Something about Nothing, come join in........

[macraven]

universal has pins and the tm's will trade with you at different, certain locations. i buy the pins of my favorite rides i go on.
and i buy the characters i like best.

i have the very old "universal" pin. i have them in gold and silver.
it just says universal.
also have the older universal globe one.

i usually pin them on the brim of my baseball hat to display.
each year i buy more pins.

last year when i came back i realized i just bought the cat and the hat series pins for the third time.......duh.....i get carried away when i see cat in the hat pins.


i put my statement on the circus mcgurkus thead.

i think i should do a trip report.
which year should i do it on....

i still have my notes of the yearly and some bi yearly visits from 1993......

yea, i will do a dining review. not today though but later this week.

 

[yankeepenny]

Dear Threaders
Please, I could use a clap of hands. I passed by the candy in the grocery store today. I DID NOT purchase any additonal stuff to add to the stash.

 

[macraven]

i was just sitting here thinking what to fix for dinner.
i have dominoes pizza on speed dial. that should do it for dinner tonight.


i fix a full dinner for sundays, on saturdays, mr mac and i usually go out.
think i will just order in for this evening though.

 

[macraven]

Dear Threaders
Please, I could use a clap of hands. I passed by the candy in the grocery store today. I DID NOT purchase any additonal stuff to add to the stash.

that's probably because i bought out all the candy that was on sale yesterday...

 

[yankeepenny]

Mac, can i mail you some of mine?

 

[macraven]

as long as you don't send me peeps.........

 

[goofie4goofy]

I candy. My weakness is kids candy...sweetarts, sour candy, Atomic Fireballs and bubble gum. At Halloween I buy the big bucket o'gum that double bubble and it's gone in about 2 weeks. I also love dark chocolate.

Hey Mac Lindt makes a chocolate bar that is 99% dark....it's VERY dark and not sweet, but it is made to eat with COFFEE....OMG it is so good.

Yankeepenny...I made roasted chicken tonight too! I just did not feel like making a big to do tonight so it's chicken, stringbeans and basil and parmesan mashed potatoes. After dinner it's a bubble bath then off to bed and watch a movie with a bag of Jelly belly's. Oh my, I remember when I was younger I used to laugh at my parents for doing the same thing on a Saturday night. The evening for me did not start till midnight or 1am. I fear the next step in the aging process....dinner at lunchtime.

Tomorrow is going to be really crappy weather so....OFF comes the pedometer and it's a food fest! Baked ziti with meatballs and Double chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting - I saw The Barefoot Contessa make these and I have to give them a try. Oh well time to batten down the hatches for the storm and get dinner on the table... My work obsessed husband just came home.

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!!

 

[loribell]

You did better then I did! We are ordering pizza. Yep, I'm lazy tonight.

 

[macraven]

goofy !!!


jelly belly has their factory 12 minutes from my house.

a couple of times a month i take the free tour of the place and get my free bag of jelly bellies.....

they have the reject section there in the front store. any jelly bean that did not come out in complete form is sold at a great discount.
they also sell the boxed gift sets and you can buy bags of non rejects.....


i just got another email from them that i can come to the store and buy two bags for the price of one.


if you are ever at universal when i plan to be there, give me a holler and i will bring you some beans......

the offer goes for anyone else out there that likes jelly belly.


yea, the lindt truffles were on sale at kmart and target. i bought those easter ones also. i am getting too fat.... the diet starts monday...

 

[macraven]

loribell, we are too....pizza and coke for me....mr mac gets a beer with his pizza...


we have to order 2 pizzas even though it's only the two of us at home tonight.

if i ate the pizza he orders, i would be picking off all the ingredients....
he goes total vegetarian and i don't.

mr mac: diced tomatoes, black olives, mushrooms, and something else.
me mac: either i get the pineapple and ham or sliced tomatoes, sausage and onion.

then we will have pizza for lunch tomorrow and the next day.........
i only eat 2 slices and he goes for 3 or 4.
dominoes no longer makes small size, so we go with large.

 

[bubba's mom]

penny....altho there aren't any at Circus McGurkis, the rumor is the food is not that great....most skip it.


our dinner tonite: DH made chicken and beef fajitas they was yummy!

 

[loribell]

Hey, has anyone eaten at Nascar Cafe? I am thinking of trying it this trip with of course Margarittaville. We have eaten at NBA whatever it is & usually eat at the HRC but I would rather try something else. Oh yeah, and we are very picky eaters. No seafood or exotic foods for us.

 

[yankeepenny]

sizzling cinnamon, tutti fruitti, cotton candy and tangerine are my favorite jelly belly 's



that purdue roaster i cooked was almost 7 pounds, got enough for 2 more meals.

for those that dont live in new york/new england, watch the news tomorrow, us northerners will be floating away- 2 -4 INCHES OF RAIN predicted here on the coast with the astronomical high tide /new moon thing.
if i see Noah's ark, i will start swimming out

 

[yankeepenny]

I second the Nascar cafe question....

 

[yankeepenny]

well, time to go and read my unoffical guide, the other parks books. ( the small one that has universal and sea world.)
and eat chocolate.


good night all

 

[Dagny]

NASCAR Cafe was just "ok" the two times we have eaten there. We do prefer NBA City. If you are looking for something different to do, then it is worth trying.

 

[Amity 3]

the best meal you'll ever find in citywalk is emeril's for lunch.

 

[macraven]

i put this link in the stickies for dining.

showing you all here also.
hey, i like circus mcgurkus chicken dinner park food.


http://allearsnet.com/uni/menu/menus.htm


and i second NBA city for the good food.

blondies has very good subs, made to order fresh

 

[macraven]

the best meal you'll ever find in citywalk is emeril's for lunch.

i don't doubt you amity but that's one of two places where i don't want to go to solo.

 

[Amity 3]

i don't doubt you amity but that's one of two places where i don't want to go to solo.

why not? you pull up a chair to the bar and order. no different than the volcano bar at margaritaville.