Box o' Chocolates

more poutine!!

amazing time in the MTL and one of the highlights was poutine, which essentially is french fries, cheese curds, and gravy.

I think I’ve had my fill of poutine that will last a very very long time.

Pan seared Hallibut, green beans, chorizo ravioli (Taken with Instagram at Les Trois Petits Bouchons)

Whiskey & Cigars #gameon (Taken with Instagram at Whisky Café)

Artwork (Taken with Instagram at Hilton Garden Inn Montréal Centre-Ville)

The field at Lucas Oil Stadium is ready for Super Bowl 46. Let’s go Giants!!! #GOBIGBLUE

Poutine! Survey says? Not impressed (Taken with Instagram at Frites Alors)

That’s alot of Cups #montrealcandiens (Taken with Instagram at Les 3 Brasseurs)

The Beer Prayer. Recognize. (Taken with Instagram at Les 3 Brasseurs)

Oh, Canada! (Taken with Instagram at Old Montreal)

Images of Old Montreal (Taken with Instagram at Old Montreal)

Smoked beef was good, but Katz > Schwartz’s (Taken with Instagram at Schwartz’s Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen)

Shit People Say In LA (by TheTrashyClass)

For all my LA peeps!! (ht @melanism)

siphotos:

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul celebrates after sacking 49ers quarterback Alex Smith during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game in San Francisco. The Giants defeated the 49ers 20-17 and will face the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. (John W. McDonough/SI) 

BANKS: Giants victory was all about perseverance
BURKE: Special teams, receivers key for Giants
KILLION: 49ers support Williams after costly fumble
VIDEO: Giants display toughness and versatility

nfloffseason:

Yes, we will see this video approximately one million times prior to kick off at the Super Bowl in Indy. There will be overanalysis of the game as well, which, after the season we’ve had up until now, we know will be meaningless. There’s just no way to predict what we’ve seen. Just like this play.

So, watch it and prepare for what will be a game for the ages. Brady & Belichick going to their 5th Super Bowl. They are 3-1 in the big game & playing that one team who was able to beat them with the Lombardi Trophy on the line. A team that derailed the undefeated season. A Manning in Indy not named Peyton.

A sequel that should be better than the original.

Super Bowl XLVI

thedailyfeed:

Today, political candidates love to brand themselves with kitschy sayings and gaudy buttons, but have you ever wondered where all the political swag came from? Here’s the history of the American campaign button. 

While the origins of the buttons may be lost in history, most sources agree that the first presidential campaign button appeared with America’s first president — and really was a button, designed for use on a man’s coat. It was cast in metal and embossed with a statement of support for a man who, in fact, already was president: “G W Long Live the President.” Intriguingly, the phrase mimics “Long Live the King,” a saying that the American revolutionaries had fought in part to banish as they waged war in support of an elected leader, not a hereditary, lifelong ruler.

 But it wasn’t until the election of 1824 that campaign buttons — and all kinds of other political swag — really began to be used as a way to brand a candidate during an election. In the run-up to that vote, Andrew Jackson’s supporters put his likeness on buttons that could be hung from stickpins or lapels, according to Steven Heller, a professor at the School of Visual Arts writing in the New York Times.

Afixin to vote for Nixon? #lame