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Sometimes a restaurant is so bad you have to post about it
10/24/2012 8:42 pm |
Even though I haven't posted here in over a year and am mostly lazy and uninspired to do so, tonight I ate a memorably bad meal. It was at the Home Run Restaurant & Lounge on Airport Way in Renton, described on restaurant.com as a "gastropub." That suggests to me that the place ought to have good food and good beer. I'm a tolerant guy. I can forgive a lot in a place. If they'd had great beer, I could have tolerated mediocre food, especially if I didn't have to wait forever for it to show up. But in this case, there were zero local beers on tap. None. No Manny's, no Mac and Jacks, no Big Al's, no Odin, no Fremont Brewing, nothing. Blue Moon, Bud Light, and Stella Artois were available on tap. I could forgive that if the food were great. Or if the food were mediocre but brought to the table quickly. Well, even though the place was empty, it took 45 minutes plus to get the food. I ordered nachos, not exactly a challenging culinary item. My wife had a Cobb salad, and my dad had fish and chips. We were there to watch the first game of the world series. We arrived just before the game started, and the food came during the fourth inning. The nachos were topped with that liquid nacho cheese topping or velveeta or cheez whiz, or pasteurized processed cheese food liquid. Can you say nasty? Gastropub my ass. This was not the worst meal I've ever eaten. Only the worst meal I've eaten in the last 15 or 20 years. McDonald's is better. And there are so many other places in Renton that have both good food and good beer, ranging from The Red House to the 907 to the Dog N' Pony to A Terrible Beauty to the Whistlestop. Even the Beachcomber in Skyway has Mac and Jacks and Manny's on tap and terrific burgers. I guess this place might stay in business if enough people drink there. But nobody's going to go there for the food.
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2012 Renton Women of Achievement
10/19/2012 6:03 pm |
Today I was recognized at the Renton BPW (Business and Professional Women) as 2012-13 Women of Achievement. Renton’s Mayor and the Renton City Council are declaring National Business Women’s Week during October in Renton, WA. Today at a luncheon Sabrina Mirante, CEO Renton Chamber was selected as our 2012-13 Woman of the Year. This was [...]
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Celebrating 5 years of Craft and Community!
09/06/2012 12:18 pm |
Tomorrow is happy delusions Celebration of 5 amazing years of business. We would like to take the opportunity to let the community, our friends, and customers know how important they’ve all been to the success of the shop. We will be closing are doors for good at the end of September, so this is your [...]
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Jennifer Brooks Owen
08/02/2012 1:18 pm |
It’s been a year, and she’d going for it once again. The amazing Jennifer Brooks Owen has been hard at work creating beautiful paintings in what I’m guessing to be her best show yet. The show is this Saturday, August 4th from 5-9. Come chat with the artist, have some vino, and gaze into the [...]
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Spirograph + Atom = Geometric Love
06/30/2012 3:20 pm |
I know it’s been a minute. So here you go, the latest treasure. Filed under: Treasury Tagged: etsy
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Summer Crafting with KB!
06/21/2012 3:27 pm |
The fun begins this Tuesday, and continues every Tuesday thru the summer! $10 a class! Wowwee! Filed under: Random things everyone should know
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New Project!
06/15/2012 6:47 pm |
As anyone who manages to wonder over here has probably noticed, this place is a bit of a ghost town lately. Except by lately, I mean like 3 years. If anyone is at all curious, I’m currently hard at work on a new project called The Internet Joke Database, where I plan to have the [...]
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Classic Cars & Pinup Gals Art Show, Call to Artists!
05/19/2012 5:05 pm |
Classic Cars & Pinup Gals Art Show Exhibiting Friday July 6th – Tuesday July 31st at Happy Delusions 924 South 3rd Street Renton, WA 98057-2734 (425) 255-6078 happydelusions@yahoo.com Show description: Classic Cars and Pinup Gals go hand in hand, and this July happy delusions wants to you to put the theme into a craft. Prospectus: [...]
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Woodland Dream
05/18/2012 1:19 pm |
My latest Treasury “Woodland Dream” featuring all kinds of forest fun products that I would love. Featured above is Feelin the Flow woodland GnoMe Hood Up-cycled sweater wool w/ felt Spiral and buckeye buttons by SarahWillow1 on Etsy. Filed under: Random things everyone should know
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5 Time Winner!
05/01/2012 2:52 pm |
 
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