I gave it a fair shot, went there twice. There’s no way I’d go for a third. Not even if they paid me.
They are super disorganised there. The food tastes either like it came from a can or has been cooking for hours and hours. Tasteless and/or dry. Lengua is supposed to be soft, not crispy or burnt. Carnitas are supposed to be crunchy or soft, not soggy. The refried beans I’ve had better from Rosarita. Their menu looks like a straight up copy of Baldo’s Menu. They must get it from the same manufacturer. But the food is better at Baldo’s!
The service sucks major soda water. Seriously. They could give NO figs about anything. They couldn’t remember who got what order. One of the girls was busy getting loved up by the cook or someone in the back. It was completely unprofessional. She has nails the size of a grizzly bear. How is that appropriate in a food place?! She acted like she has never seen Mexican food before, throws your food at you, more or less, and like she’s only there to see her boyfriend and we get in the way of that.
The vibe I was getting from that girl was pretty spot on to his picture.
The other one seemed better but still disorganised. The cooks all look mad and the place had a handful of people. I can definitely understand why! They blare the music like we all need to hear it outside the restaurant. Shrugs?
Anyway, no way in heck am I going back. How is this place so popular it has 4 locations in Sacramento?! I’ll never know. I don’t know how they’ll stay afloat in Vacaville. I think they’ll shut down. There are way more other Mexican food places to go to in this town. I’m definitely going somewhere else from now on. Even my own cooking is better than this place!
I have recommended this milk even! But no more. I mean, I know the meat and dairy industry suck. The farm industry sucks. All the food related industries, suck! But come on….there’s suck, and ULTRA suck.
I should have known better. The prices were “too cheap” to be as good as it claims. Caring for cows is expensive. But I fell for it anyway, thinking wow, a company that cares and is affordable. I should have known it was they care alright, but for their pockets. And to find out it was a vet who started this company? Insult to injury and salt to a salty wound. Ouch!
I don’t even care they’re bought or owned or whatever by Coca Cola. It’s more how the industry sucks and I AM weaning myself off the stuff but I’ll make better efforts now. This insanity has to stop and I need to find me a field and house to have my own cows and chickens and everything else I like eating. At least then I’ll know how they were treated!
I recently came across something called grassmilk at my grocery store. I have heard the goofy commercials from Organic Valley and liked them. But before the goofy commercials, I had tried this brand and I liked it. They do have nonfat milk in their regular milks, not this fancy (?) grassmilk version. And when I say regular, of course I still mean organic. It’s in the name…
Say what, now?
Now mind you, if you have drank nonfat milk before, and some of you are probably wrinkling your faces, the stuff is more or less water. I call it drinking serum to actual milk. It’s a thin consistency and not at all creamy which I love! Yes I know, i’m not selling the idea to anyone, here. Mostly I get a “What’s the point? Just drink water.” or the more normal response “Ewwww, why?!” In any case, I’ve been drinking nonfat milk since 1989 when I was at UC Davis. No idea what prompted me to start…maybe they were out of “normal” milk and me, being a milkaholic in training, took that over chocolate milk, which I hated.
I know, now some of you are scratching your heads. Who hates chocolate milk!? That’s a story for another day. The short version is chocolate and I don’t get along…at least that was my understanding. Turns out I was wrong but you’ll have to read the next piece for that story.
Going back to the milk thing, I loved nonfat so much it became my drink of pleasure. At one point, I was drinking it pretty much nonstop. A gallon would last maybe a week. I would buy the specials of two gallons knowing full well they’d never get to the due date but even if they did, the benefit to nonfat is it doesn’t go bad that fast. Probably because there is no fat to sour things up. Who knows…but I’ve had whole milk spoil before the due date. Same with the other percents but whole milk is the worst. I gave the other milks a college try because of the remarks of how nonfat is not really milk. Drinking anything more than nonfat was terrible. Whole milk might as well have been yogurt, 2% heavy whipping cream, and 1% was whipping cream. So, back to nonfat as the all time favourite! During my pregnancy, years later, a gallon lasted less than two days.
OK but I looked sexier and not so crazed… I think… And never off the jug! I’m still a girl. We just don’t. LOL
So for me to buy a grassmilk that said 2% was not an easy thing for me, let alone whole milk. But the name intrigued me so much, I had to try it! In the past, I have drank grass-fed milk before and found it tasty but it’s not a regular thing to find. So, I had just stuck to non gmo, organic milk. As it turns out, regular milk doesn’t agree with my body. This coming from a milkaholic is definitely weird. Let me explain.
