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Sense at the Mandarin is fairly reasonable for lunch. Special occasion only. What's the special occasion?
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It's June! The rainy season is upon us, and I'm ignoring the above photo.
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Celebrate the win with some beer.
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Frozen beer! Yeah, it's as bad as it sounds.
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So this is neat. My students are all way into America (or maybe I'm just forcing my culture on them). So I mailed all 50 state's official tourism boards and asked for any materials I might use in class. Rad! Like 30 of the states sent me packets of stuff.
And thanks Texas . . . for the pack of 100% Japanese language brochures! Kind of not what I was going for but it's all good. Can't you be more like Nevada; gambling literature galore!
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Birds!
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Who needs a telephoto lens?