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Boulder of Ice
You will not believe what happened. On December 22nd I let my dogs outside and when I looked into the backyard there was a HUGE hole in our cedar fence!! We live in a subdivision, however we are the first house and the yard faces Lilly Road, which is a rather busy street. My heart just sank because it would have been devastating if my dogs had found their way out of the yard and onto the street.
The fence looked like it had been kicked in from the outside, but with the snow we'd see footprints if that was the case. There was a big boulder of ice (like 2' long and 40 lbs. heavy boulder of ice) right inside the fence --- it took us a while to piece it together that the snowplow had passed the house and in doing so shot the ice right through the fence. I figured we had nothing to lose, so I left a voicemail with the person in charge of the snowplowing with the Village of Menomonee Falls. He returned my call later to let me know that he came out, looked at the fence, and would have it repaired this spring. In the meantime, my husband covered the hole with three 6" wide planks of wood. That's how big that hole is!!!
Menomonee Falls Spring Election
It is official!
We are having a contest for a position on the Village Board to be determined in the April election.
Once again, I urge that all candidates prove that they can properly add up a column of 20 numbers and come up with the correct result.
So Now You Have a Choice
Well, the recent signing of AB207 by the Governor introduced the deregulation of the video provider industry to Wisconsin residents. In a nutshell this is what it will mean to Menomonee Falls residents. The Village is no longer able to deal directly with the cable company on it's franchise agreements for use of the right of ways and roads. Any video provider meeting minimal requirements will sign a franchise agreement with the state. We will no longer be able to negotiate any extra perks for the village or school districts, no free Internet for schools or library, and no system for enforcement of customer service.
The Senate and Assembly did try to enforce the addition of Major Sports networks like NFL Network and Big Ten Network to all providers, (Sounds regulatory to me) but they will lose a long legal battle on that one. The Governor however did make some changes. He did not allow for lifetime franchise agreements, as the bill was written and did give some ability to the governing body to enforce some quality control. Providers will no longer have to show they are providing service to everyone in the village as the cable companies have for 25 years. It is apparent already as they are targeting the more affluent areas of the state and ignoring low income and hard to reach places. The bill was introduced to give people a choice but I will guarantee that the guy living in Some Place Little, Wisconsin will still only have one choice years from now. The only difference is he won't be able to talk to a customer service rep here in state they will be talking to Bob in Pakistan.
"Christmas Special Delivery" ProductionThere was a "Christmas Special Delivery" recently in the Activity Center here at St. Mary's. 117 boys and girls in K5, 1st and 2nd grade delighted a packed house with their singing and dancing.
What amazing talents these young children shared! Mrs. Joyner and Fr. Greg began the evening with prayer and what followed was a true testimony that "Jesus is the Reason for the Season."
We did have a scare early in the morning when one of our families was involved in a car accident on the way to school. Thankfully, there were no injuries but, just in case, an ambulance was called to transport everyone to the hospital. Well not everyone…. Zach, who was playing 'Elvis' and singing "Blue Christmas" in the program - he really exemplified the motto, 'the show must go on,' because he pleaded and convinced his Mom and the ambulance driver to drop him off at St. Mary's on the way because he simply couldn't miss play practice! Now, that's dedication!
Yet another example of dedication was the group that represented us by singing Christmas carols at the Maude Shunk Library on Saturday morning. These 2nd graders and their parents came out early on a snowy day and shared their time and talents with others.
And, THANKS TO YOU FAMILIES, I used some of Thursday night's donations to purchase a wonderful Memorex Karaoke Machine. It really helped showcase our kid's poise, personality and ability!
I could go on, I often do, but there are not enough words to thank you for your continued support of the music and drama program. And there's more to come!
Christmas Blessings to you and yours!
Marie Green MakalSt. Mary's Music and Drama Teacher
Something You'll Never Hear Me Say
Recently I was at Panera Bread for lunch. There was a guy at the counter: hands in the pockets of his jeans, one of those beanie stocking hats pulled down tight on his head, and Chucks on his feet. He looked to be an early 20's college dude.
Clearly he'd not been to Panera before, which to me is shocking because Panera is my satellite kitchen for when my fridge is empty. I eat there all the time. I always order one of two things: chicken noodle soup, or a ceasar salad with no caesar dressing and balsamic vinagrette on the side. I'm not really a sandwich kinda girl. I love grilled cheese, but that's about it.
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Just Try Walking Halfway Through The Mall In My Shoes
On Saturday I got a call from LensCrafters telling me that my new glasses were ready to be picked up. And so while the state of Wisconsin watched the Green Bay Packer game, I went to the mall and picked them up. I then went to the ladies room, which is located in the food court, then walked halfway through the mall, down the elevator, where the T-Mobile guy smiled at me and said, "Hello miss." I then went into Teavana, where I purchased 2 oz. of tea for my husband, and I was on my way out when I was stopped at the door by a clerk who grabbed me by the arm, pointed downward and said, "excuse me, but you have toilet paper on your shoe."
Three Cheers For Our Hometown Airline
Two separate "vacations" caused me to miss regular postings on this blog since Christmas. One week we spent some time with good friends in the State of Washington, and the other found us in Florida near NASA's launch facility.
In each case we flew on Midwest Express. What a joy! The six inches more legroom than airline U provides was sweet. Wow, no cramps from sitting in a fetal position. The food was ok - average. It's been a while since my last trip on Midwest, so I was a bit surprised to find that cash is no longer accepted for food or drink purchases aboard the plane. Credit cards only.
Girl Scout Cookies
It's Girl Scout Cookie time, and my husband has just informed me that he ordered six boxes from one of Zoe's friend's from the neighborhood. My first question for him was this: How many boxes of Thin Mints did you order? His response: Three.
Three boxes of Thin Mints, and they are all for me!
Caesar Salads
I was at my satellite kitchen the other day (you know, Panera) when I ordered a caesar salad a la my way (i.e. no chicken, hold the caesar dressing, balsamic vinagrette on the side thank you).
Now, the caesar salad (less the dressing) has the following ingredients: romaine lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese. I order it mainly because I like romaine lettuce, and I do not like field greens, which is what many other salads are. I didn't always like the cheese, however I got it by mistake one day and it turns out that I do like it after all.