Somewhere in my late 30’s my body changed. Suddenly, it was like I was lactose intolerant. By the time I reached 44, milk was not much of an option and yogurt was becoming difficult. Cheese was still OK. I didn’t get it. Had I reached “adulthood” and could no longer tolerate milk!? How sad I was. Now I had to drink water…like real water…not milk tasting water… Time is cruel. By now things I used to enjoy as a kid, young adult, and I suppose middle adult? I could no longer eat…and things I hated then are tolerable now. It’s strange but I digress.
As I complained somewhere online about this lactose thing, someone mentioned that perhaps it wasn’t dairy but the TYPE of dairy. They suggested trying organic. You mean the $5 a bottle of 30 oz stuff!? No way… But OK… milkaholics are not so easy to cure, right? So I tried it…
And the skies opened up in greatness!
What?! No troubles…none at all…you mean, I’m not actually intolerant? So something about the way non organic milk is processed or raised that makes things in my stomach very unhappy. Organic is healthier and more expensive, so now Ms. Milkaholic relies more on tea and water than milk because $5.50 for a half a gallon can get expensive.
Then I saw, on my way to southern California a patch of very sad cows. Dairy cows, in a tiny patch of land, packed in, almost like sardines. No grass, just dirt or concrete, and some of them trying to squeeze their necks through a fence to get to the TINIEST of grass patch just barely out of reach.
sad cows, standing in concrete, nothing to graze on
Oh lord did I feel like the biggest heel in the universe! My milkaholic ways had made these sad cows…all these years! I’m not a vegan or even close to being vegetarian, I really don’t like veggies all that much. However, that made me very sad. The meat industry isn’t any better, I know…but baby steps! I’m at least buying Organic when I can and from free range poultry, pork, and beef farms. I also eat a lot of carby stuff…
In any case, I decided I was only going to buy my milk from people who cared about cows. I have been spoiled here, living near a farm where cows are always in the hills. I forget that not all cattle are so lucky. Enter Horizon, Organic Valley, Strauss, Clover, and Fairlife…who incidentally has no lactose in it. I like Fairlife and they do make a nonfat version. But it’s only Organic Valley, so far, taht I can find the grass-fed milk. Supposedly they make yogurts too but I haven’t seen it at my stores. Hopefully they do bring it.
I still don’t drink as much dairy as I used to…even though the cows are not as sad, it’s still not that great to think that at some point, their babies are taken away. At Horizon, it’s done at birth, supposedly so they can care for the baby…more than mom could? Poor mommas and how traumatic for the calf…
Fairlife has this information on their site, which I thought was interesting. Less carbs because there’s no lactose. They also have whole milk and other percents for those who like fat in their milk, haha. They also say you can visit their farm which is cool. Supposedly they have a birthing barn and a pen where you can play with the calves…but…sadly, again, for their benefit they too are removed from their moms at birth. I did send them an email and they seem to think that if they separate the calves at birth it is less stressful for a cow since they don’t bond with the baby. I’ll leave it up to you to decide how true that is. Me, personally, I’m not so sure that’s true.
Organic Valley? They’re a coop instead of a company…meaning they’re just farmers who sell stuff and their commercials, as I said, are pretty goofy. I found this on their website and it sounds promising. It’s from one of the farmers at Organic Valley. Hopefully the other coops follow the same rules.
Clover and Straus are more local to me than Organic Valley. Clover is certified humane which is also nice. They also have cows out in pasture grazing but none of their products are labeled grassfed, same with Straus. Clover, it seems is in line with the other farms. All of these brands have their websites so you can look into them.
I wasn’t able to find out on the website about Straus but a google search turned up that yes, they too take the babies out at birth. Standard practice, I guess… I did email them and they confirmed, albeit they claim it’s after a few days but still Straus separates the calves too. The cows, however, walk around the hills of Sonoma and Marin (depending on which farm they are) so while they don’t label their milk grassfed, chances are, they’re eating a lot of it. They also bottle stuff in glass which also makes their milk taste, cleaner, for lack of a better term.
The nice things about all of these companies is they have websites and customer service FAQ’s and of course, email addresses or phone numbers if you’re more into phone stuff. They get back to you super quick so that’s always nice.
In conclusion, for now, my milkaholic days are over and as time keeps going, the less milk I drink. I’m down to a half gallon over two weeks, still emptying before expiration but often extremely close or to the day. I drink mostly water, teas, fruit drinks (lemonades or fruit in water stuff,) that sort of thing. I have gotten into the alternatives and love Cashew milk and hate Soy. But the things I use milk for don’t taste all that great with the alternative milks so I just drink those plain when I get the urge.
