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ropo

Golden Corral, you're on my LIST.

Jan 23, 2009 13:57

Ten Things about Dr. Seuss.We had a little earthquake yesterday. Only a 3.1, but it was centered under my house, so I felt it just fine ( Read more... )

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therealjae January 23 2009, 22:10:23 UTC

Wow. What's it like to have an earthquake under your house?

-J

ropo January 23 2009, 22:45:04 UTC

A small quake under the house isn't unlike a large quake from far away. This was a short little one, one of the ones where you wait for a second to see if it's going to keep going or get bigger, which it didn't. I don't often feel them if they're under a 4.5 or so, but this one being right here made the difference.

jeviltwin January 23 2009, 22:19:52 UTC

Earthquakes and rain? What is up out there? *G*

Though they are my great-aunt Cille's fave-rave restaurants, you're not missing anything by not having Golden Corrals. BELIEVE ME. Canned chick peas under a sneeze guard do not a fabulous dining experience make. (Think: Potosi.)

ropo January 23 2009, 22:43:21 UTC

Thanks ... when I was driving through the entire midwest with A., we went to CiCi's and I was happy (well, sad, but happy) to find that I wouldn't miss it at all. *g* But I did eat canned chickpeas from under a sneeze guard today. (Chick peas are the same as garbanzo beans, yes?)

The rain is mild, and so was the quake. I suspect they are unrelated.

noelleleithe January 23 2009, 22:59:40 UTC

Come visit me again and I will take you to Golden Corral! *g*

(Really, it's not all that. It's pretty good, but then so are most Southern-style buffet chain restaurants. It's tough to tell one from another.)

ropo January 24 2009, 00:35:33 UTC

I can't help loving a buffet. I'm so picky, and it's great because I choose what to eat and how to eat it and stuff like that. And yes, if/when I come back, Golden Corral it is!

ajax January 23 2009, 23:16:07 UTC

Golden Corrals are also hard to find in Chicagoland (I discovered them when I lived in Texas) but I know of at least one, in Bolingbrook.

Their killer app -- real mashed potatoes! Definitely a cut above Luby's and the like. :)

--- Ajax.

ropo January 24 2009, 00:34:30 UTC

Yum, mashed potatoes! February is POTATO MONTH at Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes, by the way. I will be there a LOT.

kirbyfest January 24 2009, 00:10:03 UTC

Souplantation is SO FAR SUPERIOR to Golden Corral that it's like comparing... I don't know. Something really crappy to something really NOT.

(Of course, I've only been to one GC, and that one sucked. Whereas I've been to several Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes, including one in SPAIN that was called something else but was TOTALLY Souplantation. I took a picture of it for you which, at some point, I will find.)

ropo January 24 2009, 00:36:16 UTC

I'm glad to hear it! I feel better when I'm only missing out on something not-so-good.