Today is the Samson Stomp 5k, my husband is supposed to run it, but it's way too cold for me. We woke up this morning and my husband asked me to check online for the weather, so I connected to The Weather Channel on my cellphone and it said: Menomonee Falls Current Temp: -6. Today's Hi: 3, Lo: 1.
I gave up math long ago, however even I can figure out off the top of my head that -6 is not between 3 and 1.
Destination: Riviera Maya
In a couple of weeks I'm going to Mexico for the first time, my destination is Riviera Maya which is on the Caribbean Sea. I'm very excited! My husband, not so much. He's excited to be going on vacation, but it's the getting there and the coming home that's he's not looking forward to. While I'm edgy when I fly, he's absolutely terrified, and is having anxiety attacks over the thought of getting on the airplane. Twice.
The last time we were on a plane was in September of 2000 and we went to Nassau, Florida on a Disney Cruise. It was the only time we flew together as a couple, and as he's gotten older, and of course now that he's a father, it's harder for him to face this. The time is coming soon though, and we'll both have to face the fear together. Do you have any suggestions on how to subside the anxiety and panic?
Bag of Dreams
My family spends an awful lot at the grocery store. It's crazy how much I have to write a check for each Sunday as we do our shopping --- and I usually have about $10-$20 worth of coupons too.
I never make out on the promotions that Pick N Save runs though. The one over the summer got me a $25 coupon for my next grocery visit of $250 or more. Yeah, I had about 4 of those coupons, and about 3 of the $18 coupons which I could use on my purchase over $180. I'm telling you this right now, I can try to spend $50 at the grocery store and end up spending $250 without a problem. However, every time I tried to spend $180 so I could use my $18 coupon, I came up short. You may have seen me in line the day that I finally was able to use that damn coupon. It was monumental! There was celebrating!!
For Children Lost ~ An Appeal to Mothers
The following is a special request that is written by a friend of mine. I've put a lot of thought into the words I should use to introduce her project properly, but to be honest, I know that I would not be able to give it the delicacy that it truly deserves. If you are able to help Julie, please do. If you feel that you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact Julie (her email address is below). Thank you!
The Promotion Was A Bad Dream At Our House
My wife Meg came home somewhat grumpy the other day after the weekly grocery shopping. It seems that she run into some of the same issues reported by Kimberly in another blog on this website.
It's the last day of the grocery store rebate promotion and with just one more point there would be a step-up to the next level. Drat! There's no way in the world to get it in time. The frustration builds and the time for checkout comes followed by moments of sputtering and muttering. Unlike Kimberly's experience there was no kindly checkout fairy to supply the missing point in this case. "$@*+!^&" Of course, one way to relieve the inner tension is to tell hubby all about it - a kind of catharsis for a harried shopper.
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Frozen Doors
The only access I have to my backyard from my house is my sliding glass doors. I have no idea why I don't have a back door, or a door to the yard from the garage. My best guess is that the guy who built this house thought it would be too much of a security issue. Yes. Right here in Menomonee Falls. I can't understand it either. All I know is that my house is wired up the wazoo for just about everything. I've got a security system, overhead sprinklers in the hallways, motion detectors, and my phone lines are located in the house -- you know just in case my life turned into a suspense thriller movie and I dunno, the bad guy came and cut my phone lines. Now you know that you have to invite yourself into my basement to cut my phone lines. Good luck with that. Have you seen my Boxer?
As I was saying, I can only get to my back yard via the sliding glass doors in my dining room. My dogs use that door on a regular basis to go outside, the backyard is completely fenced in so we just open the door and let them run around. The problem is that the doors keep freezing shut. How do I keep that from happening? Any suggestions?
Watching too many soaps? Bored? Need a reason to get out of bed in the morning? VOLUNTEER!
The Menomonee Falls Community Education and Recreation Department has a program called VOICE(Volunteers In Community Education) and you can be a part of it by simply filling out an application. Your application will tell us what you enjoy doing and the type of opportunity you are seeking. It will, also, give us the hours you are available each week. Only want to help once in a while. We can arrange that too!
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An Uncomfortable Feeling
I don't know why.
There is no immediately apparent reason for my feelings - but something is putting me on edge.
No, I'm not hearing the voices. I'm much better now.


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TELLURIDE – Burke Mountain Academy. Carrabassett Valley Academy. Green Mountain Valley Academy.
Now Telluride can boast of a ski academy in the valley. Beginning this winter, the Telluride Mountain School (TMS) is partnering with the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club (TSSC) to offer student athletes the kind of rigorous academics and intensive on-snow training that has traditionally been a path to U.S. Ski Team, and NCAA, glory.
"This is a winning combination for our local athletes and athletes who come to Telluride from a distance to participate in our program", said TMS upper school humanities teacher Jesse James McTigue, in a release. McTigue left Telluride as a high school student in the 1990s to attend a ski academy on the east coast.
Now, in the local program's first year, the Mountain School hopes to recruit two to five dedicated winter athletes to train and go to school in Telluride. According to Academy Program Director, Jenny Page, TMS "has added new programmatic elements to its high school curriculum geared specifically toward the student/athlete."
Promising snow riders will benefit from the Mountain School's ability to accommodate student/athletes by creating an individualized academic plan during the winter season, so they can focus on their sport and travel, yet still receive the appropriate high school credits and engage in compelling academic classes.
On the mountain, TSSC has long provided world-class coaching to Telluride kids. It has a history of placing athletes on the U.S. Ski Team, including current Freestyle Program Director Caleb Martin and former coach Harold Ehnbom. Presently, Telluride is represented on the U.S. Team by mogul skier Joe Discoe, snowboarder and former Telluride Mountain School student, Hagan Kearney, and freeride competitor Gus Kenworthy.
In the past five years TMS has had a number of students competing at an international level in skiing or snowboarding. While at the Mountain School, these students have had the opportunity to excel in their sport while being supported to meet the standards of a rigorous high school curriculum.
They train and travel to competition extensively during the school year and are simultaneously entrusted and challenged by TMS faculty and administration to maintain an excellent course of academics. As these exceptional winter athletes moved through the program, TMS organically became accustomed to creating individual student/athlete academic programs to accommodate them.
