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Newlyweds Hold Wedding Reception at In-N-Out

That is the best!

At ABC 15 News Phoenix:

Newlywed couple holds wedding reception at In-n-Out in California.https://t.co/MXpyp7xZlE #abc15 pic.twitter.com/6xyvZM0ZbM

— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) April 2, 2017

Carnegie Deli

There's a Carnegie Deli at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas.

I think we're going to Vegas in February. I'm not sure when, although we're celebrating my oldest son's 21st birthday.

Maybe I'll head over there for mountain-high pastrami on rye, heh.

The New York Carnegie's is now closed. Apparently lines were down the street, but mostly filled by tourists. Seems kinda weird, but apparently New York diners are choosing less expensive, and less kosher, alternatives.

At the New York Times:

As the Carnegie Deli Serves Its Last Pastrami on Rye https://t.co/uS7vFPkfFR

— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) December 30, 2016

Deal of the Day: Save on the Hoover Power Scrub Deluxe Carpet Cleaner

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My Mom Gave Me Robert J. Gordon's, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, for My Birthday

I mentioned earlier that I wanted to get this book.

It's a huge tome, The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War.

We went out to dinner last night to celebrate my birthday, and my mom's husband's, along with my wife, my youngest son, and my older sister.

We ate at Las Brisas in Laguna Beach, which has been there as long as I can remember. It's definitely recommended. I was stuffed to the gills, heh.

Belgians Have a Term for People Who Drink Stella Artois — Tourists

I first tried Stella Artois this summer at my sister's. At first I thought it was a light beer, but it's not. I was impressed. It tastes good and goes down smooth. When I visited my mom's over Labor Day weekend my sister was there as well, and again we had Stella Artois. I haven't bought any since, but I like it.

So, now I'm getting a kick out of this piece at the Wall Street Journal. It turns out Stella's a tourist's beer. Belgium locals don't drink it:

BRUSSELS — Michel Sabourin, a 75-year-old bar owner, spends most days here tucked between his counter and a 5-foot pink neon sign touting “Stella Artois,” Belgium’s best-sold beer world-wide.

Don’t ask him for a Stella, though. He stopped selling it months ago. “I had to give up,” he said. “I didn’t have enough demand anymore.”

Stella is ubiquitous in bars and restaurants abroad, where it is increasingly seen as one of the most distinctively Belgian products. In the country of its birth, the pilsner has gone flat.

Laurent Van Der Meeren, manager of La Bécasse, a bar and restaurant in a southeastern Brussels residential neighborhood, stopped selling Stella in 2014. He replaced it with Jupiler—a pilsner owned, as is Stella, by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV—which he said is more popular with younger people. “I think it’s a generational thing,” he said.

“Herbaceous, with a metallically bitter finish” is how Michael Vermeren describes Stella. The southern-Belgium chef and zythologist, as beer sommeliers like to call themselves, said it is the last of Belgium’s mass-produced pilsners he would choose.

“Industrial beer isn’t really my thing,” he said. “Stella is an everyman beer and its taste is designed to be liked by everyone.”

At home, Stella had a 6.5% market share last year, far behind Jupiler’s 35%, according to market-research firm Euromonitor International.

On the bright side, “it’s still the No. 3 lager in Belgium,” said Todd Allen, vice president for Stella, which AB InBev said also trails Heineken NV’s Maes Pils...

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Farberware Classic Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator

At Amazon, at top product, Farberware Classic Stainless Steel Yosemite 8-Cup Coffee Percolator.

Also, discounts in Gourmet Food.

Dressing Up for Dinner

At Town & Country, "How Jackie Kennedy Is Responsible for the End of Restaurant Dress Codes" (via Maggie's Farm).

While we were out to eat last night I saw a group of three at the next table, and the dude — who had like a 1980s "new romantic" haircut (or early 1990s grunge cut), with those ear-stretcher plug-expander thingies on his earlobes — was kicking all the way back, placing his feet on the vacant chair straight across from him.

The first thing I thought was how my dad would have freaked out if he ever saw me do anything like at that at a restaurant, much less at home. He'd have rapped me over my knuckles with the back of his dinner knife!

Concessions at the Coliseum for Los Angeles Rams

Via Lindsay Thiry:

Beer returns to the Coliseum with the Rams. pic.twitter.com/GK6jDQRGxY

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 6, 2016

Here's a look at concession prices for Rams in the Coliseum. pic.twitter.com/tNAbpZjs2M

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 6, 2016

A king can of Coors Light will set you back $10. pic.twitter.com/4iLwvWS7G0

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 6, 2016

And for premium beer - a king can of St. Archers - that'll be $13 at the Coliseum. pic.twitter.com/VFfDLAD31L

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 6, 2016

Randy's Donuts at the Coliseum for the Rams. pic.twitter.com/Vyh4FAEuB2

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 6, 2016

The Perfect Philly Cheesesteak (VIDEO)

I don't recall ever visiting Philly. I passed by on Amtrak in 2007, in route from D.C. to New York City, heh.

I do enjoy Philly cheesesteaks though, lol.

Jersey Mike's makes some great sandwiches nearby, and my youngest kid's been devouring their cheesesteaks of late.

But watch, at CBS This Morning, yum:

Hardee's 'Fantasty' Bacon Three-Way Thickburger (VIDEO)

Heh.

There's a fairly obvious double entendre at this commercial.

At the caption, "With bacon strips, bacon jam, and bacon crumbles, this burger is a bacon lover's fantasy":



Carl's Jr.'s not running this ad on the West Coast, for shame, lol.

Newport Beach Barbecue Competition (VIDEO)

The Kansas City BBQ Society's hosting the event.

God, that looks fabulous!

Honeywell HT-900 TurboForce Fan

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'When traditional religion is rejected, the odds are pretty good that something cultish will be chosen to replace it...'

Heh. So true.

From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "CALIFORNIA VEGANS ASSEMBLE THE CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD: Top L.A. Vegan Restaurant Owners Receiving Death Threats for Slaughtering Animals."

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The Finest Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

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Baby Tastes Bacon for the First Time (VIDEO)

Heh.

Watch, "Baby filmed by parents as he tastes bacon for the first time - his reaction is amazing."

Hat Tip: Robert Stacy McCain:

The meaning of life. https://t.co/pjxuWvpZVV

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 30, 2015

Wide Chute Antioxidative Slow Masticating Juicer

Boy, the hipster products these days are amazing!

At Amazon, SKG New Generation Wide Chute Antioxidative Slow Masticating Juicer.

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