My Penguin Travels The places and people the penguin visits

Penguins LOVE Steak and Shake

Have you ever been, have you ever enjoyed a steak and a shake at the same time?

If you live anywhere near St. Louis, you probably have. It’s a fast food (actually called “causal dining”) change of restaurants with super yummy burgers and extraordinarily delicious shakes.

One thing I had to get used to was the size of the burgers. Where I come from, burgers are thick. Big and juicy and oh so scruptious thick. These burgers, however, are super thin.. but don’t let that fool you! Oh no, they are packed with flavor!

This is my next to my sourdought bread yumminess and my half chocolate half strawberry delightfully yummy shake!

Don’t forget the onion rings

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Penguin in the Garden

I’ve been doing a little gardening lately - not flowers but actual things we can eat, like vegetables. Oh yes, maybe it’s not typical, but this penguin loves veggies! We set up a little 4′ by 5′ garden in the camera girl’s back yard and we planted a whole slew of things…

Corn

Strawberries

Red Lettuce and a 3 varieties of beans

Peppers
plus we also added pumpkin, cantaloupe, tomatoes and carrots. Yes, Yes, I know. I can hear you from here. The pumpkin alone can take over my tiny garden area. So be it. I just want to see if I can make things grown.. and so far, they all fit, so I’m keeping them all

Yummy is the goal and Yummy I shall have!
As things begin to grow I’ll share more gardening fun with you.

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Penguin has a delicious brownie day

I went to visit a friend along with a tasty box of brownies…

These brownies are the yummiest you’ll ever eat. They’re Fairy Tale brownies.
Now, while I sat here pondering my scrumptious treat, trying to decide which end to eat first, a lil’ kitty tried to creep up and nab some for himself.

Is it just me, or do you see, green with envy in those pretty little eyes?

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Chuckie Cheese had a penguin

For a few hours anyway. Are you familiar with Chuck E. Cheese? It’s quite the popular birthday party hang out around here. Bad pizza, cheap video and carnival style games along with funny looking robotic characters that perform loud songs while crazy suger and pepperoni loaded children run havoc throughout the place. They can earn tickets which get them silly little prizes. Not to mention the climbing, crawling and hanging entertainment playground. Kids LOVE this place. I waddle.. so sitting is more appropriate.. or I might as well be a weeble wobble… so I don’t fall down at every 15 seconds of child stampeding that passes.

It’s loads of crazy good times… if it’s your birthday and you just turned 4.

I had fun watching the kids get excited about the visit by Chuckie himself and the cake was delightful.

If you’re unfamiliar with this kids’ party place, there can only be two reasons…

1. you don’t have one within 25 miles of you
2. you don’t have children old enough to eat cake

If this is you, please take a breath for the rest of the chuck e. cheese familiar universe. They need the oxygen and the 1/2 second of relaxing silence.

Birthday parties are always a good time!

Disclaimer: Do not click the following link unless you need a new song stuck in your head for the day. Chuck E. Cheese’s, “Where a kid can be a kid”.. which all my 4 year old friends can recite at the site of the mouse.

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More dipping dots and penguin fun

More Dipping Dots
So about a month ago or so I shared my new found love for dipping dots. Since then I have noticed them all over the place. Of course I’d have to sample my fair share… I’m serious, they are everywhere - there’s even a vending machine for them at my gym. I kid you not!

But so far, my favorite dipping dot locale is a quaint little stand up in Breckenridge, Colorado. I never knew there were so many flavors. You can mix and match however you like.

The woman working the stand was absolutely delightful - turned out she was the owner. It was some 40 or 50 degrees with snow still on the ground when we stopped by her outside kiosk yet she was smiling and so friendly. She even gave me my own little cut so I didn’t have to share with the camera girl’s kids (secret happy dance for that!).

I will definitely be back!

If you’d like to stop by and say hi, the stand is located off of Park Ave. just west of Main Street. You can see it from the Park Ave. — right across from the Breckenridge Fine Art Gallery.

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Penguin loves Bubba Gump Shrimp

So you already know I adore shrimp.. well I went with some friends to the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Breckenridge, Colorado…

WOW does Bubba know how to do shrimp. I mean seriously yummy! Whatever type of shrimp you want, Bubba has it.. and he really does love his shrimp… I met one of them.. it told me so!

Isn’t this cute? Me and my shrimp pal.

Anyway.. I also enjoyed a beverage.. pink lemonade - wink wink

yes, mom, I had some brocoli. You have to really pay attention when I point out this veggie.. look at the size of it. It’s like being asked to eat an entire yard of shrubbery! I could have just eaten the broccoli and nothing else and survived for 2 weeks in the wilderness. Insanely large greenery!

And last, but surely not least in any sense of the word… my shrimp. Oh the joy of my shrimp… coconuted, tempora-ed, fried and cold but unpeeled… so scrumptious!

If you have a favorite hangout for shrimp feasting, please do share. I need more places to stop and munch.

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Penguins and Birthdays

I went to a birthday party last night and had a great time.

There was food and fun and more fun and cake and ice cream and more fun and presents and fun and oh yeah… I had a lot of cake.

now there is no more cake - you gotta be quick around here if you want any of the good stuff

Happy Birthday to my camera girl

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Penguin Grabs a Jamba Juice

Oh yes, I love Jamba Juice! I don’t live very close to any of their shops, so it’s an extra special treat for me.

I’f you have no idea what I’m going on about… Jamba Juice is a fruit smoothie shop - healthy slushies. You can even get grass and vitamin boosters mixed in. Who wants to drink grass??  If you look very carefully, you can see the pans of (wheat) grass in the photo above… just to the left of logo.

They’re simple delightful. May favorite these days is Banana Berry. Not very adventurous of me - but I love love love it!

This is me by the “recipe book” all the fun info brochures.

Oh tasty!

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The penguin on a pile of cheese

Cheese, Cheese, oh glorious cheese! This pile of cheese happens to be at a Whole Foods grocery in Colorado. Just standing here gives me warm fuzzies… yum!

I have to admit, I am a little afraid of the goat cheese in a jar, but it did make a good standing spot. I’m a huge fan of Brie — and of course cheese cake. Don’t argue, if it has cheese in the name it counts!

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Penguins, Saturday and Beer

It’s Saturday is most parts of the world… right? So I figured now is as good a time as any to grab a beer, sit back and relax.

I’m sorry, I couldn’t wait for you to grab your own… I was thirsty! Type of beer: Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing- of course! The paper behind me? That’s a kid’s menu from the Outback restaurant - yeah, I like to color and do kids crosswords while I sip my beer!

Yes, I am definitely over 21, that’s all you need to know. Nosey much?

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