Humphry Slocombe: A Review

Welcome to my review of Humphry Slocombe. This is the first time in a while I reviewed a restaurant. Actually you can't really call Humphry Slocombe a restaurant. It's an ice cream parlor. And the catch...weird flavors. This place boasts some of the most creative and tasty creations that you can make with mere ice cream. Many of the flavors sound utterly vile but they turn out to be awesome. A few examples of this is, Jesus Juice, the Argentinian concoction of red wine and coke, Peanut Butter Curry, a popular asian food dish, but ice cream, Hibiscus Beet a flower, veggie combo, Szechuan Strawberry, a spicy strawberry sorbet, and perhaps their most famous flavor–Secret Breakfast, made with Bourbon and Corn Flakes! This is the only Ice Creamery that has clever flavors, interesting, artsy, decor, bacon as a topping and great service in one place. 5 stars!

Disneyland: A Review

Hello there, welcome to my review of Disneyland. It has been a while since I reviewed a place but I'm doing it now. I went to Disneyland and California Adventure from Monday to Wednesday. My grandparents who took me had been there on the opening years in 1955-1956. Apparently it has changed quite a bit. Even from my grandma's more recent visit in the 80's it has changed quite a bit. The layout of the park is very clever, how it is split into lands. After the first 45 minutes, you know your way around and it's a five minute walk from almost anywhere to almost anywhere–without all the crowds. The addition of the "Downtown Disney" section of the park and numerous hotels and restaurants has created a new revenue alone for Disney. I stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa, yeah I know–fancy! There was also the choice to stay in the Disneyland Hotel and the Paradise Pier hotel which I think is in California Adventure.
Anyway, the whole land idea was really cool...and well done. Every aesthetic choice, while not being very accurate, looks great nonetheless. Adventureland had the Indiana Jones ride which was very fun with its endless bumps and cool animatronics and Tarzan's Treehouse which was sort of a disappointment because how could Tarzan build something that complex. He was raised by apes! Frontierland had the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad which was a pretty fast roller coaster in the mine shafts of the west. Fantasyland had the Matterhorn which was sadly nonoperational and the Teacups which were. I also went to "It's a small world" which was ironically enlarged because of the American Obesity Epidemic! Tommorowland, my favorite had the spectacular fast paced Space Mountain, the indoor simulator Star Tours, the Finding Nemo Submarines formerly 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with its holograms and animatronics, Innoventions formerly Carousel of Progress houses the Home of the Future and outside the fun mini-ride Astro Orbiter. New Orleans square housed the Haunted Mansion with its spooky animatronics and Pirates of the Caribbean with its replicated pirate cannon fights. Critter Country, formerly bear country had the fast and wet flume ride Splash Mountain with a pretty scary 50 foot plunge. Last, but not least Main Street, USA. No rides are to be found here, but the pure aesthetic of the rows of turn of the century store fronts and original soda fountains are enough to wow you.
Then California Adventure. Man, this place deserves a review of its own. It is divided into 3 main areas each inspired by a piece of California history. The Hollywood Backlot with Sunset Drive and Hollywood Boulevard show the film business in the 50s and 60s. It has some rides based on Monsters, Inc like the Quest to Save Boo which is an animatronics driven ride showing Mike and Sully's quest to save Boo. A Bugs land features a ride and a great 3-D show involving other cool special effects and cool decor showing small items huge, as a bug might see them. Also the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a long drop down a dilapidated hotel's elevator shaft. Paradise Pier is modeled after beach boardwalks and piers. It has a large roller coaster called California Screamin' which I chose not to ride. (Fine you can laugh. ) It also has a large ferris wheel and other attractions including Goofy's Flight School which is a roller coaster. It goes pretty fast around sharp turns, simulating the effect of having a horrible pilot. Also there is a ride called Soarin' Over California near the entrance. It suspends you in a giant simulation of flying over california, hosted by Patrick Warburton. The Golden State includes some of california's more natural things. A replica of Fisherman's Wharf in S.F is lodged between the Golden State and Paradise Pier. But anyway, The Golden State features a whitewater rafting ride called Grizzly Peak Whitewater Rafting Adventure which was fun but no worth the hour and ten minute wait. So that was my three days at disneyland. Remember beware of hitchhiking ghosts.

State of the Day: Ohio

State of the Day

OHIO

Fact: Ohio comes from an Iroquoian word meaning "great river."

Borders: Lake Erie, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Capital: Columbus

Size: 44,828 Square Miles

Population: 11,421,267 people

Statehood: March 1, 1803–17th state

Motto: "With god all things are possible."

Tree: Ohio Buckeye

Bird: Cardinal

Flower: Red Scarlet Carnation

Song:" Beautiful Ohio"

80's Hardcore Punk Band:

THE NECROS

Maumee, Ohio

State of the Day: North Dakota

State of the Day

North Dakota

Fact: North Dakota is named after the Sioux tribe, meaning "allies."

Borders: Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota and Canada.

Capital: Bismark

Size: 70,704 square miles

Population: 634,110 people

Statehood: November 2, –39th state

Motto: "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable."

Tree: American Elm

Bird: Western Meadowlark

Flower: Wild Prairie Rose

Song: "North Dakota Hymn" by James W. Foley, Music by C.S. Putnam

80's Hardcore Band:

None. I couldn't find any 80's hardcore bands from N. Dakota. If you know one tell me and I'll update the post.

Mr. Show: A Review

Mr. Show was a comedy masterpiece. Mr. Show had the most clever ways of making someone laugh. They had fake audience members played by Bob and David themselves. Each sketch was linked somehow. When one sketch ended, the last event of that one was the first event of the next. Each one was funnier and funnier. Such characters as Ronnie Dobbs– the man who gets arrested for a living and fake diseases such as entitilitis. The cast was as funny as the sketches too. Bob Odenkirk who had previously been on The Ben Stiller Show, David Cross who was relatively unknown at the time and Tom Kenny who is now Spongebob and other characters for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. The brand of humor that is what you'd find on Mr. Show is either extremely odd, clever, spoofing pop culture at the time (1995-1998) or all of the above. This show is great to the tenth power.