One such student is 17-year-old mogul skier Keaton McCargo, who finished 3rd at U.S. Nationals last season. Keaton's mother, Jenny Page, began asking, "Why not offer this program, combined with the world-class coaching of TSSC, to more young athletes?"
Now the academy idea has become reality.
TMS's small class size and low student-teacher ratios allow for maximum flexibility in scheduling classes, assignments, assessments, papers and projects. Doing schoolwork from the road, while young athletes are traveling and competing, is never easy. But TMS employs a multitude of technological instruments that allow for productive interaction while students are on the road.
Many young athletes around the world find themselves in a situation where they must choose between their athletic passion or high school success, Page said. The only option they have is to go to high school on their computers. On-line classes certainly have a place, but to rely on this form of education for completing curricular requirements, creates a sterile, lonely and unsupported high school experience.
TMS allows student/athletes to compete at the highest levels without missing out on high school. It's the biggest win/win these elite winter athletes will ever experience.
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An Ultramax or Drake with Sanagloss would be a good choice here.
We are finally replacing the old clunker toilet in our master bath. We have tried a Kohler 1.6l in our downstairs bath solely due to price - don't like it. I have been researching my fool head off for weeks now but only find myself getting more confused. I have spent less time researching cars.
Between various places including places that favor Toto including here and "toilets that work" - the only thing that is obvious to me is that my choice is not so obvious.
Obviously flush is important, getting everything down on the first shot... but a couple other pet peeves of ours I'm not finding mentioned as much are "skids" (fecal toilet markings) and "floaters" little pieces of dung, peas, corn, paper or whatever that is light and doesn't seem to have the same flush rate as the bulk - these are important issues to us and it's making it more difficult to really come up with something so we can find, buy and move on with our lives.
Seems the Drake and Ultramax are very popular, but in Terry's report it seems the top rated toilets had/have better bowl wash? Are those now the Drake II? And is the new Drake II at 1.28 a better worker than the Drake at 1.6?
My head is spinning and I'm hoping you folks have the info, experience and desire to help the clueless so I can make the right choice for us.
Thank you for this forum and any and all suggestions, tips, etc.. Very much appreciated.
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An Ultramax or Drake with Sanagloss would be a good choice here.
Everyone has their favorites. In my house, I put in a Soiree and 2 Gwyneths. Both models have Toto's "Double Cyclone" bowl wash system which sends water to the bowl via 2 huge jets on the top of the bowl.
I prefer the Gwyneths as I almost never have to double-flush with them - they just seem to handle a lot of "stuff" really well and instantly - actually kind of amazing how fast and easily they move solids out of the bowl.
I, like a lot of others on this site, recommend getting Toto's "Sanagloss" finish to reduce cleaning needs, and getting "comfort" or "ADA" height -
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I am definitely pre-sold on sanagloss, comfort/ADA height and enlongated bowl.
I thought I found the mother flusher in the Drake - but then, for cleanup, I thought either the Soiree or Guinevere was it based on the double cyclone and since on the CRToilet page Terry wrote it was TOTO's best gravity toilet with very good bowl wash.
Then I thought I read that either the Soiree/Guinevere (or both) has become the Drake 2. When I read that, I figured it'd have the flush mastery of the drake and the bowl cleaning mastery of the others - taking care of the bulk, paper/floatings thing and even some of the water line staining type stuff..
I appreciate the quick and helpful responses, in the meantime I'm collecting data on dealers hours and locations so I can track down our new dream toilet once the decision has been made.
Hmm.. is it true there is no such animal as a ADA Drake with elongated bowl and sanagloss?
Hi Pappy,
I was looking for the same as you: Elongated, ADA, Sanagloss. You can pick two and find a Drake model with those options. The Drake II seems to solve this by putting in all 3, but then drops G-Max/Eco-Max for Double-Cyclone.
Are these three flush techniques relatively the same? Terry: When you mentioned the "Ultramax or Drake" would be a good choice, did that include the Drake 2? Or do you find the Drake 2 to be lacking in some way?
The Gwyneth or Now Drake II has the high bowl and Sanagloss.
It flushes well. I don't know why I'm not selling more of these.
My customers that have them, like em.
Video of performance
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Well, I might have found out why they'd be less popular for the Canadian market anyway:
Promenade (CST424EFG): $565
Drake II (CST454CEFG): $805
Promenade (CST424EFG): $400 in Seattle
Drake II (CST454CEFG): $355 in Seattle
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I just installed five Ultramax in my house and about the skid mark. After my 3yr old went potty, the skid mark didn't get washed until the 3rd. flush. I have sanagloss for all five toilets.
Well, I would like to thank everyone for their participation in this thread - all the knowledge on this board really helped shape/steer our decision.
We now have a brand new American Standard from Home Depot
...just kidding
We got the ADA Drake with elongated bowl - figured we'd go with the Drake flush and name and longer bowl instead of leaving off one of those options and getting sanagloss - since our older toilets were kind of skid-prone anyway, we're used to it - but hopefully just a nice new finish will help a little. So far about 6 "tests" in, it looks pretty good. We also got the "matching" Toto Supreme sink with Sanagloss and are loving that so far.
We also opted for the soft close toilet seat.. before we had it I thought we'd just be wasting our money - we're both in the habit of putting down the lid after use and nearly never drop it.. but I've got to say this new seat is awesome! I would buy it again today, tomorrow and any other time we need a seat. (A) Taking it off to clean is incredible and (B) to just flick the lid and have it put itself down is a pleasure that is EASY to get used to.


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Former British & Irish Lions boss Sir Ian McGeechan has issued a warning to those players currently sidelined with injury by insisting that form should be the key to selection for this year's eagerly-awaited tour to Australia.
Lions head coach Warren Gatland is set to announce his squad for the forthcoming tour of Australia on April 30 with the recently-concluded Six Nations set to have a significant bearing on his selection. But Ireland lock Paul O'Connell, winger Simon Zebo, Wales flanker Dan Lydiate and England prop Alex Corbisiero among those who saw little or no championship action due to injuries.
McGeechan, a key advisor to his successor as Lions coach, believes Gatland will get the tough calls right but has urged him not to select players just on their reputation. "You need to take fit players. With only a six-week preparation period you can't have players carrying injuries or players out of form," McGeechan told PA Sport.
