"Snapsters Helping Houston"
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In addition to what you already know, you should know that my daughter’s name is “Christine” (aka @christinewas) and my wife’s name is “Chrissy” (actually, she mostly goes by “Chriss”)–neither of which is “Chris” exactly (and, yeah, it is weird, but not really confusing, since I always call each of them a different name from the other; otherwise, sure, that’d be extra creepy)–and of course, if “Snapster is helping Houston”, it should be “Snapster’s helping Houston”. So imagine my confusion upon receipt of the email notification “Snapsters Helping Houston” from “Chris”. Someone who may or may not be my wife or daughter (and who the fuck are they, anyway, if not one of those two to be sending me a personal email message?) is telling me grammatically incorrectly (which neither of the two beloved women would do, let me assure you) that Snapster is helping Houston. Or maybe there are multiple Snapsters. No, there can be only one.
Anyway, yeah, just a notice from my favorite salad place. I don’t like that they call their customers “Snapsters” without acknowledgment of the one and only though. Fuckers.
That’s all. Carry on then.
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Psych!
Back when I had to go from offline “Snap” to “Snapster” so as to accommodate every other internet Snap, most assumed I was making a Napster joke. I think I can handle this without turning green. Glad they are helping down south
So help me, I never even knew that such a thing as a “salad place” even existed. Not only does one exist, but evidently they are so plentiful, even in the heart of cattle country, Joel can point out that this one is his favorite.
Guess we can tell I am not exactly toeing the line when it comes to eating healthfully.
@DrWorm I remember when I was a teenager there was a restaurant called Sweet Tomatoes. It was basically a salad and soup bar restaurant. I know they still exist, just not where I live now.
@RiotDemon Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp.(owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes) went bankrupt in 2016. It was bought by Cerberus Capital Management LP. There was some hope that some of the closed restaurant sites might reopen. Both the local ones closed last October.
@OldCatLady I just looked. Didn’t realize it was only a Florida thing. There’s still six open in southeast Florida.
@RiotDemon You don’t have Souper Salad? I thought they were national. Ah, TX., NM, AZ and CO.
@moondrake They shut down in NC. I was looking for a salad place the other day they have Tomatoes or something or other in Atlanta but nothing here.
@moondrake Shuttered in Tulsa. I never made it there, but the Yelp reviews are pretty bad.
@DrWorm When I was in college I ate at the Wendy’s Superbar a fair amount. But mostly the pasta and taco islands, so never mind.
@craigthom I remember the superbar. In Miami in the early 80s Arby’s test marketed a format called Delites, which was all organic no sulfites and stuff. It tanked because the neighborhood abruptly changed during the test period and toward the end, the salad bar looked pretty grungy by dinner time. Mexican day laborers simply couldn’t afford the place and gringos didn’t want to go there after dark. It was open about a year. When it first opened it was a great mid priced natural eats place.
@RiotDemon We love Sweet Tomatoes! Or perhaps I should say, “We used to love Sweet Tomatoes!” I knew the one closest to us closed, but I didn’t realize they’d all closed. Dang.
@DrWorm I’ll leave this here for the folks like me who loved Party Down.
@DrWorm Saladworks is the big chain around here. Primarily on the east coast but they’ve expanded to the west.
@DrWorm
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@medz Cool and it’s paleo too.
@OldCatLady
Ah, there’s Cerberus Captial Management at it again.
Didn’t they get eaten alive by the hubris of their belief they could fix Chrysler… soon before it went belly up… for the second time?
They need that candy corn and air fryers.
Do NOT order the Salmon Salad from Snappy Salads. The salmon looks just like a small container of cat food has been dumped on it. Btw- my cat gave it 2 paws up.
@PrincessSuzuki
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