Seafood and Stuff

 Hey everybody! We went out and got some pictures. Places we went, things we saw, that kind of thing.

Nick's! It's a restaurant in Virginia Beach. My friend is not too fond of seafood, to put it politely, but he will gladly go to wherever the Birthday Guy wants to go. Even if it's seafood. Check out the mermaid statue outside. I heard somewhere that all those ancient statues were actually painted at one point, but they faded away back to the stone that we see in the museums. Is that right? Well, this mermaid is painted, for now.

Check out the neat painted ceiling tiles! My friend wonders if there's any way he could do one. Seems like it would be a fun thing to do. Why don't more places have this?

The whole ceiling! There was a couple of blank spots. Maybe there's a chance? I'll note that the "seafood" diner was actually very good. It's a mark of a good seafood restaurant when say... the grilled chicken sandwich... has NO "flavor" of seafood anywhere about it. My friend is sensitive, he could tell. And this place was great.

Ah! This is more like it! No problem-o with ice cream! Gotta have some birthday desert, right?!

There was a concert stage set up right next to the Dairy Queen. This was in the summertime, so it was a ton more people at the beach then.

Speaking about the beach! We're right there! I had to go check out the beach, even if it was night time. I'm not the only one, looking at those other crazy people over there.

Feet in the sand! Hooves in my case. You gotta take your socks off and really enjoy it. Nighttime is better for that anyway, since the sand is not burning hot as it would be in the day. My friend planned on not putting his feet in the water, to avoid the sand sticking to his feet and making a mess. But he got too close, and wound up in the wet-sand anyway, in front of the water. D'oh! guess we're bringing more sand into the car with us after all.

Bowling alley lunch! It's a pulled pork sandwich. Not too bad, for a bowling alley. What did you expect?

My friend got this bowling ball with Optimus Prime on it, from waaaaayyy back when the first modern Transformers movie came out. That was 2007, I'll save you the hassle of looking it up. It was a league bowling thing. I wonder if there's any Decepticons disguised as bowling pins? Time to "Transform! And roll out!"

I've never put money into one of these single-card vending machines. It seems like such an insane price for a single card, that's likely to be very common. But it's always fun to see them. Is that weird?

Ah, the bowling alley claw machine. Check out the Fluttershy. Why are there socks in the machine? Don't your parents buy you socks? Is that the claw machine version of lame Xmas presents?

Whoa! I'm a pony! Don't read too much into this, it's just funny for ME to be pointing this out.

Tourist stuff! Can they really claim "The Original Souvenir Magnet?" Really? They were the first to do that? I need citations and references...

Gross and gross? Is that what makes it funny? I guess the bottle does have very tiny crabs on it. So yeah, It's funny.

This one is good. There's probably a lot of fun phrases you can replace a word with "Beach" and hang on your wall.

I don't even think I need to add a comment to this picture, but... Hey y'all! Watch me try to add a comment to this picture!

Does this count for like, cats and dogs, too? Asking for the people I know who have cats and dogs, they seem to think about them a lot.

This is leftover meal from Cracker Barrel. The portions are so big, you can eat twice! Box it up and you got lunch tomorrow. Reminder that the fried pickles at Cracker Barrel are the GOOD kind of fried pickles, since those can vary from place to place.

WHAT? This is a REAL, actual TV show? I feel like I can't trust TV anymore. I know that's supposed to be "cheeky" and not to be taken seriously, but it's a little too much for me. "Ancient Aliens" is the name of a show, and THIS version is that show, talking to Captain Kirk. The actor. So he's meeting... the show, and not actually Ancient Aliens, as the title implies. Why do I have to explain it? Were you really expecting Bill Shatner to be meeting aliens?

My friend ordered a fancy cocktail at Outback, and it came with a little crocodile. Crikey!

It was sort of a delayed-from-last-month thing, but a lot of us said it was our combined birthday-celebration dinner, and they gave us free sundaes anyway! Almost half of us! To be fair, there was a lot of us, like fourteen people total, so we combined spent a ton of money in the Outback. At that point, they want us all to be happy. And... we were! See what kind of good word of mouth joy you can spread? Yay Outback Steakhouse!

You know the old Transformers cartoon? Where they crash land on earth? Well... those giant ark ships were themselves Transformers! Here they are, massive and tall! One for the Autobots and one for the Decepticons.

Little bird in the porch! Adorable! It's got a nest up there, and watches baseball on the outside TV. I think it roots for the Cardinals and the Orioles. And any other bird teams.

Okay, one more picture of the cute bird. It plays the chimes! That is one talented bird.

I'm in the Antiques Mall, but I didn't want to take a ton of pictures this time. Here's a neat Lego rip-off set with fast food. Looks like it's ripping off Lego, AND the Wendy's Biggie Bag, AND the McDonald's logo! Why rip off just one thing?

Just so you know, when Lucas was thinking-up Star Wars, he thought the main character would be a girl. But later split the role up into Luke and Leia, as the story worked better with more characters. The more characters, the more merchandise you can sell! Even... the original concept version can be sold! And THAT character wasn't even IN the movie! Whoa.

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. What a crazy awesome unique 80's toy brand. My friend remembers having some of those.

These cute 80's robots are from a toy line called simply Robo Force. I don't think they meant for them to be "cute," but it turns out they are kinda cute.

They made a modern re-imagining of the Robo Force figures, less cute, but still a little bit cute? I guess they need that to be Robo Force after all.

It still makes me laugh that this character's name is really "Sleazebaggano." He was the guy that tried to sell Obi-Wan some kind of drug called "deathsticks" and Obi-Wan used the mind trick to make him re-consider his life choices.

Are rare Skylander figures worth $250 still? Is that still a thing? I see so many of these at the flea markets in plastic tubs, full of them!

I don't know what game this is or what those characters are from, but that one girl has... the worst... poker face.... ever! Hahahahaha! Look how happy she is! She says "ALL IN!" and the rest of them are like "I fold! I'm out! Me too!"

Awwwww yeah. Ice cream on top of a giant cookie. How did I stop to get a picture of this? I could have been enjoying it so much quicker!

Two woodpeckers in the tree! They are a lot bigger than I thought they would be. I mean, they are not super big, but certainly a lot bigger than a normal bird you'd find in a backyard.