Travel
You too can smell like purple!
Jul 9th
At World of Coke, they are clever devils, as you would expect from such a global corporation. The only way to get out of the building is by exiting through the gift shop. Now Snackpants loves him some Coke products. So we browse through the t-shirts, the shot glasses, the stuffed Coke polar bears, the lip balms and the messanger bags, and find a table with scented shirts. That’s right – the shirts come pre-stinked for you in a variety of scents. One of the Coke products loved so dearly by Snackpants is Grape Fanta. And wouldn’t you know it, they have a shirt bearing just that odor.
Snackpants does not get to enjoy the Grape Fanta as frequently as he may like, due to the predominant ethnic population at his place of business, who happen to share his affinity for the fizzy purple drink. As a way of satiating his love, I now have (sitting here beside me on my desk) a shirt that smells like purple.
I am undecided as to whether or not I will actually wear this shirt. Were my social life more active, I would be concerned about being sniffed by virtual strangers. On the other hand, it eliminates the need for deodorant or perfume, as long as I don’t operate heavy machinery or go for a jog. I am thinking about just keeping it in a Ziploc so as to preserve it’s purple smell for as long as possible, since the scent comes out in 8-12 washes.
What ever is a girl to do! If nothing else, I will take the sticker off before wearing it in public. No one should walk around wearing an open invitation like that!
Big Naked Weenie
Jul 7th
No, this does not mean that this post will be pornographic in nature! That was actually the name of the menu item I ordered for lunch at The Vortex Bar & Grill yesterday.
It was exactly what is said: a big naked weenie. A footlong all-beef hot dog with nothing on it, cause that’s how I roll. And instead of fries, I got… tater tots!!! And they were crispy and yummy and so awesome!
Snackpants ordered this monstrosity consisting of bison meat, cheese, bacon, and onion rings [edit: I forgot the BBQ sauce! For shame!]. It was an adventure watching him trying to smash it into his mouth without things falling all over the place, since it was so tall.
The Vortex is a really cool place. I think my favorite feature was the toaster on the ceiling. There were all kinds of random things on the walls and the ceiling. Perhaps my least favorite thing was that they allow smoking, but I admit that it was separate enough that I could not tell that there were people actually smoking in the restaurant. And of course, I LOVED that it was 18 and up only. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against kids or teenagers eating in restaurants – but having an adult only place was kind of cool.
After lunch we headed to the aquarium, which was just awesome. We saw all kinds of crazy fish and whales, weird looking creatures and humongous sharks! The highlight of the afternoon had to be when we went into one of the banquet rooms (which was technically not open, I don’t think, but the doors were open) and had a closer view of the Beluga whales. Here is Snackpants with his new friend:
The fun didn’t stop there. There were 2 females and one male, and the females liked swimming by that back window. Of course, they liked doing their business by that window as well, so we had front row seats to Beluga whale poop. It was pretty gross. Ah, nature.
Here are a couple of other things we saw:
After the Aquarium, since the World of Coke was just right there, we decided to go. Admittedly I was not real excited about it, since I am not a Coke fan. But it was neat. We got to see a small bottling plant in the building, a real cute “documentary” about the folks that work inside the Coke machine and put the soda in the bottle when you put a coin the machine, and go on a very intense 4D ride that should be banned from even a theme park for being so violent!
We tasted some lovely drinks from around the world, Snackpants (for some unknown reason) decided to verify that the Beverly was still gross, and we got our commemorative “World of Coke” Coke bottles to take home. A tiring but very good day.