I know I spent a lot of time on the calf thing but as a mom, it’s kind of heartbreaking. The sad cows in a pen were definitely heart breaking. Never again will I buy the cheap milk. I’m not contributing to sad cows. Even my yogurts, butter, cream, and cheeses have changed. I don’t eat those as much, especially butter… I still have some from last year that I froze when I had to buy 4 lbs. I just don’t eat butter. Creams I have had to throw away because I forget so I just don’t buy them unless I need it specifically for something I’m making that day. Yogurt and cottage cheese on rare occassions… all in all, my dairy consumption has been lowered. I wish that was enough to lower my weight but well…that’s yet, ANOTHER story, haha. Til next time, thank you for reading!
So I decided to give these creamy body wash things a try. Never had I used a body wash, I was bar of soap Caress, the peach looking one, thank you! girl. But, I got a little adventurous. I sell Avon, I should try their stuff, right? I mean, I have make up and I’ll review those on here too at some point but let’s not get distracted. This is what I tried: Supreme Nourishment creamy body wash.
Soft scent, nice smooth skin, feels like a lotion and a soap got freaky and wham! After that, my skin was soft and hydrated! I’m in love!! Even my husband liked the way it left his skin. And since the scent doesn’t stay long after washing off, no one gave him a side eye. Not that he’d care, this the same man that rocks my little pony and would wear hot pink hair if they let him at work. Completely secure in his masculinity.
Soooo… I went to order but dang it if I got the name wrong… I got Radiant Moisture instead. Oh dear…
The scent was not right…and by the time this arrived, I had tossed the other one’s empty container. This one smells stronger…not a huge fan of it…but whatever. It still felt like a lotion but moreso than a soap. Unfortunately, despite the name, I didn’t feel moisturized. I felt dried out. Who knew there was such a difference! So next I tried a pink one, thinking that’s what my favourite was and it came with a bonus of the green one, which is original scent.
The pink one has a nicer scent than Radiant Moisture. Soft and Sensual is almost right but nothing like my favourite! The scent is more floral-ly and kind of soft but not really. Still, it’s not horrible. Not as moisturizing but not as drying as the one who’s supposed to be moisturizing! I was getting sad. Was I never going to find my favourite? Did they discontinue it?! Well… I still had the green one…so I tried it. Meh… I guess it’s fine if you want to smell like mosquito repellent. I can see why…it’s not a scent you want to be around if you’re a bug..it’s similar to citronella but with like pine scent added…it’s woodsy. Kind of smells like the lotion by the same name but stronger. It’s also more drying than Soft and Sensual but not as bad as Radiant Moisture. I still find that hilarious. I had two choices left. Shea Butter which I knew wasn’t right and … “drum roll!”
I still have to try the Shea Butter because why the heck not, I’ve already tried the others!! But…FINALLY…I found it!! It was kind of pink…but more peachy bottle. I’m sensing a theme… In any case, this here?! That’s my jam! That was the bottle I fell in love with…and heck yeah I wrote it down! LOL and now I’m a happy camper. Soft skin, not dry, and nice smell.
The only thing these things have in common is the feel, the lotion soap thing, and the scent only lasts while you shower. I see why people have to use the body bath oils after some of these. I get it now! But for now, I’m sticking to my Supreme Nourishment body wash. I only wish it came in a larger size. When I try the Shea Butter one I’ll write another review but for now, I hope you enjoyed this one.
For the amount of money they ask for their jewelry you would think they would treat you a little nicer. Friend bought a necklace for almost 1K and the chain broke the next day. They admitted the soldering point looked weak and that’s what caused the break. They offered to repair, not replace, the chain. My friend asked if they could instead exchange the chain for a heavier gauge since she felt the reason for the break is the original chain was too thin for the somewhat heavy pendant. They said no. She could buy a new chain but all they could do is send the original to get repaired. No credit would be given, she’d have to buy the chain out right. She said but I’m giving your more money to upgrade to a new chain, why can’t you credit me for the thin chain and charge me for the thicker one (which btw, was $600 vs $200 for the original chain.) As a business owner, this is a no brainer. Customer wants to throw money at me and I’m going to balk? What maroons are working here?!
