As faithful followers on Twitter and IG know, the bird and otter (and their handlers) are officially on yet another vacation. While this does not rival the Amalfi coast and Paris of last year, this one is shaping up to be a close rival. Armed with disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer, they embarked upon a…
Jan ’20 Vegas Trip Report ~ Food
A quick summary of the places we F&O were stuck eating while spending 2.5 days in Las Vegas on the strip without a car. Do you feel sorry for us? This was a ‘budget friendly’ attempt. Excepting Wynn, excepting fast food, excepting Walgreens… Okay, F&O eat what they want, when they want. It shows. Chayo…
Why We Hate Baking
The Chronicle editors have the following complaints with baking: Have you ever wanted to bake a cake, pastries, or bread? The baking shows make it look so easy. Until: You discover you did not have a certain ingredient, or enough of an ingredient, midway through the process. The closest grocery store does not carry the…
Rambling Thoughts: Being a Frequent Visitor in Las Vegas
A coworker recently asked us here at the Chronicle where we had been on vacation. When we told them we had spent 10 days in Las Vegas, the usual response was forthcoming: “10 days?! I could never do that!” This comment begs the question: why do we feel the need to justify our choice of…
Las Vegas Pictorial
F & O about town: having a blast with friends, looking at Vegas stuff, eating Vegas food, and generally taking in the weather and atmosphere. Sights : And….of course food That’s all we got. More on DP and two more poker rooms shortly. F&O
Flynn as a Tourist in LV
Thirty-six hours in the poker mecca that is Las Vegas, Flynn himself has not played a single full session. One does wonder, is this a good thing? Instead, Flynn has been playing tourist host, as those who follow @FlynnandO on Twitter may already know. Flynn went to the to the Siegfried and Roy Park, which…
Paris: A Grimmesque F & O Fairytale
Chapter One: A Flamingo and an Otter get to Paris Once upon a time there were two fuzzy critters, living an uneventful life in America. Flynn the fabulous flamingo and Ollie the otter hung about the house, waiting for their friends to occasionally take them on ‘adventures’. Usually these adventures were to local poker rooms,…
Hanging about Atrani/Amalfi
F&O did not stray far from the villa the past two days. Part of being on holiday is relaxing, having no agenda and no alarm clock. Instead, the fur and feathers opted to hang close and enjoy the local culture. Part of hanging about includes chow. For those of you following Ejacks on twitter, the…
Suck it Starbucks, and off to Capri we go.
Flynn and Ollie decided they may as well make the trip to Capri, since, you know, they are already on the Amalfi coast. At the ungodly hour of 8 am, they stumble onto the Sita bus outside the nest. Turns out, the bus was full of high-school students, who were more than a little amused…
F & O love M&M (s) !
The next installment of the F & O Italy vacation is a jaunt to Minori and Maoiri. Flynn had scoured the i-net for lunch in Minori, and Ollie had dutifully checked the bus schedule. It was pouring as they waited for the bus outside the casa, so naturally F & O snickered at all the…