Friday, January 27, 2012

McD's America-Themed Japanese All-American Hamburgers



McDonald's is having their annual promotion for the third year in a row (at least, maybe longer)--THE BIG AMERICA BURGERS! Last year featured cities and states (the one I thought was funniest was the Idaho burger; it had a hash brown stacked inside the sandwich). This year, the burgers are named after cities, landmarks and streets. First up was the Grand Canyon Burger. Any guesses what the Grand Canyon tastes like? Yeah, I couldn't really imagine that one either, and I'll guess we'll have to keep wondering because that one finished yesterday. Today I tried the Las Vegas Burger. It had a QuarterPounder patty plus shredded, spiced beef, lettuce, and a cream cheese based sauce. What does that have to do with Las Vegas? I have no idea. It was OK, but I liked last year's Miami Burger much better; it tasted like a taco burger, and if you've been reading my blog for a while, you know how much I miss Mexican food, even if it's a Japanese-American-Tex-Mex approximation.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Joyful Christmas 2011




As many friends have already said, the Joyful Christmas concert went very well and was a blessing! A professional video company will produce a DVD, and because of a better plan for recording the sound, the audio quality will be much higher than previous DVDs that have been made. I'm looking forward to seeing it soon!
I mentioned after the last Joyful Christmas that the view that the performers have from the stage is amazing when the audience lights the glowsticks. Here's a short video from my perspective during the song "Silent Night".
(Video is temporarily offline.)