you have NOT been to the states until you've....

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

My bf and I went to Tenn. and Kentucky a few weeks ago, which was my first trip to those states. While there, I did the following for the first time:

Ate at:
White Castle (so gross I couldn't eat even one slider)

You didn't come far ENOUGH South if you ate at a White Castle instead of the Krystal!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

You didn't come far ENOUGH South if you ate at a White Castle instead of the Krystal!

I don't even know what that is. White Castle's smell seriously made me sick...the smell alone made me lose my appetite, but my bf made me at least try a bite. One bite too many.

I regret that we did not get to stop at Steak & Shake, either. I have no idea whether the place is good, I just loved the name.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by lauralaylin

...eaten at waffle house. I wish they had them in New England, I'd live there.

Waffle House was SOOOOOOOOOOO overrated. give me IHOP anyday.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Why you gotta go make me hungry for In-N-Out?

Best hamburgers at a national chain. Their fries are cut on-site, using fresh potatoes, and their milkshakes are made from milk and ice cream, not that powder that places like Sonic use.

Waffle House--but only very very late at night. It attracts the funniest people ever.

IN-N-OUT and SONIC... again, overrated. Sonic was plain, nothing spectacular. maybe it was the mustard on the burger? (apparently NY is the only place that doesnt do this? so ive been told)

and IN-N-OUT... maybe it was a little too fresh? the milkshake was decent, but the rest of it was meh.

Originally Posted by queequek

Oh, by the way, since you might speak French - we pronounce Des Moines as "di-moin", not with any funky true French accent. And not many people outside midwest know this, either

would the average person pronounce it "Dez Moy-nez" vs "De-Moin?"

Originally Posted by MaMaBuddha

stopped at white castles on 125th street, grab like 5 chess burgers then walked down the street passing at least 7 pan handlers, each asking from anything and everything from spare changes to some food. then to pay $2.00 to on the A,B,C or D train going to china town to buy whatever hand bag or wallet ever made by louie, gucci, d&G, CD, or coach that is in style to then walk in the pissed smelly streets to pay another $2.00 to take the bus cross town stuck in traffic to go to the other trains on the east side each are the 4, 5, or the 6 to get pay $11.00 for a movie theater were popcorn is $5.00, a drink is $4.50 and some damn goobers are 4.25 and on top of that every freaking high schooler is talking and cursing doing the whole movie of johnson's family vacation.

i love new york!!!!


all this just on a sunday after noon....wait until the evening

i agree with fellow nycer/sistergreek... screw the empire state building/statue of liberty.

really, its all about the street performers and the street hustlas. that's real new york.

oh, and im not really a baseball fan, but watch a Yankee game in a city bar... or anywhere. its weird how NYCers come together. hell, i bonded with this middle-aged Irish guy last night over that suck-azz loss as we folded laundry.