Forbes magazine is collecting a list of what its reviewers call Best Blogs. Obviously it's subjective, but the editors have been clever; they've asked bloggers themselves. Among the categories so far: Travel, Econ, Sports, Medical, Tech, Media and Movies.
This is unfair. "Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food company, is partying at the Hawaii Convention Center this week as part of its 50th birthday celebrations." Why unfair? I've been seeing ads for this outfit for years on TV, yet there's not a single one of their restaurants in the state. Are they any good?
I wish I knew what was going on! Back here I complained that my C drive had suddenly been eaten by an unidentified 700MB monster; as of yesterday afternoon I was back up to 1GB available space on it, and I haven't done anything! To quote a local entertainer, "I am so confused."
Posted by Linkmeister at October 8, 2003 10:05 AMI really like Sonic - especially the limeades. Decent burgers too.
Humorously it was one of the places Bunny wanted to visit when she came to see me in Louisiana.
Posted by: batty at October 8, 2003 11:53 AMSonic isn't too bad. They serve tater tots instead of fries with everything, and a lot of them (that I've seen, anyhow) are set up like an old-fashioned drive-in with carhops.
Those ads for restaurants/stores that are everywhere but here drive me nuts, too ... Target especially! Teases!
Posted by: Sue at October 8, 2003 03:27 PMRed Lobster did it for years before they finally opened one down on Hobron Lane across from the Ilikai. It replaced a place called The Crab Catcher, which was pretty good itself. And Outback did the same thing.
Posted by: Linkmeister at October 8, 2003 04:09 PMIt was El Crab Catcher, wasn't it? A girl I used to work with had a night job there, as a hostess, and she taught me my first Japanese-for-minimum-wage-hospitality-industry phrases, as a matter of fact. (I only mention the El because it seemed so incongruous and silly -- why not Le Shiro's Saimin Heaven or Der Spaghetti Factory, right?)
Posted by: Sue at October 8, 2003 11:23 PMSonic is all over Texas, but i managed to eat there only once in six years. good limeade, good tatertots, okay burgers.
Posted by: deborah at October 10, 2003 07:58 AMwe don't have sonic or crab catcher here in NJ..just tons of Dunkin' Donuts.
We even have a drive in Dunkin' Donuts so no one can see what you look like when you order 5 dozen donuts.......(hic.)
Sue, you're right, of course; it was El. What the heck, I worked across the street; why should I remember the name of the place? ;)
Posted by: Linkmeister at October 11, 2003 03:50 PMSorry, no comments about the diner named after the videogame character or whatever. :) But I wanted to thank you for the Forbes link, as I just wrote to them suggesting they broaden their "best blogs" to include more general interest or uncategorizable ones. Not all of us are just politics or just culture or just any one thing...
Posted by: Elayne Riggs at October 13, 2003 08:38 AM