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At Red Robin – AKA Man Date

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At Red Robin - AKA Man-Date
Photo-A-Day #1341

Apparently when your wife goes out of town and you spend the night hanging out with your buddy it’s called a “man date” (See Below). Tonight I went and hung out with my buddy Mike and we went to Red Robin for dinner and then we went to the new showcase Cinemas at a Patriot Place. Dinner at Red Robin was really good, as usual. I had the bacon cheeseburger with blue cheese and Mike had a bacon cheeseburger as well. We took advantage of the delicious bottomless steak fries. I introduced him to the tasty flavor of fry sauce.

Now that is a tasty burger

We also checked out the showcase Cinemas at patriot Place. We saw the movie Transporter 3. It was an entertaining movie however there was plenty of suspension of disbelief. I suppose that’s what you go to the movies for anyway and so I really liked it. There are a couple of really hard to believe points as with any Transporter movie.

Some people have asked about what a Man Date is all about. Well, I did a little research and found a New York Times article about it. Here is the definition from that article.

Simply defined a man date is two heterosexual men socializing without the crutch of business or sports. It is two guys meeting for the kind of outing a straight man might reasonably arrange with a woman. Dining together across a table without the aid of a television is a man date; eating at a bar is not. Taking a walk in the park together is a man date; going for a jog is not. Attending the movie “Friday Night Lights” is a man date, but going to see the Jets play is definitely not.

And here is the rule of thumb on movies on a man date:

When attending a movie together – preferably with explosions or heavy special effects, never a romantic comedy – guys prefer to put a nice big seat between each other. (This only sounds like an episode of “Seinfeld.”)…

My contest is in full gear. I have quite a few bloggers out there who have been snooping around BenSpark’s Big Box of Awesome! I mean, just today I got a whole batch more bloggers who uncovered items from BenSpark’s Big Box of Awesome!that is okay however I repay their kindness by stumbling their posts. I also learned how to use Yahoo Buzz today. And of course there was post to twitter, Facebook, and del.icio.us. I’ve been using new site called TagFoot. TagFoot is a new site for social bookmarking is in beta right now I’m not sure if I have any invites, I’ll take a look. In the meantime check out these bloggers and what they found.

Heather of Beautiful British Columbia – Big Box of Awesome
Lisa of My Thoughts, Ideas and Ramblings – Big Box of Awesomeness
Loretta of Gadget Girl –Peeking into the Big Box of Awesome
Jennifer of The Dirty Shirt – Shh! Don’t tell Ben…
Scott of Average Dudes – Inside Scoop on BenSpark’s Big Box of Awesome

Is there anything else out there, or rather in there? We shall see. Don’t forget to enter BenSpark’s Big Box of Awesome! contest.

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First Snow

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First Snow

I don’t think we can even call this light dusting “snow”. Nothing was shoveled and most of it dissipated throughout the day. Allison and Eva missed it which is too bad but I think they will get over it as they were sitting on a beach in Sunny Florida today. I took a couple other shots as well.

Holly Berries

1st Snow on the trees

Progress is being made on the closets in the front hall. It is completely cleared of our stuff. Our stuff is in the dining room right now and I am sorting through and organizing and labeling it. My father is building two floor to ceiling double closets. One for us and one for he and mom. The front hall is common area in the condo so there is access for both condos. This new storage space should help us keep our stuff nice and neat and organized.

Speaking of organizing, I have been working on the stuff that came up from downstairs. Recycling some things, putting some things in a yard sale pile and the really good stuff ends up in BenSpark’s Big Box of Awesome!. Here is another item in the box

Safety Vest found in BenSpark's Big Box of Awesome!

This safety vest is perfect if you are shoveling snow on your sidewalk. Don’t let this happen to you.

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