Tosh.0

Just booked tickets to see Daniel Tosh in Baltimore on June 21st.  Should be ROFL good times.

Federal Taphouse Review

Roy and I went to the Federal Taphouse for my belated birthday dinner. It's fairly new and it replaced the ghetto-fabulous Dragonfly nightclub in downtown Harrisburg. They have 100 beers on tap and they had one of Roy's favorites as of late, Back in Black by 21st Amendment (SF, CA).   They sat us at a table and one chair was on the dining room floor and the other was in this cubbyhole, kind of like a closet.  I sat there and I felt like I was hiding from everyone.  It would be a perfect seat for your mistress or manstress if you took them out in public.

I got a glass of wine, per usual. Beer shmeer, I want wine! We perused the appeteasers and our first choice was wings but they only had BBQ sauce for them (Roy no likey), so we got the meat and cheese platter.  We also ordered our entrees and we both got the Caesar salad.  Roy added steak for $9. I declined meat on my salad because we got the meat platter.  But when the appetizer came out, it looked like something you would get as a prize for winning a challenge on Survivor.  It was like two pieces of sliced roast beef, a slice of what looked like Spam but I think it was a pâté of some sort, one bite-size each of swiss, bleu cheese, and cheddar, couple thin slices of apples, 5 pickled green beans, and some other condiments that looked like bird droppings.  Oh, and some dates and toasted bread. It came out on a wood block and I felt like we were camping.  $14 for this meat and cheese platter?!  I get that they are trying to be hoity-toity gourmet or whatever, but it was kind of ridiculous. They should call it something else,  like "Twig & Berry Sampler D'Appalachian."

By this time Roy and I are starving.  We pecked at the bird droppings and then our "salad" came out which was two halves of Romaine heart - grilled -with Caesar dressing drizzled on it. I was expecting something different, um, like a SALAD.  We both had to cut up the lettuce and I don't really mind the grilled romaine hearts but I knew Roy is NOT a fan (I made them for him before at home and he wouldn't touch it). The lettuce was warm and soggy. His $9 steak amounted to 4 tiny pieces on the side.  At least his lettuce had some green in it, mine was all yellow.  It was pretty bad.  I guess we were just expecting something different - like crisp, cold chopped romaine lettuce, pre-cut, pre-tossed and ready to eat. If the menu had described what we got, we probably wouldn't have ordered it.  The best part was the croutons.  We ended up going next door to Zembie's and ordered wings to-go because we were still hungry.

We went back the next night but only to drink with friends since they wanted to see what it was like there. Their pizzas look good but I'm not sure I'll ever eat there again.

RSI Recap

Here's a recap from this past weekend's skating competition.

On Saturday all the teams in the competition had a chance to practice at the Giant Center.  The Giant Center is located in Hershey, PA and it's the home of the Hershey Bears (a top affiliate of the Washington Capitals).  It's a pretty nice sized venue and it was pretty cool being on the ice there.  Those professional arenas are nice and warm.  Our home practice ice at Twin Ponds is freezing cold (yes, I know that sounds obvious when ice is involved, but it makes a huge difference).  Here's a pic of my cousin and friend watching the OJ team practice:

After practice, Roy and I volunteered at the admissions table and sold tickets, programs, and pins. Roy is good at bantering with strangers, especially the ladies, so it was fun.  He's also great with little kids and we had Hershey's Kisses on the table for everyone.  After volunteering we went home and I had to take a nap.  Later on we went out with some friends at the Federal Taphouse in downtown Harrisburg.  Future post on that place to come...

On Sunday, we took my nieces to breakfast with Roy's dad because it was his birthday.  Afterwards we drove to the Giant Center in time for our next volunteer shift at the team registration desk.  Our teams skated later that afternoon.  Here is video of our intermediate team:

Here is a video of the adult team:

I wish I had a video of the OJ team but sometimes when you are recording you miss out on actually enjoying the performance.  I decided to just enjoy their skate this time.  They did great as usual!
I had a really great time at RSI and because it was our home club's event, it was cool getting to see all the behind the scenes operations and being able to be a part of the event in a more personal way. It was much more work than just showing up and skating, but definitely worth it.  Roy ended up working overtime and was in charge of opening the rink gate for skaters to exit ice. His parents came to watch us skate as well and they loved it!  Roy and I got separate phone calls from his mom to tell us that she had a blast and wanted to make sure we let her know when the next local event is.  She is so cute. 
As for our skate, the adult team did really well! All the teams did.  But I was especially determined to redeem myself from my jell-o legs performance at Easterns.  I'm sure getting my first competition out of the way helped a lot but I think it also helped having a larger locker room and kind of having the home ice advantage - even though we don't regularly skate at the Giant Center at all.  In Lake Placid, we had a makeshift locker room with curtains on all sides and it was cramped.  We couldn't play music or walk around or anything.  And I guess after getting last place, you know you can't do any worse! We ended up in 2nd and it was so gratifying. It was like we came in 1st because the 1st place team was a shoo-in (they took 1st at Easterns out of 13 teams). Yay! I've never been in a sport where you get judged and then you get ranked like figure skating.  Less than 3 minutes to show what you got and then you have to wait to see if it was enough.  No second half, no 4th quarter, no 9th inning. You don't get a chance to see how your competition skates either because you are in your locker room mostly and can't see anything.  Jessica's prediction was 3rd but I guess Roy brought more $$ this time =)

In the locker room before our skate

Posted Results for Open Adult

Silver Medal

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