After nearly three years of living in Minneapolis, I finally got to experience a Jucy Lucy last week. A Matt’s Bar Jucy Lucy, to be exact. Now a 5-8 Club Juicy Lucy is in order, and I’ve already started thinking about which cheese I’ll select for stuffing. If you don’t watch Man vs. Food or Food Wars or any of the other travel-around-and-eat-lots-of-crazy-food shows, you can get caught up on the Jucy Lucy here.
Terrible phone picture, but you get the idea. Meat coma in a good way.
Also, if you ever go to Matt’s Bar, for the love of god do not order a grilled chicken sandwich. You are wasting valuable seating. And, really? Grilled chicken over a Jucy Lucy?
Another one of my recent study breaks involved hanging out with my mom, who was nice enough to take the scenic route home from Colorado and make a stop in Minneapolis. We made a highly successful trip to Whole Foods, drank fruity drinks, ate a bunch of fries, and woke up for an early morning run before she headed south. Thanks, Mom!
We also saw this lovely sunset while walking around after dinner.
Other highlights lowlights of the past week:
- Getting confused when my key would not unlock my apartment, only to realize that I was on the wrong floor
- Getting confused when my key got stuck in the lock, asking someone in my building’s office for help, realizing the key was upside down
- Spider bites
Two weeks and about 12 hours until game time. Scary.
i know what you mean about the key situation and i feel your pain. i get panic attacked when the key won’t turn and usually just frantically turn it until the metal gives and either bends or breaks. that’s what windows are for, to crawl into.
my little mantra for you kirsten is – you will pass the bar without a hitch. repeat. repeat. repeat. believe it!
Thanks, Amy! I’ll keep telling myself that. And I’m glad I’m not the only one that has key issues.
At least you don’t lose your keys, like some people I’m married to….
Come to think of it, though, wasn’t it the last time you visited here that you couldn’t figure out how to use the key to my front door and you kept calling and calling to ask how it worked.
Yeah, yeah.