"That's the big call for the coaches, picking fit players who are on form who can then come together, so you are working with what you want to do right from the word go with players doing every training session and available for games. You can't find form and if you are injured you haven't got the time.
"That's been the mistake in the past, in that players who have not been in form or have been injured have gone because the coach thinks he's the best player in the position based on reputation, not performance. I think the three months prior to the tour is the critical period."
Australia coach Robbie Deans recently suggested that the Lions held an advantage when it comes to preparation with the Wallabies limited to a three-week camp ahead of the Test series due to the Super Rugby season. But McGeechan does not agree. He said: "You are playing southern hemisphere countries who take it all pretty seriously anyway, they have had years to put a team together.
"They are bedded in and know what they are doing. The Lions have high-quality players but what you have to do is work out the best way of getting that talent to show in Test match conditions. Sometimes it's about not over-complicating it, it's being very clear and straightforward about what you want."
Like Gatland, Wales caretaker coach Rob Howley and England assistant coach Graham Rowntree will be on the Lions coaching staff for a second tour with the management team completed by England assistant Andy Farrell. McGeechan believes continuity is an important factor and also expects many of the players to have tackled South Africa in 2009 to also return.
He said: "When you are trying to put together a top-class, world-class Test team, if you have got that little bit of continuity you are away from first base straight away. I think Warren Gatland was the right appointment, he's an outstanding coach but he also understands the Lions and has experience from 2009. So it will be lot of similar management people and maybe a third to a half of the players. You are not starting from scratch knowing you have five weeks to be Test match ready."
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OK so Bangkok airport domestic departures is not exactly the most exciting place in the world… We made the mistake of coming straight off our Hong Kong flight and checking in to the Ko Samui domestic flight thinking we would have a departures lounge to pass the time in. In reality, we spent about four hours sitting in plastic bucket seats in an exposed concrete waiting room with air conditioning set to about 15 degrees.
We finally got on our puddle jumper to Samui and arrived an hour later at an airport that can only be descried as quaint. The small buggies that collect you from the aeroplane would look more at home in Disneyland while the baggage collection hall is the first open walled, thatched roof facility I've come across at what describes itself as an international airport.
Unsurprisingly, we were met by someone offering a taxi ride to the hotel but for 240Baht (about 4 pounds) we thought we might splash out.
Arriving after dark at about ten pm, we were welcomed to the Le Murraya hotel with a complimentary drink while we filled in the forms and were shown to what can only be described as an outstanding room for 29 quid a night. A large bedroom area, kitchen / dining area, full proper bathroom, balcony with a view of the pool… - bliss!
Having decided that this week was all about relaxation and re-charging our batteries (we hadn't in fact stopped project managing since we finished at work) we spent the next three days lying around the pool and sunbathing. Despite the forecast of thunder storms, we experienced terrific sunshine every day with temperatures which felt warmer than India.
It appears that we have arrived at the lowest point of the season though and the main Chaweng Beach 'strip' is sadly very quiet at night – to the point that many of the bars and restaurants are completely empty. Walking the strip therefore becomes a nightly gauntlet of restaurant touts and Indian tailors who 'just want to show you their shop' then grab you by the hand and try to measure you up for a suit.
Thailand appears generally still fairly cheap to live but there are quite a few restaurants on Chaweng Beach whose prices are comparable to the UK so worth shopping around. We read about a place called 'Ninja's Crepes' which is basically a tin-roofed shed in the middle of the main strip with plastic chairs and tables serving very decent food for cheap prices.
Ninja's also seemed to typify the Thai people's hospitality, politeness and friendliness which we have experienced in almost every place from the hotel to restaurants and bars.
It could be a horrible slur on perfectly respectable tourists but there are a suspiciously large number of middle aged European men hanging around with young Thai girls, suggesting the area's reputation is justly merited.
On Wednesday night, we were passing yet another massage parlour and decided to give it a try. Vicki wanted a foot massage but I decided to go the full hog and have a traditional Thai massage. At only 200 Baht (about 4 pounds) for an hour it seemed like incredibly good value, especially when compared to 350 Baht for the foot massage.
After having my feet washed and being led upstairs by a masseuse (I was beginning to wonder if something had been lost in the translation!) I soon discovered that all the warnings about a Thai massage being painful were true.
Lying in excruciating agony as the masseuse pushed and pulled my legs and arms into positions they weren't meant to go I was quietly willing the hour to be up when she instructed me to roll over and started walking up my legs and back. The Thai women may be small and dainty but someone standing on your thigh muscle with one foot still hurts!
Thinking I had finally survived, she told me to sit up but I then found she had saved the best for last. With a Vulcan death grip manoeuvre she managed to send waves of pain down my neck and shoulders before sticking her thumbs into the back of my neck in an area that I didn't even know could hurt!
After struggling home, feeling like I had been beaten up with a baseball bat, I did in fact get a good sleep and felt far better for it the next morning.
On Friday, we both headed out on a boat trip to Ko Tao, an island about 45km north of Ko Samui for a day's snorkelling on a coral reef. The reef and aquatic life around it was quite spectacular but the combined boat transfer time was around 5 hours which only left about two hours for snorkelling so on reflection, probably not really worth the money.
After another trip to Ninja's for dinner, we dropped in to an internet café cum travel agent, cum tour operator, cum dive school, cum car hire office and booked a 'Sporty' for the following day. 800 Baht for a small Suzuki jeep including insurance (at least I think it did – the actual English translation of liability was unlikely to stand up in any law court).
Ten o'clock the next morning our transport was delivered and we headed off to tour the island. We had been warned by the hirer not to drive offroad and after trying to negotiate one 'on-road' section (the concrete simply ran out and became partly washed away dirt road) where 1st gear was the highest possible and I still managed to scrape the bull bar on the ground at the bottom of a descent, I could see why we had been warned.
Stopping at one particularly scenic spot to take a photograph, we discovered that the handbrake didn't work and even leaving it in gear, the car started off backwards. This of course made for an interesting hill start manoeuvre trying to use the brake with my heel while applying throttle with my toes but all worth it when you see the magnificent views of and from the jungle like interior.
