Old Market Day

Short but sweet

Chambersburg's Old Market Day last July 21 started out nicely ended--well let me tell you.

Au Pied de Cochon

Alternative Spring Break 

Transcribed from Snapchat

N: You did what?

C: Volunteer work

N: Where?

C: Montreal

N: Canada?

C: Last I checked 

N: For spring break?

C: Beats getting drunk in Ft Lauderdale

N: Lemme guess: you did it out of the purity of your heart and need for clean living?

C: Shuttup

N: So where is this?

C: Belvedere Kondiaronk observation deck Chalet du Mont Royal.

N: Nice view.

C: City worth looking @ 2

Eel Bibimbap

Sexual eeling

We hadn't visited Korean Bulgogi House in a while which is a pity--at one point we were ordering takeout so often Julie (the House proprietor) recognized who it was the moment she saw my number on her phone screen. "Hello Mr. Noel! The usual?" "You know it."

And we were glad to drop by--there were some new items we were eager to try.

Manhattan Mangia Mystery

Christmas time in Manhattan--we dreamed about it and talked about it and this year saved up and actually did something about it.

Chambersburg Icefest 2018

Chambersburg Icefest 2018 couldn't ask for a more gorgeous Saturday, with a near flawless sky (maybe a wisp or two of cloud here there).

Square 1

The prettiest seat in town

The little town of Chambersburg, PA is slowly but surely taking on a more multicultural nature, from the Korean stone-pot bibimbap dishes in Bulgogi House to the juicy drool-inducing roast chicken in Inka Kitchen (the same kind of roast chicken that causes traffic jams in Washington DC's suburbs).

Inka incidentally has been so successful it's spun off a second location, focused not on Peruvian but a kind of Pan-Latino cuisine. Square 1 located smack dab on the center of Chambersburg's downtown features what's arguably the most sophisticated take yet on Mexican/Puerto Rican/Dominican Republic cooking. It also (see pic above) has what's easily the loveliest table in town, with an unobstructed view of the town fountain, and the surrounding trees draped with Christmas lights.

Pre-Emptive Thanksgiving

Working again this Thanksgiving so in the spirit of making fresh lemonade out of this particularly sour batch of lemons we did our feast last Sunday, when the family was together.