Ketching Up

 Dinner on Wednesday was a quick walk up to Agrippas to Burger Market. I think I have been there before but it seemed like a reasonable choice. Their menu had 2 main-course options: Burger and Vegetarian burger. Guess what I had! (hint, I am not a communist)

I ordered a burger with extra meat on top, hold the raw onion. Fries on the side and a Carlsberg. There was some confusion on what I wordered, whether I paid and what I paid for because the automated ordering kiosk chose not to communicate my order to the men behind the counter. So I ordered again, and this time, I guy wrote my order down with a magic marker, on a piece of scrap paper. Much more efficient that way. I ate successfully (any meal you can roll away from is a good meal)

Back to the house and I saw Eli and cousin Elish. They went out to buy stuff for a birthday party and I asked them to pick up a Cookie Monster (in Hebrew, Jookie Monster) onesie PJ for me. It cost 100 Shekel but he got it for 40. SCORE. The rest of the evening was schmoozing with Eli, Elish, friend Ilan and whoever else happened to be around. Then Jack Reacher, 3 hours of reels and bed.

Thursday was a food focused day (making it markedly different from exactly no other days). I met Jeff Oshin at the Columbia store on Agrippas (I like Columbia clothing but those prices were at least one decimal point too high for those products) and we walked to Mike's. Jeff got the buffalo chicken strips which were spicy. I ordered a Guiness as my appetizer. Strong move. Chatted with the owner and we knew some people in common and some common people. Jeff and I caught up and discussed Israel, and food and stuff. He had a New York burger and I had a double Mike's burger. TWO LAYERS OF MIKE!

It was a wonderful meal with wonderful company so that was pretty awesome. I finished just in time to get lost on my way to dinner. I used my phone to get me to ShlomTziyon Hamalka but it kept giving me directions which seemed rather confusing. I had recalled that the street was easy to find but the phone made it unduly difficult. I believe the street must have moved because my phone was in the same place. So I put the phone away and relied on luck which paid off. This is the kind of street which one can only find when not looking for it. I met up with Nomi and Eyal at Chicken Chips (these chips don't lie) and we bellied up to the barstools and ordered.  I started with 500 ml of Muller beer and then had five pieces of crunchy chicken. They make each order to order so there is some wait time. I filled it by talking to a cat and drinking a beer. Possibly vice versa. Nomi got a sammich of crispy chicken on bread with lettuce on the side. Some things don't change. The fries were just meh but the chicken was very nice!

During the various walks, I ran into a Karben, some Mershons  and a 5 students (after a few hours, I remembered 3 first-last name and 1 first name and one no name but I should know) from Touro and Stern. Back to the homestead. Thus endeth the Thursday night.

This morning Nomi and I took a walk to look at some stuff and then back here to get ready for Shabbos. Wishing all a great Shabbos and a happy everything else!