Having heard that the elephant trekking was on the expensive side, we gave it a miss and instead spent a decent day's driving just touring the island – including a visit to Tesco in Na Thon. After a couple of wrong turnings and some going round in circles (Vicki was driving at this point and seemed to think that my navigation was at fault but we had obviously been given a defective map), we found the snake farm.
Arriving just in time for the 12.30 show, we were entertained by two girls covering themselves with scorpions (including one holding a scorpion in her mouth during the routine) and a snake charmer dicing with death and kissing king cobras. The show itself was slightly tacky but I did get a chance to hold a three metre python and hold a balloon while a cobra attacked it and burst it.
After the show we were given a quick tour of the 'zoo' with the various snakes and reptiles. In what, with reflection may not have been the most sensible thing in the world, the guide invited me to enter the enclosure of the 'friendly' crocodile and pull its tail to see if it woke up. Maybe not something I would do again but a worthwhile experience.
Slightly more concerning was the spider's web I walked into between two trees next to one of the exhibits. A two inch black and yellow spider, fortunately scuttled in the other direction but when I asked the guide if it was poisonous, he replied 'just a little bit'. Coming from somebody who worked with deadly snakes and scorpions, that wasn't particularly reassuring but it has made me slightly more conscious of checking my shoes before I put them on!
Saturday night the town seemed quite a bit busier than previous nights and we headed further south than we had previously ventured, discovering busy side street full of bars so for the first time in a month we had a proper night out and discovered the 'Green Mango' club which seemed to be providing all night entertainment on two roofed over but otherwise open air dance floors.
Having been dancing with a very nice Thai girl for a couple of hours I was beginning to get slightly concerned that I was going to have to pay for something, so called it a night at about half three and headed back to the hotel.
Waking up on Sunday morning to hand the keys back to the car hire company, we began to remember the negative aspects of a night out and the day turned into yet another of lying by the pool with the occasional dip to cool off.
One last trip to Ninja's for dinner and it was back to the hotel for the traveller's nightmare of packing everything back into a rucksack that seems to get smaller with every destination visited (nothing to do with the tat that I keep buying).
After another six o' clock start (the 7.45am flight is the cheapest), we got to the airport and this time saw it in daylight. Wow – what a terminal! Like something out of a film, the check-in consists of a series of thatched-roof buildings (with computer terminals, x-ray machine, etc, all looking slightly out of place) connected by brilliantly clean open-air concourses.
Heading through to the 'departures lounge' (the usual chain-link security fences are replaced here by a moat with water lilies and lotus flowers) you are met by another open-sided, thatched roof building with beautiful views of flowering gardens. Comfortable lounge seats and courtesy (i.e. free!) snacks and drinks served by the smiling local beauties. If ever there was an airport that you didn't want to leave, this is it.
Unfortunately though, the trip can't stop here so it's back to Bangkok to check out if its reputation is lived up to.
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Jamaica Invitational , May 4th [Gay 9.86 WL]
Some fantastic matchups expected at the meet. Will be an excellent meet as usual. Additional names to be added to the list in the next week.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bolt-to-h ... -in-kingst
200m women
Shelly-ann frazer-Pryce
Kerron Stewart
Bianca Knight
200m Men
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure
100m Women
Murielle Ahoure
100m Men
Tyson Gay
Ryan bailey
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Daniel Bailey
Doc Patton
Nesta Carter
100m hurdles
Dawn Harper
Ginny Powell
400m women
Christine Ohuruogu
Novlene Williams-Mills
Rosemarie Whyte
Mens 400m
Luguelin Santos
Jehue Gordon
Kerron Clement.
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Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Darvis Patton has been on fire since the indoor season and thus, it will be interesting to see what he can run here.
Murielle Ahoure had a great indoor season over 60m. Lets see her stretch this out over 100m. I would not be surprised if she wins since she should still be sharp from the indoor season. Both Veronica and Felix skipped the indoor season.
Melanie's first 100m hurdles race since 2006( her college days). I believe it will take her some time to make the transistion.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
What are expectations now for VCB given her fabulous 200 today (22.18/2.6)
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
She will be running the 100m. It will be her first 100m of the year. Not sure how sharp either her or Allyson will be over 100m. Wouldn't be surprised if Ahoure upstages them both since she is coming off a great indoor season.
It is not how ready an athlete is early May. It matters more at the end of June when they need to qualify at their national championships as well as in August at the WC in Moscow.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
When did VCB run 22.18 ?......at which meet i should ask....fabulous for her imo .Think Ahoure will win this one because of her indoor season and the rest of the ladies skipped indoor to focus on their outdoor season as Jamboy said above
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Tom Jones Memorial Invitational - 4/20/2013
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Ahoure might beat her in the 100, but I will give different odds than 48 hours ago.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
I agree that Ahoure may take the race. But remember that unlike Any of the American or Jamaican ladies, Ahoure does not have to worry about (slightly) peaking for a National Championship. So she has an easier time building her entire season around Moscow.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Maybe, but Ahoure is ahead of the others having raced hard indoors. Thus, instead of taking a more measured build up, she might have pushed the temporal envelop, maybe to gain confidence that she belongs in the discussion. However, sprinters are usually not lacking in confidence.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
I am having some second thoughts about Ahoure and about what she might do outdoors this year and folks saying that we better watch out for her. This is a followup to the discussion earlier this year when she ran 6.99 beating Fraser over 60m.
Last year, Ahoure ran 7.04(to VCB's 7.01) to finish second at the World Indooor Championships. In London, she ran a PR of 10.99 in the heats and 11.00 in the final for 7th place. In the 100m final, she was up with the leaders until about 40-50 meters and until she was passed by all but OKAGBARE.
Unless she really works on her finish, I just don't see her staying with the Fraser, Jeter, VCB in a competitive 100m. Nothing she has done last year( or this year) indicates she can hang on after 60m.
He first big outdoor test will be at the Jamaica Invitational. We will see how well she performs.
Womens 100m London Olympics.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Watch out for Kemar Bailey Cole in the 100m. I think Blake being injured was a good thing. This youngster seems to be in fabulous form already. Bolt breakthrough in 2008, Blake in 2011 @ this same meet, and i think Bailey-Cole will explode on the scene this yr. given the condition that i see him in.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Watch out for Kemar Bailey-Cole?
