today's adventures, including dinner

[beige_alert]

I bought a late-70s Time-Life book (with pretty pictures) about Amsterdam at Downtown Books. I saw a percussion duo including a steel drum playing Christmas music. The refrigerated ice rink at Red Arrow Park is open, and many people were circling the ice under the lights. I didn't hang around long enough to see the Zamboni go to work, but I've seen it in action before.

I ate dinner at Mo's Cucina. This is a nice little place downtown serving Italian food at relatively reasonable prices, at least compared to the other "Mo's" restaurants. I had a little table by the window, so I could watch the world go by as I ate. I had the manicotti and a bottle of Dang That's Good root beer. It was quite good.

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[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

One of the folks I play bridge with has discovered that there's a store in Homer, a small town near me, that has a very large assortment of sodas, including dozens of root beers. We've been taste testing a few root beers the last couple of weeks at bridge. I remember there was a bottle of "Dang that's good" in the box, but I can't remember if we actually opened it yet.

A couple of pretty decent root beers have shown up; I think the best is pretty comparable to Sprecher's. Nothing as good as Big Horn (the stuff the Ram brew pub makes).

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

I rode my bicycle to Homer back when I lived in Champaign. I just passed through, on my way back from Homer Lake. Sprecher is local up here, of course. Besides their root beer, I think their cola is quite good, and I also like their cream soda and orange soda.