bright lika a [great] diamond

even with summer making it's end more official with labor day weekend, we took the opportunity a three day weekend gave us to explore another new spot in maine; great diamond island.  we had heard about a great new restaurant called "crown jewel on the island and decided to check it out.  a short 45 minute ferry ride brought us to our destination; a very cute and very pink establishment.  as expected the food was great.  the burgers we both tried paired well with the miller high life "ponies" they offered.

i'm not sure we'd ever pick up one evening to go and grab dinner there, but for a lazy summer sunday, it was a gem of a spot to try out.

the day [white castle] came to town

hollywood has its movie premiers, new york has its gallery openings, england has its royal weddings. wichita has its restaurants...

wichitans love food. in fact our little city has the 2nd most restaurants per capita in the nation, right behind dalllas. not only does that give us endless options to pick from on a friday night, but it creates a competitive food market and a breeding ground for new restaurants. several national chains have started here, one of them being white castle. even though white castle packed up their sliders and headed east back in the 30's, today they came back to celebrate their 90th birthday. to celebrate, white castle set up a temporary tent in a dillons parking lot, and invited people to pick up a pair of sliders for 90 cents.

and wichita couldn't have been more excited.