Today Is a Monster Day
Beyond Apple’s WWDC starting today, Kanye West’s official video of Monster has hit the street.
Gotta Try the Dam Diner
With a name like the Dam Diner, you have to give this eatery a try. Down the street from the San Joaquin Hatchery with a view of Friant Dam, the nondescript diner sits there on the side of the road.
On the menu, you can find typical American comfort food along with the Dam Specials and some other oddities. For the best of the menu, check out the Dam Diner’s reviews on Yelp.
I had to try their namesakes, the Dam Burger with curly fries and a chocolate shake. The burger tasted fresh, the curly fries were like any other curly fries, and the shake was good and even better since they gave all the extra shake.
If you happen to be in the Friant area, you must eat at the Dam Diner. Just overlook the misspelling of “Fraint.”
More Dam pictures.
A Volt in the Wild
Parked next to us was this different looking car. I couldn’t recognize it off-hand, and no wonder. It’s a new electric Chevy Volt that I’d never seen in person. But there it was, spotted in the wild.
What’s So Special About November 18?
Oh just some movie called Breaking Dawn.
Just a movie about a wedding, release of pent up tension, and a pregnancy. See, nothing special.
“Home of the Trophy Trout”
Just a short ways away is the San Joaquin Hatchery, the “Home of the Trophy Trout.” And yes, there is a lot of trout in this fish hatchery. The facility is free to visit and you can buy fish food to feed the ravenous trout of different sizes. Just don’t molest the fish.
If you stay there long enough, you can watch feeding time where a golf cart spews out food pellets driving the fish into a feeding frenzy.
The Grouchy Passenger Has Good Dental Hygiene
Remember that Grouchy Passenger? Well, I give him this. He has good dental hygiene. After eating on the flight, he brought out dental floss and proceeded to clean his teeth.
Then he threw the used floss on the floor. Yep, see.
Sorry, the picture is blurry, but I had to rely on my iPhone’s digital zoom to double check what I thought I amazingly witnessed.
What’s for Lunch?
Can you guess what’s for lunch?
Here’s the straightforward menu (now with caloric intake).
And also featuring Kona coffee!
Oh, and watch out if you decide to take pictures inside of In-N-Out. They have a strict no pictures policy of their staff or kitchen area. I got a warning about taking pictures of the menu.
You Don’t See This Everyday
Now, here’s something you don’t see everyday. Check out this sign.
And yes, this is indeed a special sequoia forest – there’s even a Starbucks at the end of it!
Spotted: Eddie Vedder Free Song
The poor distribution of the Starbucks and iTunes powered musical Pick of the Week has gotten better. I initially saw Eddie Vedder’s Longing to Belong in the Aloha State, and here it is in the Golden State.
Eddie Vedder for Free
When you stop by Starbucks, pick up the free code for Starbucks’ Song of the Week. This week’s sampling is from Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs.
Shots from the Hop
Some pics from “the hop.”
