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The Baltimore Orioles against the Cleveland Indians on May 19, 2019, at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Cleveland’s team became the Guardians in 2022.
Progressive Field opened in 1994 (as Jacobs Field) and sits in downtown Cleveland, with the city skyline rising beyond the outfield. The photos show the view of the field from the stands.
This was the second game of the weekend at the ballpark.
The Baltimore Orioles against the Cleveland Indians on May 18, 2019, at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Progressive Field is in the Gateway District of downtown Cleveland, within walking distance of East 4th Street’s restaurants and bars. The photos show the ballpark on game day.
Cleveland’s team has since been renamed the Guardians, a change that took effect in 2022.
Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the Cincinnati Reds, in May 2019.
The Reds are baseball’s oldest professional franchise, and Great American Ball Park has been their home since 2003. It sits right on the Ohio River, with views across to Kentucky. The photos show the field and stands.
The ballpark is next to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, which is well worth a visit for baseball fans.
A public breathalyzer, spotted in January 2019.
Coin-operated breathalyzer machines like this one let people check their blood alcohol level before deciding whether to drive. The photo shows the machine’s glowing display. Safer to take a cab either way.
Dinner at Barbeque Nation, one of India’s best-known restaurant chains, in January 2019.
Barbeque Nation is famous for its live grills built into each table, where skewers of marinated paneer, vegetables, chicken, fish and other meats are kept hot while you eat, followed by a buffet of curries and desserts. The photo shows the skewers on the table grill.
It’s a lively, all-you-can-eat style of meal and a great introduction to Indian grilled dishes.
So apparently the Hostess Chocodile was not just back for the “Summer of Fun”, because as I was searching for this year’s Christmas Crunch cereal (no luck so far), I stumbled across these:
Limited Edition Cherry Flavored Hostess Chocodile Twinkies!
After I read about the return of Chocodiles on Dinosaur Dracula, I became determined to find them. Now I live in Canada, and they most definitely do not sell Chocodiles in Canada, so every time I went on a quest for the Chocodiles I had to drive an hour to Bellingham, WA.
I made 3 trips and checked many, many grocery stores trying to find the elusive Chocodile. I’m not kidding in saying I checked 9 different stores in one trip without success.
Finally, Friday August 22nd (my first search with my awesome new wife for a good luck charm) I found the so elusive Chocodile:
It has been a while since my last post, but I can’t let a holiday season go by without writing about some random crap.
How about Snickerdoodle milk?
Yes, it is a real thing. Sold at Target.
I didn’t remember to grab a picture of what it actually looked like, but the packaging is a good representation. It is basically a little lighter colored than chocolate milk. I was somewhat apprehensive about the taste, but was pleasantly surprised. Basically cinnamony sweet tasting milk, like eggnog with a whole lot more cinnamon.
The sweetness was too much for me though, I only drank half a glass.
More important than Snickerdoodle milk, this year I managed to again find Christmas Crunch cereal!
It had been a while since I’ve had Christmas Crunch. I was unsuccessful in my crunch quest in 2012 and 2011. My last successes were in 2010 and 2009.
Actually I found this year’s Christmas Crunch back in November just before US Thanksgiving. That seems to be the sweet time to find it, last year I checked at least a dozen grocery stores along the I-5 corridor during the first week of December, but I think that it was too late.
Christmas Crunch is essentially just a holiday-ified version of Captain Crunch Crunchberries edition, but that holiday-ification makes all the difference to me. There’s something about Christmas versions of food products that just call out to me.
If you look closely in the Christmas Crunch photos you can make out the caboose of my new train. I’ve always wanted a model train to run around my tree and this year is the year I actually got one. Of course it took over a month, two locomotives, trips to the local train store, and a lot of patience, but eventually had a running train going around my tree.
Since the last time I posted here it was Halloween related, it seems appropriate that I pick up again at the same time of year.
This time I have amassed a small collection of Halloween themed food products to share. Well, lets begin… (more…)