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“never go to a restaurant that has the word “whale” in it or refers to any part of a whale.”

Good to know in case I make it back up that way. Although, I’d like to believe I would just “know” how bad that would turn out.

It seems every region has some kind of guiding rule of the same sort. A friend of mine from Colorado found out that I was planning a trip out there and warned me not to eat at any Mexican restaurant with pink stucco.

Hee hee, that’s hilarious… Pink stucco! You know, this would be a great idea for someone to go around the country and interview people about this kind of thing.

Then, on the basis of what you found, find every restaurant in each area that meets that criteria, then take a local resident at random to lunch with you at that place to try it out. (Of course, that’s assuming you get a local resident at random to do that with you… :-)

You could do some kind of hour-long show on it on some cable food channel. We have a program up here in MA called “Chronicle” where they travel to various parts of New England and cover some kind of subject, anything from people with interesting or unusual hobbies to restaurants. it has been years since I watched that program regularly, since I don’t watch television anymore. But I see little snippets of it once in a while, and it still looks pretty good.

I used to like the fact that the guy always drove his 69 Chevy Impala when he was out on the road. They would film him driving around New England, which can be extraordinarily scenic.

This is a recent example of why I like the show.

They recently did a program on some exotic, unusual or quirky houses in the town near where I work.

When they show the wife come home from work, almost fell out of my chair. This is the car she drives:

With a close up of the hood:

I see this car every day in the parking lot where I work, but had never put the face to the car...:)

I've always wondered how safe this is, but I will say that I've never actually picked up on something missing or gone, so I guess she must be doing some good stuff to glue things down securely. Actually, that putty epoxy is what I would use, because that stuff when used correctly, doesn't let go of anything.