So recently Erie County caught up with the rest of the country and finally put their health inspection records online. I love government transparency especially when its online.

I'm not sure if it's fun or terrifying to see what happens at some of these restaurants. For example, a recent inspection at the Towne showed this:

14-1.10(c)(3) / Food / Food area / Public area contaminated by sewage / drippage from waste lines
Critical Corrected During Inspection Sewage back-up in food prep area in basement
Plumbers unclogged drains in basement
14-1.10(c)(3) / Food / Food area / Public area contaminated by sewage / drippage from waste lines
Critical Corrected During Inspection Bucket of cut potatoes contaminated by sewage on floor in basememt
Food item voluntarily discarded by food worker
14-1.10(c)(3) / Food / Food area / Public area contaminated by sewage / drippage from waste lines
Critical Corrected During Inspection Floors in basement contaminated by sewage
Floors cleaned/sanitized by owner & food workers
14-1.100 / Supplies/ Equipment / Ice machine contaminated by sewage / dripping from waste line
Critical Corrected During Inspection Several unsanitary containers/trays/pans on lower shelving units in basement
Chef cleaned/sanitized all affected equipment in basement
14-1.100 / Supplies/ Equipment / Ice machine contaminated by sewage / dripping from waste line
Critical Corrected During Inspection Several pieces of equipment and shelving units contaminated by splashed sewage
Food workers cleaned/sanitized shelving units and equipment in basement
14-1.100 / Supplies/ Equipment / Ice machine contaminated by sewage / dripping from waste line
Critical Corrected During Inspection Box of waxpaper tray liners contaminated by splashed sewage on storage shelf in basement
Single-service food items voluntarily discarded by chef

I guess they caught them on a really bad day.

Today (e:paul) and (e:terry) came with me to meet up with Lindsay, Emily and Carrie at Brewpub out on Transit. I'm now able to enjoy the amazing fries I just ate because they didn't have any critical violations. Then again neither does White Rabbit. Emily told us the craziest story about her Thanksgiving, I can't even imagine.


Cleversplitting the bill - probably took longer than pencil and paper, lol

(e:paul) and (e:terry) and I headed out to the coop for shopping and then fro yo. (e:tinypliny), Ive decided to start documenting ridiculous food prices. $3.29(Mobile typo!) $2.29 per grapefruit!


We then drove across the street to White Rabbit for frozen yogurt. I was so obsessed in the summer but I think I'm over it, back to ice cream. Paul and I were poisoned by the gasoline flavored banana yogurt, which the guy let us replace. the spoon knew about that life.




See ya soon Condrells!

Last night, (e:terry) and I headed out after an afternoon of programming for cask beer night at Goodbar. (e:heidi), (e:dianne), and a bunch of the beer club were there. Apparently cask beer is beer minus the carbonation. It actually made some beers that I don't think I'd like normally taste a lot better.

I also discovered that 2:1 ratio for beers between Terry and me works out much better.

(e:paul) and I just got back from my work's Christmas party at the Dock at the Bay in Hamburg. I thought it was going to be super awkward but it really wasn't.

The food was good, (almost) everyone loved Paul and some of my coworkers made me feel a lot better about the future working there. I was even forced to sing Christmas songs with the other new employees. I wish (e:terry) could have come too.

Later Paul and I were talking about how normal it felt to introduce him to all my coworkers, and that it might not be that way even 10 years ago. That or I don't pick up on people's reactions to it. Either way, I don't care and we're part of a protected class in NYS.

Also in bikes, I read this NPR article about bike trains in LA. Basically they use this website to organize group commutes to work for safety and encouragement. It's an awesome idea that makes me wonder if Buffalo is big enough for something like that. It's definitely easier to commit to riding knowing other people are counting on you. The thing that really stood out to me was the quote from this sociopath, Jackie Burke.

"It's like they enjoy taking up the lanes," says Jackie Burke, who has lived in Los Angeles her whole life. She says bicyclists drive her crazy when she's in a car and has to slow down for them.

"It's very frustrating, to the point where I just want to run them off the road," Burke says. "I've actually done one of those drive-really-close-to-them kind of things to kind of scare them, to try to intimidate them to get out of my way."

Is she freaking serious? How is menacing and assault a reasonable response to being slowed down for at most thirty seconds? Not to stoop to her level but I hope next time she does that someone u-locks the shit out of her car because that's not even the least of what she deserves. If she ever hits someone I hope the prosecuter finds this quote and throws the book at her. Maybe after she gets out of jail they can suspend her license and she can spend the rest of her life on a bike.