New location

That was a dashing surprise. And proves just how unobservant I am. Apparently The Elephant moved from their basement digs (where they have been for almost 8 years) five days ago, according to the owner. Sigh. I only found out because someone ordered door dash from there and I went to the old location. It looked like the restaurant had just closed suddenly without warning. Until I saw the teeny sign on the ground saying that they had moved! I wish them luck in the new space. And I ordered tonight’s dinner from there. So I am going to knock this blog post out relatively quickly. Hahaha, no, I won’t…

It was a two dash day and both were decent. On the first dash, I picked a final dash that ended me up right near my house! Woo hoo! For lunch I had my leftover sandwich from Nerdvana. Still good the second day.

My second dash was decent as well. Like the dash from The Elephant. And a few other decent dashes. I did a little more driving on the second dash.

During my second dash, I also stopped at Lake Drum to pick up the CSA for EC and JC. I chose swiss chard, cucumbers, red onions, roma tomatoes and a bunch of basil. I hope those were ok choices. EC had made noises about little cucumbers, so that was my first choice. If it had been me, my choices would have been mostly different. Aside from the red onions. Then I would have added one of the teeny weeny watermelons. Not sure what else, though…I can’t really do a CSA as even that little amount of produce might go bad before I got to it.

After my shift, I took the CSA to EC and JC and they gave me a mango, some asparagus and some kale. I am not a huge kale fan, so we shall see what becomes of that. I will probably juice the mango. And I’ll make something with the asparagus sometime soon. It is all very tender looking already, so a few minutes of steaming ought to do the trick. Add some butter and salt and pepper and maybe a little lemon juice and voila! Yummy food!

On the way home, I stopped at The Elephant and ordered dinner. It was a bit more expensive than I had thought it was going to be. But I got stuff I really liked. Well, mostly. I got drunken noodles with crispy duck. And an appetizer – I had the owner choose for me – between dumplings and curry puffs. (She chose the dumplings) And a large Thai Iced Tea. Which I am going to go eat and drink in about five minutes.

Augustus for President: I purchased two license frames that say “Augustus for President ’28” on them. I hope I get them soon. I am also thinking of getting a vanity plate that says A is For (which is also the current name of the vehicle internally). And lastly, definitely thinking about getting the car wrapped before I head off into the wilds of the US for the first of several all state tours. In either January or February next year. Speaking of which, who do I know who lives in which states? It would be nice to know someone in each state to help me figure out where to go and who to talk with. I know people in Maine, Connecticut, NY, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, California, and Washington State. (and Washington, DC) Which leaves a lot of states unaccounted for. Oh, and Michigan. And Kansas (or Missouri – not sure which part of KC they live – I think Kansas…) 14 out of 50. It’s a start.