Sunday, December 07, 2008

2008 Stats & Superlatives






Best food selection:
Richmond Folk Festival





Most enthusiastic audience:
Richmond Folk Festival
185,000 of the nicest people you'll ever meet.





Most awesomely memorable meal:
Homemade Korean feast by the Yoon Family, Richmond









Most interesting take-out:
Pasties Plus (meat pies) in Grand Rapids that was next to a barbershop, Sweeney Todd-style. No kidding.




Most extreme weather:
Houghton, Michigan & Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Minus 21 degrees!






Best restaurant:
Monell's, Nashville














Reason I started running:
Monell's, Nashville
Hey, no regrets. I'd eat it all again.












Best green room snacks:
Manship Theater, Baton Rouge Everything generously provided by Whole Foods. And you know how much I love Whole Foods!



Worst food:
White Castle, Nashville
Nothing against Nashville - I'm sure all White Castles are equally nasty.








Most memorable snack:
Breakfast sandwich, Stone Mill Bakery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
I'll say it again - they grind their own flour.





The Hamilton Award for the Small Town That Exceeded Snacking Expectations: Fayetteville, Arkansas





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