Elephun Wednesday

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Now I feel at home

So we have been moved back into our space for a while now.  I don't know what is wrong with us that the walls have been blank all this time.  But we finally got around to putting up all our art and memorabilia.  I have to admit that covering the walls this way does make the tiny office feel even smaller.  But it is totally worth it.  Because this would just not be shipping with out a bunch of inappropriate stuff hanging all over our walls.

Elephant in the Wild

On my way home the other day I ran into another elephant in the wild.  I was just trying to get my steps in by walking to Park Street station and on my way through the Common I came across this guy staring up at me.  I don't know who drew it, and I can't say he is the best artist I've ever seen, but you do have to applaud his choice of subject matter.  Good job, anonymous elephant artist.

Burgers

So the Monkeys used to have about five places where we would go to lunch all the time.  Lately we have been branching out and adding new places to the list.  They are all burger or pizza places, but still...  And with all these places to eat sometimes one gets shuffled to the back of the list and kind of forgotten.  It happened to Sweet Tomatoes and we were so glad we remembered it when we finally got it again.  The same thing happened to Shake Shack.  We had it and liked it but with all the other burger places we somehow ended up not going back.  Until now.  (Henry had the day off and we can never tell him we had burgers with out him.  It would break his heart.  But he, of course, would blame Babbit, even though he wasn't here either.)

Once again we all enjoyed it and were glad that Danny...Boy had brought it back up.  The burgers were slightly crispy around the edges and juicy.  Those who got bacon said it was cooked well and you could actually taste it.  If you remember from my first post about Shake Shack (which you can see here) the fries got an ambivalent review by almost everyone but me, who liked them.  But this time people were singing their praises.  We each got our own fries this time because they only have one size and it is pretty much a single serving.

It was around $10 a person which is more than some but not bad.  Especially since we all enjoyed it so much.

Elephun Wednesday

We are continuing our summer themed elephants with this elephant at a water park.  Now he is already a little creepy because of his human like features but also I can only think of two things that he might be about to do.  One is jump and take off like Superman.  I will let you figure out what the second one is.  Why anyone would think children wanted to play anywhere near this thing is beyond me.

More Food We Ate

This is another double post of things I should have posted awhile ago.  But, well, deal with it.

real burger

large shake

So for Danny...Boy's birthday lunch he picked Mooyah.  Which none of us had ever heard of before.  But it's fun to say.  And odds are you are not going to get a bad burger.  I mean, it's a burger.  There are levels of goodness but even the not so good ones I will still want to eat.

So some of us just built our own but Alan and Henry got the cheddar bacon burger and Bee Hee got the double diablo, only as a single and Babbit got a turkey burger.  (Don't tell Henry.  Because apparently turkey will kill you.)  We also got fries to share and only in the interest of being able to make a full report on the offerings of Mooyah we also got a large vanilla shake to share.

fries 

turkey burger

They also have chicken sandwiches, hot dogs and chicken tenders.  And we all got potato buns but you could get a wheat one or have lettuce as your bun if you are watching your carbs.

Everything was very good.  Not all the toppings are free like you would get with Five Guys but the burger was slightly better.  The fries were yummy too.  The shake tasted like a melted cup of ice cream and probably would have been better if we got to it before it had melted so much.  Babbit said his turkey burger was good (I mean, for a turkey burger).  Everyone was pleased.  We now have several burger places that are on our lunch list so we might have to get burgers more often.  Which would be just fine with me.  And maybe if we get burgers enough one of these days I'll be able to pass one up to try a hot dog, because those looked good too.



The second half of the food double feature is an oldie but goodie.  We had not been to Sweet Tomatoes for a long time and decided it was time to go back.  As always we had trouble picking out our toppings.  (You would figure we would have this down by now considering all the pizza we eat.)  We finally landed on a broccolli, feta and tomato, a pepperoni and ricotta, and a mushroom and bacon.  We got three large because apparently we are idiots.  That was way too much pizza for the five of us.  Even taking into account left overs for Fishy Fishy it was a crazy amount of pizza.  But it was all delicious.  Every flavor combination worked.  There were the right amount of toppings so you could taste everything and still be able to pick up the pizza.  And, although I think it is completely by accident, I like the pick your own size slices.  They range from tiny to huge depending on how you feel.  I don't know why it took us so long to go back to this old friend but I think everyone was glad that we did.

Elephun Wednesday

I will start by apologizing for not posting for so long.  I hope all the loyal fans will forgive me.  I have two elephants to post and I need to get them up before it is Elephun Wednesday again and I have three elephants to post.  So here goes...

We have two summer themed elephants for your enjoyment.

Who doesn't love to grill in the summer?  Although I thought elephants were plant eaters.  Maybe those are tofu dogs.  I hope so.  I really don't want to think about a carnivorous elephant.  I think that would be really scary.

Here our elephant has found a friend.  It's always good to swim with a buddy.  You made need someone to save you if you get caught in a riptide or something.  Or at least someone to run and find someone to save you.  Remember to wait at least 30 minutes after eating your delicious tofu dogs before swimming.

Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Danny...Boy's birthday.  Happy Birthday!  And to celebrate, as usual, we ate.  Usually I make the famous Danny...Boy cookies.  Even thought it is July and not the season to have the oven on.  But this year we mixed it up a little, sort of.  I am calling them Danny...Boys 2.0.  They are the original cookie with the filling for the Swiss roll.  Danny...Boy thought of it himself.  And it turned out to be a very good idea.  They were yummy.  If I do say so myself.  I think we have just started a new birthday tradition.

Et Tu Tutto?

squishy Italian

Ham sandwich - Not Italian

So we got Tutto's again.  I love Tutto's.  Some times the thought of getting a Tutto's sub for lunch is the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning.  And this time Alan was going to split with Babbit so both Danny...Boy and I would both be able to have a whole Italian sub.  (Babbit goes on and on about how it is a really good ham sandwich.  And, for a ham sandwich, it is a good sandwich.  But let's face it.  It is no Italian.)  Everything was right with the world.  And then I got my sub.  And the normally delightfully crunchy roll was soft and squishy.  Don't get me wrong.  The sub was still good.  But it was not the iconic Tutto's sub that rips apart the top of your mouth that I'm used to.  The sub that I look forward to for days.  It was just not the same.  I blame Bee Hee (I know, you thought I was going to say Babbit.)  Bee Hee, who usually gets the braided roll or sliced bread or some other softer choice, got a sub roll this time.  And we all suffered for it.  Well, not all of us.  Danny...Boy said his was the same as always.  He said it several times.  Thanks for rubbing it in by the way.  And since Bee Hee liked his that way really it was just me.  Yet another restaurant that is out to get me.  Why?  I thought we were friends Tutto's.

Invasion!

We are under attack.  I don't know what happened but Sam, who we all thought of as our friendly neighborhood fruit fly, got about eight million of his friends and family together and they have invaded shipping.  They hang around the office door, ready to ambush us on our way out.  They dive bomb our lunch.  They fly in circles around our heads in clouds so thick we can't see.  We have set up a counter attack.  But there is only so much apple cider vinegar can do.  I think we are losing this war.  Someday someone is going to find us on the shipping room floor having drowned in a sea of fruit flies.