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A Lesson in Advertising

Normally my brain cuts off at the sight of a commercial but I’ve been seeing some lately that have kept my attention.

You know how you know a commercial but you don’t know what it’s for? I consider that to be bad advertising. Yes it’s nice to have something catchy but what’s the point if no one remembers what you are advertising?

I think the people at Eastern Motors have done a good job with their campaign. Not only are the commercials entertaining, but I see them on a regular basis, and I actually remembered what they were selling after I saw it. Some of the commercials do sort of have the “low budget” feel to them, but I still like them because they make me laugh.

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Don’t Kill Me…I Just Moved Here

I am starting to believe that my apartment has a very strange history. Who in the world used to live here?

First, Comcast gives me a hard time about installing new service. Something about there’s still an open account at this address so I can’t open one because it could be fraud. Ummm ok.

Then a few days after I move in, husband and I are coming back from the store. There’s this girl banging on the door. I ask if I can help her and she gets an attitude and tells me no. I then ask who is she looking for because she’s knocking on my husband’s door. “Oh..so & so don’t live here?” No lady, she doesn’t. (Yes I typed “don’t live here” because that’s what she said.)

Of course there was the whole phone situation, I won’t go into that again.

robber.jpgBut today was the strangest of them all. I am in the room working and I hear someone knock on the door, then they ring the doorbell. I thought it was the Mr. but I was wondering why he would keep knocking if he knows sometimes it takes a minute to get to the door.

Next I hear someone struggling to place a key in. They are turning and turning the key and it’s not working. I know it’s not the Mr. because he wouldn’t be struggling to get in like that.

*key turn, key turn, bang, bang, bang*

I peep out the window and there’s this scary looking thug guy .

*Quick do I grab a knife and open the door or do I just open it?*

I opened it and once again I was faced with the “how can I help you?” He says, “They told me apt. xxx”.

I am thinking; Excuse me? What is this? Someone coming to place a hit? “Do you know (insert name)? They told me to come to apt. xxx”

“Sorry, I just moved here” I said.

“Alright” he said and he ran down the stairs.

Did I almost get murdered or am I over reacting? Gosh someone please beam me back to the suburbs.

35 Minutes Later at Popeyes…

Our food was ready.

Popeyes has good chicken and there’s no doubt about that. But I tend to stay away from them because back home you can only find them in very ghetto urban areas.

We pulled up in the drive through and there were only 2 cars in front of us. I peaked inside and I could see 3 workers, and there werepopeyes-chicken.jpg no customers in the building, so I was confident that our wait wouldn’t be too long.

15 minutes pass and we are still in the same spot; we haven’t moved. Yet unfortunately 5 people have walked inside. So there’s 2 cars in front of us; 5 people inside, and my stomach is screaming for mercy.

10 minutes later we place our order yet I am very confused as to how the heck I am supposed to see the menu. Maybe it’s easy to see from the drivers side, but I couldn’t read it, I attribute this to bad architecture. The cashier was very friendly which I appreciated. She told us that if we wanted fries it would be a 7 minute wait. I said we’ve waited this long so we might as well wait for what we want.

10 minutes later we had our food.

Start to finish 35 minutes.

Pros

They included Jelly for my biscuit

The cashier was friendly

The food was good

Cons

The drive through was very narrow

It’s hard to see the menu from the car

The wait was terrible

The portion of fries was ridiculously small

Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits
1315 14th St. NW
Washington DC 20005

Where can you smoke in Famous Daves?

I’m not a big bbq fan. Actually I love the taste but since there is no polite way to eat ribs I stay away from them. You might occasionally catch mefamousdaves.jpg at a picnic trying to get a few ribs before the sauce is put on; but other than that, I stay away from messy foods.

I’ve been to Famous Daves back home so it wasn’t new to me. What was new to me was that it was the first time (that I can think of) that I’ve been to a restaurant and the hostess has not asked “smoking or non smoking”. Then I recalled hearing something about no smoking in certain places in certain states…I need to keep up with the laws.

I was quite pleased because I can’t stand the smell of smoke, especially when I am eating, but a few minutes after sitting down I caught of whiff of some cigarette smoke. I couldn’t tell where it was coming from until a few minutes later when I saw someone smoking at the bar. So you can smoke at the bar but not at the tables? How does it work?

Pros:

The food came fast

The potato salad was great…I am really picky about potato salad.

The temperature was nice. Usually I am freezing cold in restaurants.

Neutral

There were many sauces but they didn’t quite suit my taste. The closest thing to regular bbq sauce was the Rich & Sassy; which happened to be the last thing I dipped my chicken fingers in after trying Texas Pit, Devil Spit, Sweet & Zest. I didn’t try the Georgia Mustard sauce.

Famous Daves

Oakton, VA


Five Guys: Burgers, Fries, and Noise

fiveguysburgers.jpgBefore I moved here, I’d heard that Five Guys was the place to go…especially for a burger connoisseur such as myself. So I headed to the one on Dupont Circle in order to see if it lived up to the hype.

Pros:

- Several free topping choices

- The portions of fries were huge

- The burger was delicious

Cons:

-The music was way too loud. I could barely hear them call out my order

- There was this loud, clunky cleaning girl who kept picking up tables and chairs and slamming them down. For some reason she kept cleaning the tables in front of and behind me; so while I was chewing all I could hear was blasting music and “clunk,wipe, slam…clunk, wipe,slam…”

- There was a girl at the register who was on her cell phone the entire time I was there. (This is not really a con, I just thought it was unprofessional)

Recommendations: The burger is worth the trip, but order to go, especially if you suffer from migraines.

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