Don't be surprised if he's the 3rd placed Bailey. Matter of fact, at this time of year I would be surprised if he could beat any of the other men listed. Doc Patton looks primed for a great season and Ryan Bailey is on the heels of an excellent one - one where he PBd twice at a major in the fastest race ever in a season where he was injured for a great portion of it. Add in Nesta Carter searching for his sub-9.80 form and Daniel Bailey doing the same and Bailey-Cole, though talented, may have to settle for a respectable 6th. He's got talent, but I think it's too early in the season.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
I won't be surprise if he fires a 9.8. I watched patterns my friend. He is fully healthy this yr. and i can tell by the condition i've seen him from the start of the yr., this kid will be the rising star this yr. I was shocked when Blake ran the 9.80 in his breakout yr., but i won't be with Kemar. Blake went from 9.96 to 9.80 in one yr. Kemar is coached by Mills and i see them doing wonders with him this yr. Be prepared next Saturday!!!
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
This isn't about the Jamaica Invitational, but I'm curious.
What is the current status of Merlene Ottey in Jamaica....meaning her legacy, and how she is viewed by Jamaicans now?
Are there buildings, high schools (or tracks), or streets named after her?
Is she looked up to by women and girls in Jamaica the same way that Usain Bolt is??
Again, just curious,
Ottey is one of my all time favorite athletes.......and still competing at age 53!!
(Well, she'll BE 53 on May 10th!!)
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
But, when he doesn't fire that 9.8 I'm sure you will have an excuse why...you noticing "patterns" and all. The fact that he is fully healthy means little; it could mean that he's not training hard enough as most sprinters are training at or past the red line and usually have a niggle or two and it could also mean that he finishes 5th behind equally healthy rivals who happen to be faster right now. Bailey-Cole being coached by Mills is irrelevant, too. Forsythe is coached by Mills and he didn't follow up his 2011 in 2012 and Blake is off to an injurious start. And, remember Daniel Bailey? Well, not since 2009.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Daniel Bailey has been "off form" for several years now. He hasn't done anything recently to suggest he will be back to his old self. He looked "average" in the 4 x 100m race at the Utech Classic as well as the 150m race in Rio a few weeks ago. Nesta Carter looked "okay" at the recent Utech Classic.
Kemar Bailey Cole ran extremely "easy" in the 200m and anchored the 4 x 100m at the recently held Utech Classic. I have huge expectations for him this year. With Blake and Asafa currently nursing injuries, this gives him a great opportunity to break out. He plans on running the 200m this year and thus, there is a strong possibility that Jamaica could go 1-2-3-4 at the WC in Moscow later this summer
Doc Patton has impressed us in the indoor season running 6.50 as well as a 9.75 early outdoor(with hurricane force winds behind him). His first major test outdoors this season will be at the the meet.
Ryan Bailey? Not sure what to expect. He hasn't shown much yet. That race in Jamaica should be good for him as well.
Jamaica/US trials is over 2 months away and the WC in Moscow is over 3 ½ months away and thus, there is still plenty of time for these athletes to show form.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
jamboy, Patton is big favourite in this meeting.
9.75 windy and 10.09 with -2.0 m/s
He is in big shape, 9.9 or sub 9.9 with good positive wind is very possible
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
His 9.75 was with hurricane force winds of +4.0 wind.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
I hope they regard her in the same way they regard all other drug cheats.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Don't get things twisted. Ottey was cleared.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
So were Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Really? My vague memory was the it was not particularly 'clean' in is "exoneration". However, I am not the best to review what happened there. I also do not care as much as some of the others. She is a highly unusual athlete in terms of the duration of her accomplishments. To the extent that I viewed the 'nickname' as the Bronze Queen as a positive -- she kept on pushing and racing and eventually finished with a lot more than a lot of Bronze medals. That says something about the person that you do not always get.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
His 9.75 was with hurricane force winds of +4.0 wind.
Uh, that's ~ 9 mph, not even a real wind in Texas, for example. [I know you didn't mean that literally, but let's face it, the Metric System has little meaning to most, even in Field Events, where it's not that complicated: Multiply by 3 and add 10%, than fudge it down a coupla feet for Throws (3.28 Conversion Factor).
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
She is a legend and will allways have great distiontion by all jamaicans. there is a statute just outside the national stadium from 2005 and there is a high school named after her.she even recently got her honorary doctorate of this year.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
She was cleared just like OJ
She certainly did not clear herself
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Let get back on track folks.
It should be a great meet. I expect there to be live streaming on the internet of the meet(Might not be free however ).
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
You meant has little meaning in a backwards, conservative country still talking about 6 feet 7 inches and 224 feet 10 inches, for example, which the entire world, and especially the world of athletics, has rejected for the metric system. It is not too difficult but the USA wants to make a weird point that "we can still stick with the imperial system; it makes us feel different".
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Way to insult an entire nation.
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Mile > 1500m
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Yes so i told WINDY, 9.75 windy and 10.09 with big headwind -2.0
Patton can tobe sub 9.9 perfectly in april, it is very fast really.
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Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
The Jamaicans in the race might have something to say about him being the favorite.
I am predicting a win by Kemar Bailey Cole
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Seems like sherone simpson is running as well but it does not say in what event .Would really like to see her get back to 2006 form .
http://www.trackandfieldja.com/nmcms.ph ... vent&id=91
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
It has been 7 years since she has had that form. I don't expect it to come back. She has had numerous injuries/surgeries over the years. I don't expect to get that form back.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
jamboy im great fan of Kemar Bailey, but im realistic, in this moment Patton is in best shape.
Only if Patton have some injury in my opinion could to win Kemar.
With good wind, i go to tell Patton 9.90 and Kemar 9.98
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Its really hard to say that. I think in 2012 she showed a glimmer of what may still be there. 11.01,22.37,51.42. You know the phrase " what a difference a year makes"? She may have a revival.
Prior to 2012 I would never have thought SRR would run a 22.09 into a headwind and i thought Allyson Felix 21.81 from 2007 in Osaka would probably not be topped by her again. You just never know.
Note: I have my eye on Kerron Stewart she ran a 51.83 and in 2008 she ran a 52.09 and that was prob her best year(2009 was great too).
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Kerron also ran an early season 11.2 recently. She is rounding into shape nicely.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
Very good time by Kerron if true ......Id like to see her and sherone back at their best to give Vcb and Safp some competition for the spots at trials .
