, “hamburger” in it’s name but it also has this huge soft serve figurine in the front to lure in innocent civilians such as myself.
As you can see today for lunch I had me a chocolate dipped vanilla soft serve and it was, um . . . messy. Seconds after the lady behind the counter handed it to me it magically turned into a hot mess. Yes, the soft serve was a tasty treat but if your gonna have a giant soft serve statue figurine out front I’m gonna expect something to knock me off my feet and this unfortunately this did not do that for me. Also, the service sucks balls. The lady that took my order had just about as much emotion as a dead fish and spoke just about as much English. Ray ordered a burger, fries and drink, all ala carte and after we ordered did we realize that there was a big sign to our left that had everything he’d just ordered as a meal deal on special for something like $3.95. So instead of looking out by informing us of the meal deal the bitch at the counter would rather stick it to us. Yep, that’s a surefire way to ensure we patron this place again. Ah, who am I kidding, we’ll probably be back, bad service and all, we’re a bunch of suckers. Anyhow, fries were delightful but sparse and the burger patty was kinda skinny. When I use to eat burgers I would prefer my burger patty, thin so I probably would have enjoyed it. Ray says it was mediocre burger. Not a lot of great qualities but not a lot of bad ones too. I do want to add though that everything was hot and fresh, just the way every meal should come out, unless it’s ice cream of course.
Everyone has that one thing that they just can’t live without and ice cream is indubitably among my list, that and my wonderful husband. Today Ray and I took a stroll through Sprouts because well, it just opened and I love grocery shopping. Ray hates grocery shopping but he loves me and loves making me happy. A year ago today we were in New York and that is when I decided to stop eating meat. I would love to go completely vegan but the thought of not being able to have ice cream sends tremors up my spine. In my head I know it contradicts my morals and ethics but this is how I justify it, eating meat is murder but eating ice cream is rape. I could live with rape. Yes, it’s still wrong, but I could still look at myself in the mirror and go to bed at night. Anyhow, A gripe I’ve always had was that grocery stores never have enough vegan ice cream but today while scoping out the scene at Sprouts I uncovered a whole plethora of vegan ice cream. It was so hard to decide but in the end I picked Coconut Bliss Cherry Amaretto and Ray got Tempt Mint Chip made from hemp milk.
I hate writing this but Coconut Bliss wasn’t all that blissful and Tempt wasn’t all that tempting. I really wanted to love it, I really did. I’m not saying I hated it but had I loved it it wouldn’t have lasted 1 night in my home. I’m pretty sure both lasted about 5 days. Coconut milk is just so strong and rich that it just over powered the ice cream with it’s heavy, creamy, richness and the hemp milk gave the mint chip a floral, slight bitter flavor. Nonetheless we finished them both but in the end I couldn’t help but wonder, maybe this is what they mean by, “pleasure spiked with pain,” I’m sorry poor little cows, I’m sorry we have to rape your sore boobies for milk, but I promise, it’s for a good cause.
So as you probably already know I love to eat, and blog about what I’ve been shoveling into my face. I know I’ve written about Freddy’s Frozen Custard before. I’m a sucker for sweet treats and they had me at custard. Not that I’m a huge fan of custard, but hey, they definitely have my attention. Ray’s a burger whore and last time he didn’t get to test out Freddy’s burgers and since I don’t feel like cooking we decided to give it a shot today.
The fries we nicely fried, golden, crisp, and hot but for me they we’re too skinny. I said it before and I’ll say it again, I like me some meaty fries. Ray wasn’t too crazy about the burger. He said the meat was flat, like someone had stomped it flat before throwing it on the grill. However, the custard soft serve is definitely growing on me. If we happen to make it back to Freddy’s it will more likely be for the custard and not the burger and fries.
Tonight we cashed in Ray’s free burger from TGIF. TGIF was doing this thing where if you request some guy as a friend on FaceBook and if he gets more than a million friends, then all the friends would get a free burger. Well they had Ray at burger. Yes, my husband will be your friend if you give him a free burger.
So ACL (Austin City Limits) is in town. One of the things that had enticed us to move to Austin was ACL and I’m so mad that it’s here now and we’re not going. Uggghhh! We at least did a drive by.
