I really appreciate Strack & Van Til‘s effort to educate the consumer, but maybe something like “aids digestion” would be more appropriate than “prevents constipation” and “blocks diarrhea.” What does that even mean? “Apples, they make you go, but not go too much!”
Some photos I took while walking up Milwaukee, between Damen and California, over the course of 2 days in September.
Love is a fragile word
Fuego Mexican closed. I went there twice in the whole time it was open. (1, 2)
Panda in a microwave?
Sort of sorry I missed this Weezer show at the Congress Theater!
Which album would you pick? I think I’d pick Pinkerton.
Mural on the side of the Congress Theater. This changes frequently.
Face? Traditional Mexican art?
Ciudado. Caution. Owl.
Matches the street writing in the first photo. Write your own story. Spin your own gold.
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Remember that Cold Stone Creamery that was located across the street from my gym? Well, it closed a long time ago. Maybe a year or two? And Forever Yogurt went into the space. Seemed like a good match. People might actually go and get some frozen yogurt after the gym, but not Cold Stone ice cream! I started staring at big photos of fruit on the building while using the treadmill instead of thinking about Cold Stone. Still, I never went til I got the nudge from Groupon.
Here’s how Forever Yogurt is different from other frozen yogurt spots:
So, it’s totally self-serve. You take as much yogurt as you want and you take as much of the toppings as you want and then it just gets weighed. There are about a dozen flavors of yogurt and endless toppings. I liked it, but just like a salad bar, it’s hard to really gauge how much you have til you’re at the end weighing and paying. I’d go back, though. Unlike the Cold Stone that I tried my hardest to avoid.
My only complaint is that their logo looks like two steaming piles of poo.
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I think we were in the “ethnic” or Mexican aisle at Strack & Van Til when we spotted this mayonesa. Dallas really wanted to try it, so we picked up a bottle of the McCormick mayonesa. I haven’t had the urge to try it yet, but I asked Dallas the other day if it was really limey. After all, “con jugo de limones” translates to “lime juice.” He said it wasn’t really. Maybe just a slight twinge of lime, but he’s been eating it on a lot of sandwiches so it must be good.
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