Surprise athlete for JA Invitational Saturday
I am picking Kemar-Bailey Cole in the 100m. Some guy on here say i'm crazy but i see that he is in very good shape.
Re: Jamaica Invitational , May 4th
http://m.jamaicaobserver.com/mobile/spo ... o-JII-100m
Tyson Gay has been added to the 100m at the Jamaica Invitational. Should be a great matchup.
He loves Jamaica and he has run there several times at both the 200m and the 400m.
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Yea. You are crazy Tyson has just been added to the lineup. See separate thread.
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QPR boss Mark Hughes claims Anton Ferdinand has "reacted well" to the "traumatic experience" of his court appearance last week.
John Terry was found not guilty on Friday of a racially aggravated public order offence after a verbal exchange with Ferdinand during Chelsea's Premier League game at Loftus Road last year.
With proceedings in court coming to a close, QPR defender Ferdinand has now turned his attention back to football matters and is in Hughes' squad for their pre-season tour of Asia.
Ferdinand and Terry could still face disciplinary action from the Football Association for bringing the game into disrepute, with both admitting in court to having verbally abused each other several times.
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Isle Royale Photography Workshop: Click here for
details: June 13 - 18, 2014
Photography Workshop in Keweenaw's Fall Color: Click here for
details: October 3 - 5, 2014
New! Isle Royale Sticker
Explore Lake Superior's Island Wilderness. The new Isle Royale sticker, with
aerial image by Neil Harri, measures 3" x 5". Adheres to most surfaces like windows, canoes, kayaks, boats, or cars so you
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Advice from Isle Royale Items
Postcard - $2.75
Bookmark - $2.75
Magnet - $4.50
T-shirt - $16.95
2XL T-shirt - $18.95
Sweatshirt - $24.95
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Isle Royale Bandana
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Green - $7.50
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Original price was $14.99. From Willow Creek Press, each 12-month calendar features
4 bonus months of September through December of 2013. Large boxes to record dates
and special events. Includes moon phases, U.S. and international holidays. Spectacular
color photos of either moose, wolves, or loons
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Your purchases help support Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks.
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Hiking & Canoeing Package
Includes the folded National Geographic Trails Illustrated map (each
side of the map shows one half of the island), the book Isle Royale National
Park: Foot Trails
and Water Routes,(4th edition), and the park checklists of birds, mammals
and rocks.
Fishing Package
Large Mailing Tube $4.00-add only one for rolled chart(s)
Includes the Isle Navigational Chart, the book, The Fishes of Isle Royale, and
Isle Royale fishing
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in just one medium or large tube.
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Isle Royale DVD
This orientation DVD produced by the National Park Service shows how to best
enjoy the Island's many attributes, including its trails, lakes and campsites.
Winner of the 1995 Michigan Outdoor Writers Association Best Outdoor Travel Program. 28 minutes.
Trails Illustrated Map
Revised in 2006. Complete topographic map includes valuable wilderness
tips and Leave No Trace guidelines, along with updated trails, trailheads, points
of interest, campgrounds and much more. Printed on waterproof,
tear-resistant material with a plastic coating for extreme durability. Measures
4" x 9" folded and 25" x 37" fully opened,
with one half of Isle Royale on each side of the map. Scale = 1:50,000.
The Diary of an Isle Royale School Teacher
by Dorothy Simonson
5th Printing. 2013. First published in 1988, this perennial favorite shares
the joys and hardships of a winter spent on Isle Royale. Dorothy Simonson's
journal, edited by son Bob who spent that winter with her, recounts with honesty
and humor the challenges she faced during eight months teaching a Chippewa
Harbor fisherman's family in 1932-33. 138 pages.
Becoming Wilderness: Nature, History, and the Making of Isle Royale National Park
by Amalia Tholen Baldwin
Honorable Mention winner for General Interest Publication: 2012
APPL Media & Partnership Awards! This book explores the little-known
backstory of Isle Royale's twenty-year journey from a largely unknown island
in Lake
Superior to the nation's first wilderness national park. Author Amalia Baldwin
reveals the complex interplay of people, politics, and the evolving concept
of wilderness behind the simple
story that has been told of the park's formation. Black and white photos, 90
Foot Trails & Water Routes (Isle Royale National Park)
by Jim DuFresne
Fourth Edition! Details on the park's flora, fauna, fishing opportunities and history. Complete descriptions for trails and waterways, including
mileage, difficulty and amenities at each destination. More than 60 photos and 35 detailed maps of the park's backcountry. 184 pages.
Island Life: An Isle Royale Nature Guide
by Ted Gostomski and Janet Marr
A complete Isle Royale nature guide
that describes all the common flora and fauna of the island in a full color,
compact book. Perfect for your backpack or bookshelf. 168 pages.
Fortunate Wilderness: The Wolf and Moose Study of Isle Royale DVD
a film by George Desort
A film by George Desort profiles both the unique relationship between moose
and wolves on Isle Royale and the historic half-century wildlife study that chronicles
that relationship. This fascinating film features interviews with the biologists,
including David Mech, the eminent wolf biologist who, as a graduate student,
assisted Durwood Allen; Rolf Peterson, who spent nearly four decades of his professional
life doing groundbreaking work on Isle Royale's wolves and moose; and John Vucetich,
who, in 2000, became Peterson's research partner. One hour in length DVD.
Minong - The Good Place:
Ojibwe and Isle Royale
by Timothy Cochrane
"At last, an accurate account of the North Shore
Ojibwe's relationship with Isle Royale, or Minong - the good place. We now have
a clear view of the historic Ojibwe use of Isle Royale - a subject that has
been ignored, forgotten, and corrupted for far too long. Cochrane does an excellent
of giving the source and finding out about Ojibwe history from the relatives
and descendents of the groups who were actually involved and are still connected
to the island today." - Liz Valencia, Historian, Isle Royale National Park. Paper,
285 pages.
Naked in the Stream: Isle Royale Stories
by Vic Foerster
After thirty years of visits to Isle Royale National Park, Foerster records his
experience and wonderment in this narrative. Funny and poignant, riveting and
heart-thumping, Foerster describes his first Isle Royale hike with humor and
humility. Beautifully illustrated by former Isle Royale Artist-in-Residence,
Joyce Koskenmaki, this wonderfully crafted book takes an intimate look
into what it means to find and revere wilderness. Paper, 288 pages.
