French Fry Fairy

French fries at Mystic Lake Casino.

I traveled to Minnesota to see the fam and catch up with old friends. I am not a big gambler, but we met up with some friends at Mystic Lake Casino to try our luck. I lost $6. I guess I am not so lucky… Oh well.

We took a little walk over to the buffet and decided to gorge on the endless rows of food. There were all sorts of fried food, snacks, entrees, desserts and side dishes. I don’t go to buffets often, so I was a little overwhelmed when trying to decide what to eat first. I headed over to the French fries, because that seemed like the logical place to start.

That French fries were salted and mildly crispy. The fun waffle shape made me smile. Ok, I’ll be honest. They weren’t very good. However, I think it would be a disservice to Mystic Lake if I set my expectations too high for the French fries. They were definitely derived from a frozen bag of potatoes and they were sitting under a heat lamp.  Buffets are all about quantity, not quality. So, as far as quantity goes, there were lots of choices. The mashed potatoes, which is my second favorite food made from my favorite tuber, were actually quite good. They were creamy, salty and yummy.

McDonald's French Fries to Soothe My Cold

I finally left Minnesota after several days of being cold. I was sad to be leaving my friends and family. I was even sadder because I had acquired a nasty cold while in Minnesota. I had to fly home and I was dreading it because my entire head was clogged. I was miserable. I was going to be even more miserable when the plane took off and my head had to adjust to the altitude change. There is nothing worse than feeling like your eyeballs are going to pop out of your head.

My misery turned to hope when I realized there was a Starbucks and a McDonald’s only a couple steps away. There were only a few more days to order specialty drinks from Starbucks, so I got a caramel brulee latte with soy from Starbucks. I then got in the line at McDonald’s for some French fries. Read the rest of this entry »

Great Steak and Potato

I love shopping. Shopping. Shopping. Shopping. When I traveled to Minnesota, I was so excited to once again visit the magnificent Mall of America. I have been there hundreds of times, but the four floors filled with stores just never gets old. There is an aquarium, an amusement park and every store you could ever want. Well, there is not a French fry store, but there are several stores that sell supplies to make French fries. There are even an abundance of restaurants that serve French fries. I was in heaven. If it wasn’t zero degrees outside, I don’t

FFF at Mall of America

think I would ever leave Minnesota.

I decided to eat at Great Steak & Potato simply because the word potato was in the fast food joint’s name. There were a number of different French fries Read the rest of this entry »

I went to work with my sister in Edina, Minnesota. I hung out with her all day. It was kind of like bring your daughter to work day for Sarah, but instead she brought her bored little sister. It was fun though. My sister works for a bridal store and I spent the day trying on dresses. Weddings really aren’t my thing, but my inner girly girl personality came out when I tried on about 1,000 dresses.

After I finally decided to stop trying on Read the rest of this entry »

Minnesota continued to be a lot of fun… I got to see friends and family that I have not seen in ages. My sister and I met up with my great aunt Janice and cousin Avarie. We met at the Mall of America at Ruby Tuesday. We talked, laughed and gossiped about the family. Sometime I believe my family’s lives would make a good soap opera, so the story lines are more interesting than reading the book.

Our server came and we ordered our meals. I wanted French fries and a side of veggies, but the server talked me into getting a meal Read the rest of this entry »

I was so excited to go to Minnesota. It had been a year and a half since I had been in Minnesota to see my family and friends. My sister picked me up from the airport and we headed straight to the Mall of America to meet up with mom and brother. Unfortunately, my father was still in Texas so we didn’t see him … sniff sniff.

So, I begged my brother, sister and mother to ride the roller coasters with me that are in the center of the mall. After I was turned down by all three of them, I pouted, but that didn’t do any good. I settled for a nice view of the roller coasters while we were at dinner at Crave. Read the rest of this entry »