Finally my friend asked for the manager as the sales person was dead set on no way, can’t do it. Manager was busy with another customer who was browsing. As a business owner, a pissed off customer is priority over a browsing one, but ey, maybe that’s just me. I rather keep the one that’s already paying not the one that might. They could have easily traded and had the sales person attend the browsing customer but no, that was too hard for them. They just kept us waiting until browsing person left, having bout NOTHING from them. We waited almost 45 minutes for the manager to come over.
She comes over and gives the same schpeal but when pressed she said she will do a one time courtesy exchange. Wow, huge favour, letting my friend throw more money at you. How kind of you…
My friend was satisfied, albeit annoyed at the whole thing. Me, not so much. What is this place? The customer is always wrong unless you prove to them that they should help you? Weird business practices and way overpriced jewelry. It’s pretty, yes, but not worth the money, in my opinion…not with customer service like that.
I’ma have to start looking for good people/things to review. Anyone got a suggestion? As usual, thanks for reading! 😀 If you wish to donate click here for my paypal.
So I guess the trend now a days is to make the white chocolate version of many candies out there. There is White Chocolate Reeses, M&M’s, Twix, etc. I think there’s even a snickers and 3 muskateers but I can’t remember.
I don’t eat peanut butter chocolate items so I picked these up:
The M&M’s were bigggg!! Like the share size big which was nice. I did like how they tasted, a little smoother than normal and sweeter. I’ll probably buy those again. ANd bonus (!) I don’t have to freeze them to eat them. 🙂 I can’t eat chocolate too much, it makes my stomach not happy unless it’s frozen for some reason… Sugar I can eat pounds, chocolate, not so much. White Chocolate, as we all know (or should) is not even close to chocolate, it’s vanilla flavoured sugar maybe milky coating. I can have pounds of that and be fine.
The Twix? I’m on the fence. It’s not a bad flavour, it’s OK… but it’s…weird. I like caramel and I like white chocolate…I’m honkey dorey on white chocolate caramel apples…LOVE those! But Twix? Is it the cookie? the over sweetness with the caramel and the cookie? I don’t know! I might buy this again, maybe, if I’m like desperate but I don’t know… I think I like the original better. I really think it’s the overly sweet taste.
This is weird coming from a sugar addict… To say something is too sweet is just.. weird!! I used to have tons of sugar. So much so that I had to eat sugar cubes just to taste sweet sometimes. I laid off the sugar for a long time and now a lot of things are super sweet that didn’t use to be!
Soooo…. if you’re used to sugar these are probably fine. The M&M’s will have less sweetness than the Twix but both are still pretty sweet. The good news is I get to drink a ton of water to balance out the sugar! LOL
Thanks for reading and I’ll “see you” next time! 😀
I had high hopes for this place. But I forgot… it’s a sushi cafe… It’s next to Starbucks…I don’t know what I was thinking…
Mind you, I’m used to eating at Hinata which is THE best, in my opinion.
I was pressed for time so I stopped into this place. Pressed for time… well, that was a mistake… these guys took fooorrrrrreeeeeverr!! And for what? I don’t know… they’re just recently opened so maybe they’re at Jurassic Park and the meat is eating the trainers, I don’t know.
When I get my bento, which I paid almost as much as Hinata’s I get meat that’s been cookign for a million years because itw as like having jerky, just about… no flavour except for whatever weird sauce they put on for Teriyaki. Store bought sauce from Safeway, maybe? I don’t know, but the sushi sure tasted like it was from Safeway or some of those truck stop gas station sushi’s. I didn’t get sick but it wasn’t the greatest either.
The salad was just cabbage with some carrot shreds and NO dressing of any kind. The wasabi was OK and they gave me purple cabbage which I guess was supposed to be their version of pickled ginger.
They do have some cute Japanese snacks and stuff so there is novelty…unfortunately, their custard bun DID make me sick so that sucked. The moshi was OK but that didn’t get me sick so that’s good. The overpriced ramunen soda was also good.
All in all, I ain’t going back. Novelty or not. I think the concept is good but the execution is not the best. I wasted 20 bucks but that’s the last they’re getting from me. Save yourself the money and go buy safeway sushi, it’ll probably be better.
This place is a hit or miss. Yes they have a bunch of stuff in stock but they’re not very busy either, not as busy as Gordon’s. Location is possibly a reason. One is on main street, downtown, and this one is a bit out of the way and near the exit of a freeway, but going the wrong way.
That said, I’ve been here a few times. Once I think I met the owner who was super nice and said “It’s hard to find good workers.” when I mentioned my previous visit that left me less than satisfied. Because of him I gave this place another go. Each time, it has been different. Sometimes people know what they’re doing and sometimes it’s like they hired someone from Walmart who barely knows what a note is…or they don’t care.
