Columbus, Here I Come!

It's finally here! Thanksgiving break! No more teaching for the next 10 days! Can you not feel the excitement being broadcast from my fingertips to this electronic thing we call a blog? We're headed up to Columbus, Ohio for the weekend to visit an old friend. My ulterior motive for making this three hour pilgrimage is that I want to stand on the same ground that the Reggae Boyz made their last stand against the USA in their futile quest to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. A quest which, alas, ended in defeat...don't worry fellows there is always 2010 so here's hoping that we'll be more able to join the rest of the world in this the most prestigious football competition. Until then, I shall go to Columbus and cuss two claat, drink some beer, eat some food, and feel irie!

Speaking of food, while I am in Columbus, I must make sure to visit my favorite eating spot in the US called BD's Mongolian Barbecue. The unique thing about this restaurant is that all the food is raw!!! Yes iya, you walk around and pick up your raw meat (beef, chicken, pork, seafood, you name it!), vegetables and salads, and herbs and spices. Once you decide on the food you want to eat and choose the appropriate seasonings, you take it to the chefs who make it into a stir-fry on a huge, circular grill. Voila! Voici! Your own stir-fry, complete with tortillas! Vegetarians beware!



Above is a picture of what the grills look like at the restaurant. Hey Dr. D. as a lover of "Chiney" food, shall I bring you back a plate of stir-fry from BD's? Speaking of which, I think I might just try a franchise in Jamaica...on second thought, remember when Wendy's tried that all you can eat salad bar? Us Jamaicans never made fun to nyam [eat] it out business in short order. I don't think our economy is quite ready for the all-you-can-eat lifestyle [i.e. unnu too damn greedy!].

Listen, unnu can gwaan idle and read my post if unnu want, but Pebbles is in the kitchen cooking up some paella for dinner, so I going to take my leave of this blog. Don't worry, like the good doctor has done on his blog as well, I shall do my very best to attempt to find a few nice shots of the Columbus cityline with the Kodak. Anyhow, mi nah tarry tonight a blow wow, unnu have fun, and drop a little comment in my box if you have the time--after all, the blog is free, and it helps to know that my writing efforts are not lost in this vacuous alternate reality that is the World Wide Web.

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