The latest craze in fast food is the gourmet burger joint. Well maybe not the latest craze, but judging from the rapid expansion of high-buck ($6.00 plus) freshly made hamburger joyntes’ around the country there is something going on. That includes ripping you off.
Last night we endured Smashburger. Why their trendy organization has decided to double down with a special burger that piles fake brick cheese on top of kerosene-oil based American cheese to hide a thin reed of real beef somewhere in a charred bun and charge a dollar more than their regular burgers is perplexing. Fail.
Try Five Guys instead. Think savory White Castles without the shots.
If you have a lay-over in Tokyo, do as the pilots do and visit the Jet Lag Bar in the town of Narita. Its non-smoking (a first for Japan) and stocks a killer wall of destination travel posters from the 50s and 60s which was the heyday of the genre’. This little place could change soon, so take your camera and snap some pictures. Ask for directions as I can’t seem to find any. Talk about arcane.
What’s better than going to a cool spot for vacation? Going to every cool spot. Web entrepreneur Gary Arndt sold his house, put his possessions in storage, and took off. So far, he’s been to over forty countries. He’s posting a daily photo and blog entry about his travels at 
