Sitting here at Bardog Tavern working on my laptop, mooching off someone’s unsecured wireless network nearby. Just getting the feeling of being here on a Sunday afternoon… ahhh. This is comfortable. I may start hanging out here on Sundays more. They tell me they’re going to start doing breakfast in the near future too. I’m getting a lot of work done, enough that I’m going to go ahead and start calling this place the Monroe Avenue Branch Office.
I’m now ready to unveil my latest website, Saving Consumers Time. This will be a site where I go out and find the best products and best values on Amazon and other well-respected retailers, and summarize the reviews I find. So far I’ve posted four reviews:
- Robotic vacuum cleaners (these are a lot of fun, especially if you have a cat, and they do a great job)
- Turkey fryers. Thanksgiving’s coming up, and there’s nothing like a fried turkey injected with Cajun seasoning. Review includes oil-free and indoor options too.
- Little cameras with big zoom. I love my 10x zoom Panasonic Lumix, so this was an easy review to write.
- Self-cleaning men’s shavers – shavers that come with a cleaning system for the ultimate in shaving hygiene.
I hope you find the new site useful. If there are any product categories in particular you’d like me to review, let me know.
Last day for 70% off on Restaurant.com gift certificates. As I explained Friday, many restaurants in the area (Circa, Stella, Majestic Grille, Big Foot, McEwen’s on Monroe, etc.) take them. They’re normally $25 face value (some restrictions apply) for $10, but with the 70% off sale they’re $25 face value for $3. Not bad. Sale ends at midnight (not sure which time zone, so really, sometime between 11 PM and 2 AM) tonight. Click the link through to their site, and use promo code SAVE to get the 70% discount.
This Thursday, October 16 at lunchtime, historian Jimmy Ogle will host a tour of the Civic Center Plaza, and of the courthouses and churches in the area. This 45-minute walking tour begins at 11:45 AM. Meet at the clock tower in front of City Hall on the plaza.
All right. Time for lunch at Bardog – I’m thinking about their deluxe grilled cheese sandwich today, with ham and bacon added. Sounds like a winner. I’ll see how it stacks up against the Majestic’s. Also, bartender Brittney (nice to have a bartender named Brittney who doesn’t suck) mentioned something about a Bloody Mary, and it sounds like I need to try one of those. Logging off for now…