Winter Study 2013 Notes From the Field
by John A. Vucetich
Isle Royale National Park is a remote, wilderness island located in Lake Superior.
The island is inhabited by a population of wolves and moose. Every winter,
the author, John Vucetich, and his colleagues, Rolf Peterson and Don Glaser,
conduct Winter Study. Winter Study is the world's longest continuous study
of any predator-prey system in the world. This winter, 2013, is the 55th year
Winter Study. "Notes from the Field" is a daily account of the adventures
and discoveries of Winter Study. Paperback, color photos,34 pages.
of the M/V Ranger III
by Susan Hooker
Own this beautiful recent photograph of the National Park Service's Ranger
III on her way to Isle Royale. Hancock artist Susan Hooker captured the ship
with the October colors along the Keweenaw Waterway in their full glory. The photograph is matted and mounted on foam core to fit a standard 11 x 14
inch frame (not included).
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Create this sparkling sweet braided crystal bracelet from Create Your Style with Swarovski Elements and Jolee's Jewels™.
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DIRTIEST place around! – We have been eyeing this place for a few weeks. With a bright yellow sign advertising lunch buffet, it was hard to ignore. When we walked in, hardly anybody was there. It just opened so we took that into consideration. We got the buffet. YUCK YUCK YUCK. No words to describe what they are playing off as food. Our fajitta meat was RAW and was just a slab of meat with grissle and folded over. This was not cooked all the way and not even cut up. the chicken had NO flavor. We had ro ask for tortillas, Every time in the past when we had fajittas in a place, they always had tortillas to go with it. Mom got a bowl of what she first thought was menudo due to the slivers of what she thought was the stomache. NO. It was slivers of fat in the beans. All the fat had risen to the top. GROSS. As we ate, we began to look around. All the windows in the place were extremely dirty and the mirror had finger prints all over. Then we also noticed a piece of the mop left behind on a leg of a chair. Obviously, the chairs do not get moved while cleaning at night. The doors to the kitchen opened up and that's when we got really discusted. DIRTY. The quencher to this all, I was giving my little 7 month old drinks of water from my water glass using my straw the entire time. I looked in my glass as I was drinking and there was a sugar ant floating in it. The food did not taste homemade. I have had better mexican tv dinners that this place. To top it off, my mother called the other location to complain. The manager of that location argued with her that the place was clean and he could see the survelience camera to prove it. He did not care they were serving raw undercooked meat. I do not see how this place can stay in business when there are plenty of other mexican food places that are MUCH better. I have been to this place years ago and it was good then. The quality of food has gone downhill greatly. I warn people to stay away or get sick like I did yesterday.
Very Good Food & Margaritas – Very good food & Margaritas at good prices. Generous servings and large shrimp. Nice people but could have come around one more time to ask if we needed anything. .
Great first experience - good food and drink! – We tried La Feria for the first time and were duly impressed. The food (Tamal Plate and Combination Plate) was very good, with excellent chili sauce and salsa. Their prices were very fair and the portions quite large. I would have liked the chips to be a bit lighter and maybe homemade (these were similar to Tostitos) to complement the excellent salsa (add a bit of salt).
The margaritas were also very good - and rather stout! - and didn't have that sour twang that so many of them have. The happy hour prices were fitting for the drink size, too.
As for service, the previous poster must have gone on a bad night, or caught someone having a bad day, because our service was excellent. Ariana was the waitress and she was very attentive toward us, and we're not the slightest bit Hispanic.
La Feria was a great experience and we will definitely return!
Tasty Ritas – Happy Hour under the palm trees sipping their perfect, not too sweet-nor too sour frozen margaritas is one of my favorite pastimes. Their food is yummy and the service is just fine. Try their chicken breast smothered with cheeses and mushrooms with charro beans. One major tsk tsk would be to clean the patio railing because it has a lot of old, dried bird poo along its entire length.
Great service and food – I'm suprised at the previous review. My family has been eating at this restaurant for years- we are not hispanic and that doesn't affect the service AT ALL. The breakfast is excellent- especially the huevos rancheros with carne guisada. Yum!
Worst service in town, definitely a racial and handicapped profiling restaurant – 1. Apparently you have to be hispanic to get service
2. My wife and brother who is disabled physically not mentally were not treated well by any means
3. Service staff were rude and discourtious to my wife and brother on mulitiple requests for service.
4. When service was received the staff only addressed my wife not my brother who is fully capable of speaking for himself.
5. My wife had to retrieve the receipt for the service her self since the wait staff would not bring it when requested.
6. To top it off the food was average.
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My husband took me to a doctor's appointment this morning. When we got to the office, the doc was at the hospital dealing with an emergency, so his receptionist suggested we go across the street, to a park, and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Yesterday, my DH had went to the grocery store (he's such a good hubby) and, while there, had picked up some "Mini Pringles". When we cracked the bag open, last night, we had some laughs because the mini pringles reminded me of the Catholic host. I had referred to them as "salty little wafers of Christ." They even stick to the roof of your mouth like the host (except, the salt content makes them burn your palatte- like all of the sins you didn't get around to confessing). HA!
Anyway...we're sitting at the park, munching these chips, and chuckling over last night's commentary. Sitting about fifteen feet away, on a blanket, were three, women. They had a few kids between them and seemed to be chatting amongst themselves. Well, I at one point turned to my husband and said, "Body of Christ" and held up a Mini-Pringles. I popped it in his mouth and he said, "AMEN. You know? This would go really well with beer?" I responded with something flippant like, "Well...I suppose beer
would jive better with this host...wine and pringles, eh'...not so much."
At which point, one of the ladies on the blanket turned around and said, "HOW DARE YOU speak so crassly about our Lord's sacrifice!"
The lady she was with said, "I don't find your blasphemy funny at all and I think you should take it elsewhere!"
It wasn't my proudest moment, but I quickly retorted with, "OH. I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was National Eavesdrop Day!"
At which point, fundy #1 said, "The Lord WILL punish you." They then made this big production of gathering up their children and hurrying off to the car.