What’s taken the cake is I’ve ordered a couple of Ukes and it’s like they were forgotten orders. The first time I ordered, back in January, no one ever called. The second time I ordered, the owner called me a week after I had gone in and got a horrible experience and I think it was because of that, not because my Uke came in.
Outside of the one time, I’ve never seen the owners there, just young people staff. I think they need to be at their store more often if they care about their business. That’s one thing about Gordon’s. Outside of a Sunday, every time I’ve gone there, Mr. Gordon is at the store. Whether he’s a workaholic or likes to keep his staff in line, I don’t know, but if there’s a problem he’s there to fix it straight away.
I am not saying I’m never going to Live Music but there have been more bad experiences than good ones so I’ll probably go there for supplies. But when it comes to ordering instruments, I’m going to Gordon’s. They actually call you back when your instrument comes in, instead of putting it out on the floor to get sold first.
My guess is that’s what happened to my first Uke. It was put on the floor and then sold so no one called. Instead they kept lying and said it was on the order books and it’d be ordered soon. OR they just don’t order stuff often, which is weird, because if a customer is willing to give you their green, that should be your first priority, no? Maybe not…
I was on my way to get a mcflurry or something when this little red caboose looking thing caught my eye. Caboose I call it because that’s what I had back in Pacifica with the Gorilla BBQ…except they’re orange and an actual caboose. This is a little red roach coach. With affection, of course, this place is pretty good! It’s clean, from what I could see (and you can pretty much see the whole truck, it’s not that big,) and the guys are super nice!
I got a free sample of their baked beans and he was right, they are tasty. The food was tasty, albeit spicy for me, but I’m spiced at taco bell so don’t let that dissuade you. I had the ribs, the pulled pork, and mac and cheese.
the meat was soft and juicy, the mac and cheese was alright, but I was there for the meat anyway. The “bread” I wasn’t impressed with since it’s just white toast but like I said, I was there for the meat.
I’ll definitely go back, it’s the next best thing to gorilla’s and no toll fee! 😀 The other reviewers are right, the other places around here suck when it comes to BBQ so go show these guys some love on Thurs and Fri when they’re open. If he can quit his other job we’ll have this little coach full time! 😀
No pictures this time as I ate them too fast! Next time though! 😀
Rolling around in the insane heat, I needed a drink. Noooo… not that kind of drink, something icy. Starbucks caught my eye so there I went. The line was a bit long and in the “aisle” was this… Moon Cheese. What on earth? I flipped it over.
Huh… Just cheddar… Crunchy cheddar? Um… what..? OK… Soooo I bought it. Why not? It couldn’t be that bad, right? I love cheddar. The nuggets look just like the package. When does THAT happen?! I can’t remember the last time a food looks like what it is. This is a good sign.
I take a bite and hmm… no taste…weird… I’m so used to Cheetohs and their explosion of flavour. Well, shoot…what’s going on? Crunch… Oh! Cheese! Crunch, crunch, crunch… Yes! I taste the cheese…a slightly sharp cheddar. Wow! It’s like having curds but crunchy curds. I really like this! Whoever made these things is a genius. It says gluten free but I’m not sure if there was ever gluten in cheese… IN any case there, there is that. Also it’s healthier than Cheetohs and that’s gotta count for something, right? I mean, I can actually pronounce the ingredients in this.
If you love cheese, I’m pretty sure you’ll like this if you don’t love it. Yes, it’s not the ooey gooey cheesy goodness of like pizza cheese but it’s still pretty dang tasty AND it doesn’t go bad in the heat. All in all I love moon cheese! I don’t love the price, $5 for 2 oz. but once in a while, I’ll definitely enjoy this treat. Looking online there seems to be pepper jack and gouda flavours too but I don’t eat either of those cheeses but if you do, give them a go, I bet you won’t be disappointed. I also saw online that you can make them into croutons…if I ever eat salad I might try it…who knows. No I didn’t get paid for this review. I had actually never heard of this ’til today. I’m glad I found them!
Let me know in the comments if you’ve tried it. Is it just me or are these things dang good? Thanks for reading and if you feel generous, send me a buck or whatever to my paypal. It’ll contribute to my get a laptop fund. Yes I know, lame that I don’t have one, but ey, I’m sure eventually I’ll get one. Until next time folks, stay cool, we ain’t outta summer just yet! 😀
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The nuggets look just like the package. When does THAT happen?! I can’t remember the last time a food looks like what it is. This is a good sign.
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