Melted Cheese

Well, they have a point.

Tim Ferriss points out that this could feed ten Victoria’s Secret models for a week.

He’s only exaggerating slightly.

Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing
2,900 calories
182 g fat
240 g carbs

Men’s Health: “Even if you split this ‘starter’ with 3 friends, you’ll have downed a meal’s worth of calories.” They aren’t exaggerating. [Photo also from Men's Health.]

You know, the thing is, after you have the first one or two of these fries dripping in melted cheese and dipped in ranch, do you really need to eat any more from the tray? But I’ll keep eating until it’s gone. If only I could get Tim’s Victoria’s Secret supermodels to bring me this whole thing on a platter and then carry it away after I’ve had a taste of heaven!

I’ve never been to Outback Steakhouse.  Anyone want to go and share some Aussie Cheese Fries?

In lingerie?

[Also notable melted cheese from the Men's Health 20 Worst Foods in America... #3: On the Border Stacked Border Nachos and #5: Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. "Downing this "personal" pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza."  I wonder how that compares with Little Star?]

A friend works as an Interactive Strategist and just started at a new agency. She’s their first full-time hire in analytics and strategy, so she has a lot of catching up to do.

Today we caught up over lunch at Hotel Utah on 4th and Bryant, close to both our offices.

Much of her focus will be on clients Electronic Arts and Boost Mobile. Her agency has an established Account Planning function, so the qualitative work is already there. They’re transitioning the quantitative in-house over time while bolstering it.  Developing the insight sounds really interesting to me, but I wonder if it would be interesting doing the research.

Anyway, about the cheese…. (more…)

I skipped Bay to Breakers this year. Or tried to. I watched the finish of the roadrace on TV and a few minutes of the coverage. Then went to Dolores Park to enjoy what was left of the sunshine as we transitioned from a few days of 90+ degree weather to typical San Francisco summer (windy, foggy, cold).

By mid-afternoon I was quite hungry and a friend called. She’d been watching the race, then started walking with it, ending up most of the way to the ocean. She was taking a bus back to her car and wanted to know if I’d like to get together for a late lunch.  A few calls and text messages later, we met at Jay’s Cheesesteaks on Divisidaro.

I should have realized it’d be a crazy day there… (more…)