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Another fan showed up and told me that a tie crew was working over in Clarendon Hills, which explains why this eastbound commuters is arriving at the north platform.
Westmont IL / Cass Ave
METX e/b commuter
What you see before you is the latest London location for Burger & Lobster (*fanfair* the global phenomenon!) I think this is number 9 though I may be wrong. These are the (Russian?) guys behind the Goodman steakhouses, and so you could say that they know a little something about meat, at the least! As for the aesthetic of the placeâ¦very American, I dunno if âCrabshackâ would be the right word, but the rustic wood, oldschool filament lamps and lobster cages on the walls come pretty close.
Itâs a strange one, this place, the menu basically has three mains - a whole lobster, a burger and what I guess is simply a lobster roll (cold lobster, warm meat - strong combination). No menu for food at all - you just pick one of the three. As your waiter/waitress may tell you - we âonly do three things, but we do them wellâ. Every meal comes with a side salad (tastes legit due to cheese and other unhealthy things) and a reasonable portion of fries (which are, dare I say, a dead ringer for those youâd get at McDonalds). Lobsters are sourced fresh from Nova Scotia and Maine (I think?), depending on season. As far as lobsters go, I have eaten lobsters all over the US and these areâ¦.pretty close to how I remember (ask for it steamed instead of grilled for full fishy lobster flavoursâ¦)
As this is a relatively new location, theyâre not quite as rammed as I hear the other ones can get (yet!). 3 hour queues? Apparently people will put up with such things. As for queuing up for 3 hours for a restaurant? I love food but you wonât see me doing that. Ever. Not ever. Spend more time waiting than eating? REALLY?! Who does that? OK, Iâll stop. Onto their pricing: £20 is a bit steep for a burger but for a lobster it feels like a bargain. Though the âno reservationâ system seems pretentious, the actual dining experience, thankfully, does not feel quite the same way. From what I saw, staff are super chill, and you eat off of trays instead of plates (which is either pretentious or unpretentious, I dunno). Idea: you could theoretically eat here âeconomicallyâ by getting a lobster to split between the two of you (provided you werenât hugely hungry). And buy more drinks and desserts. Said desserts and drinks are a...reasonable selection, reasonably priced - I suppose about average for London. They do quite a few cocktails, I think 17 last time I checked.
Part of the fun is, obviously, eating the lobster with the cracking tools they provide (your patience is rewarded by access to the delicious parts of the flesh hidden in the deep recesses of the exoskeleton). Eating lobster is actually not as hard, nor messy, as people think it is. You simply crack the joints with the dangerous implements they provide you (in this instance, the âWestmark Crackyâ, lol). This is a legit place to go with friends and loved ones - a lot of fun. It is, however, not a good place to take new business acquaintances or potential romantic connections. Eating with a bib whilst pieces of crustacean fly everywhere probably isnât a good look (though I could be wrong!). Before anyone asks, no, you donât get to choose which lobster youâre going to eat from the tanks (which I am grateful for - I donât think I am quite ready to confront the reality of choosing exactly what has to die to feed me. Goddamn...)
All in all, good food, nice location - none of this speedy table turnover and frenetic rushing I read about in some other reviews. So yeah, a somewhat minimalist approach to restaurateuring which delivers upon its promise of burger and/or lobster. If they keep their lobster pricing the same, I will most certainly be back. Well done to you, (possibly Russian) people of Burger and Lobster!
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Henry: -Quiero irme a casa...
Goodkat: -No podemos regresar a casa en largo tiempo, chico...
I bought a little bed for Fritz the dachshund (as a present for having his manhood removed, you understand!), in which he showed no interest.
Ralph, however, fiound it extremely interesting, and these pics are of the first time he determined to make it his own. He eventually rolled off the window-ledge on to the sofa still with the bed round him, and luckily Hetty mananaged to jump out of the way before she got squashed.
You can see Fritz letting the air get to his scars, which healed very rapidly.
I expect Ralph imagined he is the same size as the others; lurchers are not endowed with large brains.
This is just a bit of fun, and I hope you like it!
Dear Dairy
Today I read that Bovine Milk might reduce the absorption of antioxidants from Blueberries when consumed at the same time as the Blueberries. I also read that Bovine milk might NOT prevent the absorption of antioxidants from Black tea when consumed with the Black tea.
So there's that.
And Dear Dairy, during one recent very frivolous moment of weakness I actually purchased a new book (pictured above) to replace Bill McKibben's "Hope, Human and Wild" which I finally finished reading 15 years after it was given to me as birthday gift.........15 years ago:-) ( Bill 350.org ) twitter.com/billmckibben
M.A.C. Farrant continues to buoy us up with her new book, "The World Afloat".
A Thin book of non-rhyming, "miniatures". Each one about a page or two long. It seems perfect for the Reading Room - each tiny tale a very moving experience..........
Maybe I should start writing book reviews........:-)
Today i got a chance to photograph the "Floozie in the Jacuzzi" but in my opinion the setting is not right. The statue looks wrong because her back is not supported as it would be in a bathtub. See the original setting to see what I mean:
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I should say that the park itself is a very nice place to visit especially on a sunny day like today.
Designed by the sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty this bronze monument was originally located on O'Connell Street at the the very centre of Dublin city.
The monument was removed from its site on O'Connell Street in 2001 to make room for the Spire of Dublin. In late February 2011, partly reworked and refurbished, the statue was relocated to the Croppies Memorial Park next to the Liffey near Heuston station. Some guides indicate that it is located in the memorial park in front of Collins Barracks known as the "Croppy Acre" but you will not find it there because it is located in front of the Ashling hotel.
The monument is a personification of the River Liffey which runs through the city of Dublin. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the name of a character in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake who also embodies the river. The river was (this is not true of the new location) represented as a young woman sitting on a slope with water flowing past her. She is familiarly known by the people of Dublin as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, or the Whore in the Sewer (pronounced hoo-er to rhyme with sewer).
I waited here in Dallas through sunset, hoping for a westbound, but the UP only ran this eastbound into Dallas from Ft. Worth. This may be one of the best spots to shoot trains with a city skyline in the country....
I'm not a glass Nazi, but this is just wrong - a pint of London Pride in a Stella (wife beater) glass. This is like dressing Des Lynham in white Reeboks and Burberry. Actually, the beer tasted watered down, so I don't think I'll be going back to the Marlborough Arms.