As far as cross-country moves go, this one has been hectic and busy but not too bad so far. After accomplishing the slew of tasks in front of us yesterday, we headed out on the road to Albany, NY, fueled during the 2-hour drive by a bunch of snacks--we have a medium duffel bag probably 5 pounds heavy full of assorted goodies that I hope for my waistline's sake we don't finish during this weeklong trip. Among the snack options (housed in a separate bag) is my new favorite popcorn, Popcorn, Indiana's Kettle Corn ($4 for a big red bag at Whole Foods), which I just had to break open. For something that didn't come fresh from a street fair, it's actually pretty decent and highly addictive.
After we checked into the pet-friendly Red Roof Inn, I found out that I had mistakenly chosen a handicap-accessible room. I thought it might be bigger and wider than a normal room but really, everything is just lower. In the bathroom, the thing that threw me off the most was the little wooden flip-down seat in the shower. The metal handlebars, I'd seen before for sure, but the seat? That was new to me. Still, I didn't feel inclined to try it out.
Our options for dinner were limited, considering that where we were staying was in the middle of streets upon streets of strip malls and chain restaurants. We settled on Macaroni Grill (so-so bbq chicken pizza, eggplant parm, and garden salad) and checked out the local Hannaford's afterwards. I was excited to see one of Adam Ried's articles in their in-house magazines (on chilled soups), as well as Carl Tremblay's photos in another.
Today's agenda: picking up Beef on Weck in Buffalo before heading over to Cleveland, Ohio.
11 comments:
HiHi Sandra and Ivan! Wow, what an amazing journey you guys have ahead :O) It's been a LONG time since i've been to Macaroni Grill, but I remember the mushroom ravioli was quite tasty.
Oh yeah, I would recommend cities along the way, but you guys know the only decent city in the midwest is Chicago hehe. Can't wait to see ya in a couple days! gluck and see you soon!
~Rahul
p.s. if you happen to swing by manhattan at all, try the belgium pomme frites place!! http://www.pommesfrites.ws/
Okay, i'm dumb... you guys aren't even close to Manhattan, hah!
Weird, how does blogger.com know I'm Elliot. Anyway, you guys are so similar I didn't even notice Sandra wrote this post, although i was wondering why Ivan was excited over food columnists (other than one)...maybe I'm not so smart after all. Anyways, sounds exciting. Congratulations on your adventures.
I LOVE Kettle Corn! What a great way to remember the trip...a blog! I just started one the other day, as a matter of fact. To not bore anyone other than Sandra (ha ha), I'll send her the link separately :-) Happy Trails!
hey guys, travel safely! try not to get into any accidents while your face is in the bag of kettle corn. have a great trip. can't wait to see you here in california
Hi Sandra, Ivan & Gus...
Hope you're all having a fantastic trip. For some reason, I still blame Ivan and Tuft's University for my sprained ankle. I'm just not the same anymore. boooo.. Fine, I don't blame Ivan, but I still shake my fist at Tufts!
Anyway, we still want that karaoke machine. Take care and drive safe. See you back in Cali-
will
if you have some time perhaps check out phnom penh in cleveland. it was better a couple years ago (it changed owners), but it's pretty authentic and way better and cheaper than the elephant walk.
unfortunately, starting tonight i am doing european hours for a couple of weeks or so (i need to wake up at 1:30 am!), hopefully we can still meet up if our scheduling works out
and elliot is right, this is weird how does it know i am nuukeleboy?!?!
you're adorable, sandy wu.
7 days.
2 stomachs.
1 highway.
This is great! I really like the notion of eating one's way across the country... shouldn't that be THREE stomachs though?! I guess Gus is still sticking to the dry stuff, but no doubt enjoying the journey as much as the rest!
Bonne route!
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