BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day #02776 Today I went over to Seekonk to Master's Homemade Donuts to pick up a 2 Good 2 Go package bursting with dozens of donuts. I was trying to get over to Triple S BBQ because that is in Seekonk as well but they were so packed I just decided to go to Newport Creamery for lunch before getting the donuts. There I got a BLT and a Cookie Monstah Awful Awful. It was so good. I think I have milkshakes on my mind since that is my bosses latest obsession. I'll probably be making them next week at work. But the trip to Seekonk was for the donuts. There was a kid who came to The Pretzel Factory and he was starting a small Tik Tok channel to review 2 Good 2 Go locations. So, I learned about Masters Homemade Donuts from him. I couldn't find it on the app for a while but finally did. And then I couldn't snag the bag until yesterday. It worked out well since I had last night off from work so I could go get the donuts in the afternoon and then I took them to work. I did ...

Photo-A-Day #02775 Tonight Allison and I went to Foxwoods to attend the GenX Takeover Comedy Tour. Allison got me the tickets for Christmas. This was a fun comedy show of 4 Tik Tok creators who make GenX related content and then started a stand up comedy career. The whole tour was sponsored by AARP, too. Had I known that I would have worn my AARP Fight Club shirt. The four people did a really good job at this. I was skeptical on how their Tik Tok presence would translate to live stand up. They did a good job. We had a fun night.

Photo-A-Day #02774 We're trying to do some things before Eva heads to college including going to our favorite Chinese food place. House of Fortune has been our celebration place for the kids' entire lives. Back before House of Fortune existed there was Fortune House and it was the first restaurant we ever took Eva to. Ever since then we've done all of the big things there, birthdays and graduations. So, we were trying to find a time that would work with my work schedule and Allison's upcoming work schedule. We had time today so we went over and met the new owner who had a menu item special called the rainbow mountain. It was essentially the spicy seafood roll but with crabmeat and roe of various colors on top. It was excellent. Everything still had that great quality that we've enjoyed for 18 years.

 Photo-A-Day #02773 Before I went off to work today Allison and I took Andy over to Target to get some things for the start of the school year. A set of LEGO and a cool looking AM/FM radio that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker was also not on the list but I was excited that Andy thought it was something cool that I had to get them it. Andy was so excited about it that they brought it downstairs to show Miss Colleen.  Today at The Pretzel Factory my boss was making cinnamon sugar rivets which are done in a  baking soda bath instead of a lye bath. He got distracted and started to salt the rivets.  Caught himself and then baked the pan of rivets. I took the unsalted ones and made the cinnamon sugar rivets for the display case and to sell while I also took the salted ones and made them into cinnamon sugar rivets to bring home. I brought a box him and they did not last the night, everyone loved the little hint of salt to these sweet treats. Everyone said that we should add ...

 Photo-A-Day #02772 Each day that I come in for work at The Pretzel Factory there is something new happening. My boss is always trying out new things to see what will sell. Today I was washing some donut pans because he made donuts in them. I personally don't think that he needs a pan and could just twist the dough to a donut shape. His are the two up in the top of the photo. I made the two on the bottom. I used one of his roll shapes and baked it, then put it through the cinnamon sugar we use for rivets and then baked it again so the cinnamon sugar could caramelize a bit. Then I dipped it back into the butter and this time covered it with the cinnamon donut sugar that we had when we were out of our normal cinnamon. They came out great.

 Photo-A-Day #02771 I have a fake whiskey barrel half out front of the house on the stump where the tree used to be. I planted some zinnia seeds but only one took so I went and bought two additional zinnia plants. I think my zinnia from seeds are prettier I like the two tone look of them. Allison and I have been taking daily morning walks and we pass by the flowers daily.  Last night I was converting a number of old VHS tapes and one was my sister's graduation from High School that was filmed by the local (town) TV station. It recorded but then the tape had about 3 hours of this screen after it. I made sure to record all of it because I am finding that our VHS tapes all have some weird things added in strange places. So you never know. I'll remove it when I actually get around to editing all these videos.