Archive for January, 2011

Harold and Kumar Would Love This

Jan 25, 2011 food and drink

At a loss as to where to take your sweet nothing for Valentine’s Day?

Well, White Castle wants you to know they’re here for you. Pitching the lure of the “savory smell of steam-grilled onions,” the burger chain is offering a special Valentine’s dinner at select locations.

Simply call to make a reservation and on February 14th, you and your significant other will enjoy a candlelit dinner (most likely with White Castle’s burger-scented candles), complete with decorations, including a collapsible White Castle vase that you can take home after.

A complete list of participating White Castles, along with contact info can be found online.

[Image courtesy of White Castle]

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Got Carried Away with the Whipped Cream

Jan 23, 2011 food and drink, life

There is a slice of pie under there somewhere – really!!  Can I help it if I have a heavy trigger finger when it comes to the spray can?

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Corona Extra Beer Builds Temporary Madrid Hotel Out of Garbage

Jan 21, 2011 travel

Normally when you think of Corona Extra beer, an open longneck bottle with a wedge of lime usually comes to mind.

Well, how’s this for a new image?

On January 17, 2011, Corona Extra beer built a hotel in the central Callao Square in Madrid, Spain. A hotel built with twelve tons of trash reclaimed from various beaches in Europe.

The temporary hotel, which will remain up through January 23, 2011, is part of an ongoing project by the beer company to draw attention to the Save the Beach campaign.

The dates of this phase of the project coincide with the celebration of Fitur, one of Europe’s most important International Tourism Fairs.

Prestigious German artist HA Schult designed the Save the Beach Hotel and said of the project, “The philosophy of this hotel is that it shows the damages that we are causing to the sea and the coast; it reflects how things can end up if we do not take care of our planet. We live in the era of trash, and we run the risk of becoming trash. Do we really want such a world?”

The hotel can be visited between 11am and 7pm daily. Ten people a night are also being allowed to spend the night in one of the five double rooms of the hotel. There is no cost for lodging, but basically all each room has is a bed to sleep on, one I believe is also made of garbage.

Definitely not for the germaphobe.

Want to know more about the Save the Beach Hotel, visit the Corona website or check out the video about the project.

What do you think of this project? A well-done publicity stunt, or do you think it’ll actually make an impact, as they intend?

[Photo courtesy of Corona]

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This Sour Creme is Totally Unreal!

Jan 16, 2011 life

Seriously…that’s what it says on the packaging:

And it even costs the same price as real dairy sour cream.

Moral of the story – always read the packaging and don’t assume everything at the dollar store is a good deal.

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My Articles/Posts for December 2010

Jan 1, 2011 travel, work, writing

I don’t just write here. I also contribute articles and posts elsewhere on the web. So in case you’ve missed any of them, I compile a monthly listing of all of the links.

Here are my December 2010 contributions to the written web universe – my final for the decade:

Uptake.com:

Suite101.com:

CitySurfing Orlando:

This month, I also did more Playlists for Uptake. Playlists are like suggested itineraries for a visit to the city. Here are the ones I did for December:

Arkansas

California

Florida

Nevada

Wisconsin

If you like any of these articles, please pass the links via Twitter, Facebook, Stumble, etc. I’d appreciate the help! =)

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