Ingredients:
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So last Saturday, February 1st, I decided to get together with some of the other rejects that live in St. Paul. I hung out with Hubert Alman, Edald Peterman, and Eutie Lornandez. By 10:45am, Hubert had picked all of us up and we were on our way to the fair grounds for some Sweet Martha’s cookies (because I really wanted some good old chocolate chip cookies to start off my day). I’m not gonna lie, the car ride there was awkward because Edald and Eutie just didn’t talk at ALL on the car ride up there… they both spent their time staring out the windows.
Anyway, when we got to the fair grounds we found out that Sweet Martha’s Cookies was closed. I was pissed, but Eutie suggested we go to the Black Coffee and Waffle Bar to grab a bite to eat. Edald and Hubert agreed to this, but then Edlad and Eutie continued to just not talk as we got back on the road to go to the restaurant. We were taking guesses at what the cooks served at this “waffle bar” while in the car; the main idea we all got is that they served fresh waffle batter in glasses, because it’s a bar, right?
Wrong. Turns out, this waffle bar serves whole cooked waffles. All of us were disgusted, and made it known very quick. In my book, nothing would ever beat the high quality waffle batter and coffee that you can get from a hotel breakfast buffet, and the Black Coffee and Waffle Bar was wayyyy below the mark. To make things even worse, once we got out of the restaurant Hubert realized that someone had committed a hit and run on his black 1999 Pontiac. We were out of a ride, and Hubert was yelling profanities left and right… primarily at a group of children walking by.
While we were trying to figure out a new mode of transportation, I had my eyes on something across the street. A lime scooter. I swear the others could see the wheels turning in my brain as I looked between us and the scooter, and that was when I suggested that we borrow it. It took some doing, but Hubert managed to not only cheat the system so we didn’t have to pay for the scooter, but we also fit all four of us onto the one scooter. Most of us were ready to just go home once we were on the scooter, but we decided to go to the Mall of America to ride some of the roller coasters. So, that’s where we went.
The drivers on the highway weren’t thrilled with our method of “car pooling”, but on the bright side it only took us 20 minutes to make it to the Mall! We ended our day by riding all of the different roller coasters, which was okay. My hair got messed up though.
Here are links to the posts from my friends that I went on the trip with:
Edald’s Post
Hubert’s Post
Serves 1-2, Ready in 4 days
Ingredients:
-50g of hand picked seaweed from the beach
-1 tbsp BBQ sauce
-1 tbsp coconut oil
-2 cups of wasabi
-1 onion
-1 handful of sunflower seeds
Instructions:
1.) Go to your nearest beach and find some seaweed. I prefer seaweed from the ocean, but if you only have lakes and ponds near you, that works too. Rinse in cool water and set aside.
2.) Dice your onion.
3.) In a large bowl, mix together seaweed, BBQ sauce, coconut oil, onion, and sunflower seeds until combined.
4.) As a garnish, put 2 cups of wasabi on top the salad.
5.) Put in freezer for 4 days to make sure flavors mix together.
6.) After 4 days, serve frozen and enjoy!
The evening began with a beautiful tour of the Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda district. These gorgeous grounds are full of elegant gardens and historical buildings, as well as the home of the Emperor of Japan, His Excellence Naruhito.
After the tour @wherestaldo and I met up with @gerannaalger and @ludilittleland to explore a bit more of the city and found ourselves conflicted as to where we wanted to go next. The Rest of the group headed off as I made my way to the Tokyo Whisky Library. After enjoying some glasses of exquisite scotch and whisky, I went to find something to eat nearby.
Except in this case I wound up on the wrong train and found myself on the far North side of the city. Thanks to the power of technology my GPS led me to Kappa Sushi Bar where I enjoyed an assortment of hand-rolled sushi and sashimi with a bowl of super spicy ramen. After talking a bit with the chefs they convinced me to drink with them, and half a bottle of saki later I find myself back on the search for my friends.
A few train rides and some walking later I finally reunite with my friends at the Robot Restaurant. To my surprise I was in the best condition, so it was up to me to help Taldo back to my apartment since there was no way he was going to make it all the way back to his place on the other side of town. As he lay on my couch laughing, only one shoe accounted for, I reflected on how fortunate I am to have such great friends to make amazing memories with.
Today I spent the day with @ludilittleland, @calencelund, and @taldowatfanso. We met at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo at 6:00 p.m. The palace was not very interesting to me as I am not interested in history or culture. After two long hours of touring the area, we finally got to have my kind of fun. The first stop was Ben Fiddich, Tokyo’s legendary cocktail bar.
I had three of one of my all-time favorite cocktails, the Asahi Red-Eye. The amazing Japanese creation consists of vodka, tomato juice, Asahi beer, and lemon juice. A must-try for everyone visiting Japan.
Calence went off by himself to visit the Tokyo Whiskey Library while we stayed at Ben Fiddich. We agreed to meet up at later in the night at the Robot Restaurant.
After a few drinks, we were ready for the Robot Restaurant. The place was right up my alley. Loud music, epic dancing performances, and colorful lights. It was getting late when we realized Calence was still not with us. It was hard to get ahold of him because our cell phones did not have service inside the building. We eventually found him on stage dancing with the performers.
After going crazy on the dance floor, I was getting tired. I decided to leave the group and call a cab to take me home. As it turns out, my cab driver was my friend from high school. We talked for an hour in her car before I went to bed. Overall, the Tokyo Drift(ers) had a great time and I can’t wait for our next adventure.
It all started when the saltine cracker challenge went viral on social media. I tried it, but never could beat the challenge. I just found myself wanting saltine crackers all the time after that. Now i’m always strapped with at least 3-4 packs wherever I go.
