Who Knew!

Adam and I hopped on the bus last weekend for a jaunt out to the suburbs. We took the 77 all the way to Arlington Heights where we found a Panera, an awesome cookie bakery...Lakota, a Brigham's Ice Cream Store and not to mention, a fabulous spice store just outside of Arlington Heights. We chowed our way down Mass Ave all the way home splitting a Asiago Cheese Bagel with Sun Dried Tomato Cream Cheese at Panera, picking up a baker's dozen of cookies at Lakota before we bought a bagful of spices at Penzeys. We worked our way down Mass Ave from Arlington Heights toward Arlington Center stopping by a party favor store where Adam marveled at the bulk institutional food available and I enthusiastically checked out the various cardboard cake rounds they stocked. We finally got to Blue Ribbon BBQ where we split a sandwich with cole slaw and the basil garlic smashed potatoes. We were planning on splitting a burger at Not Your Average Joe's if we were still hungry, but alas, our appetites failed us and we ran out of time. The following reconstructed conversation occurred several times on our modest day trip.

plasticann: [marveling] Who knew the 77 had so much to offer!
Adam: You just like saying that.
plasticann: It is not true?
Adam: It is true!
plasticann: See, the 77 does have a lot to offer.