One of my favorite recipes that uses saltines is walleye with crushed saltines and cheez-its for breading and then deep fry it.
After an entire work week’s worth of anticipation, a group of my buddies decided to meet up at the Imperial Palace around 6pm in the heart of Tokyo. I’ve decided to give you all live updates throughout the night so strap in for debauchery and foolishness.
Included in our endeavor: @ludilittleland @gerannaalger @calencelund
*8pm*
Not really my cup of tea, but I guess the flowers were cool? Not a lot to say, Calence kinda drug us along to “make us more cultured”. Kind of a drag tbh but its whatever
Next is BenFiddich bar on Fureai-Dori Ave. This place is making my wallet and liver cry, but hot damn are these $12 bloodies hitting the spot. It might by the Russian moonshine replacing the vodka but I can feel my findgert losin h conrol on mt ketbiard.
*9fm*
Aight yall, idk where the fuch Calence wenr byt he bettet bting me my FUGKINF MCDONALDS
*9:07fm*
CALCEN IS A HOOOOOOOOOOEEEEE
*9:15im*
Calnge said hes byyin mw mor drinhs so I fotgibe hhym
*10om*
THIS PLABE HAS ROBUTS SERBIMG BOOXE……… Terminator vives????????
*12pm, next day*
Woke up at Calence’s wearing only one shoe and without my jacket. Somehow still have my phone, wallet, and keys. Severely dehydrated with more questions than my last accounting exam. I’m told I was banned from the Imperial Palace.
Same time next week y’all??
Don’t get me wrong—I was super excited to go out last Saturday with some other International Rejects. But when @hubertalmanbert rolled into my driveway with his stupid black Pontiac at 10:30 in the morning, I just wasn’t feeling it. I could tell that @rodcentpeterclothcent, who was chilling in the front seat, was also not in the mood to go out, but I tried to keep an open mind when we drove to pick up @butterbelieveitbud, who proceeded to climb in next to me and face the window the entire ride. Weird guy…
@rodcentpeterclothdcent (AKA Mister Taste Tester) had been complaining in our group chat for the past two weeks that he’d been craving a bucket of Sweet Martha’s cookies, so the first place we drove to was the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. We were really confused at first when we didn’t see anyone walking around, let alone any grub stations set up. I was going to crack a ghost joke since the fairgrounds were completely barren, but I didn’t think it would have been appreciated. @butterbelieveitbud put two and two together and found a flyer on the ground that said, “Closed for the Season!” Who knew? @hubertalmanbert huffed in exasperation, and we all piled back into the car without a word.
At that point, we were all hangry. I suggested we go to Black Waffle & Coffee House since it was on our way and I’d always wanted to try waffle batter. The second we took a seat at the counter, though, we knew we were in for a disaster. Despite it being a waffle bar, BWCH served cooked waffles—what the hell is up with that? Talk about false advertising. Not only was it super crowded, but also none of us thought it was worth the hype. We ate our (cooked—smh) waffles anyway and after we paid, we were greeted with the scene of a hit-and-run, @hubertalmanbert’s Pontiac squished like an accordion.
While he started screaming and cussing at children passing by, @rodcentpeterclothdcent spotted some scooters on the corner we could rent and drop off at another scooter station. “Screw it,” @hubertalmanert said. “Let’s steal them.” So we did and decided to end the day at the Mall of America amusement park.
Overall, it wasn’t much of an adventure, but at least we got to do some travelling in the city.
Talk about an awful day with Alexandra Warling, Oonica Boovan, and Eddon Edfield in San Jose. After my three flights from Shanghai, China to San Jose, Puerto Rico, totaling in 20 hours and 45 minutes I arrived at 4 am for my day trip. Instead of picking me up at when I got there, they came and got me at 4 pm. I sat there in the airport for TWELVE hours and when I got in the car they didn’t even apologize. I loath these people. We went straight to zip-lining at Monkey Jungle where my harness malfunctioned and I flipped upside down.
It was absolutely terrifying and I couldn’t help but scream on the top of my lungs. After zip-lining we went to Eddon’s suggested restaurant, Otero’s Pizza.
The place didn’t even offer olives as a topping, so I just about walked out, but instead I decided to stay. Eddon insisted on us eating some kind of lime pizza that was absolutely disgusting. To end the day, we went white water rafting at H2O Adventures which was most definitely an adventure.
Alexandra must’ve been really cold because she wouldn’t stop shaking, which was incredibly annoying. 10/10 would not do again.
Wow, what a fun day of adventure! My old friend Edan flew in from Shanghai! Me, Oonica, and Alexandra picked her up from the airport. There was a bit of a mishap as we thought she was coming at 4 pm, but she arrived at 4 pm. No big deal though! We had a hell of a time!
First off we went ziplining at Monkey Jungle, best in the area! There’s nothing as exhilerating as flying through the forest! It makes me feel like a spider monkey.
After that, we were pretty hungry, so we headed over to Otero’s pizza! Pizza’s my favorite food, and Otero’s is my favorite pizza! I told them they had to try Otero’s famous lime pizza. It’s iconic! I can’t possibly associate with someone who doesn’t like it. Good news is they all absolutely loved it!
Next stop, H20 Adventures! Talk about an adrenaline rush! I swear we were rafting faster than a car at some points! We were constantly being drenched. Alexandra kept on puking over the side of the raft. I think she must have eaten too much lime pizza because she liked it so much! At one point, we stopped and did some cliff diving. Alexandra climbed up but wouldn’t jump off, so I gave her the push she needed! Literally! Hahaha great memories were made by all.
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