Jun 02 2012
A friend of mine from work is trying to raise money for her church choir trip to India in January. If I remember correctly, she needs to raise approximately $2700 USD. If you’re feeling generous, please go to her India trip fundraising website and make a donation to the cause.
Cheers,
Zach
Jun 01 2012
Today, my friends, is a wonderful holiday (at least in my world). It is National Doughnut Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in June. I really love doughnuts, but tend to not eat them all that often, as they’re not exactly good for the midsection. However, I decided that I absolutely had to have one two in honour of the holiday. 🙂
Unfortunately, though, this is one of those times where I wish I was back in Saint Louis, MO, USA. Saint Louis has three of the best doughnut shops that I’ve ever had.
The first one is Tony’s Donuts, which makes an amazing cake doughnut with strawberry icing.
The second one is Donut Drive-In, with their incredible white-iced Long John (with no filling).
Last, but certainly not least is World’s Fair Doughnuts, which was a stopping spot for me when I would carpool all the kids to high school. World’s Fair is owned by an older couple, and they make an absolutely wonderful Danish, which was essentially a small glazed doughnut with a cherry or apple compote in the centre, and some icing around the outside.
Though I’m not able to enjoy some of my all-time favourite doughnuts today, I hope that some of my friends there are. I did get a couple from the local grocer this evening, and they will be delicious as well, but just not as amazing as the ones mentioned above.
To all, have a wonderful National Doughnut Day!
Cheers,
Zach
May 30 2012
After spending a whole lot more time than I had initially anticipated (and significantly more than I wanted to), I have finished tagging all of the former posts. Now that the process is complete, you can click on any of the tags at the bottom of a particular post, and it will show you only posts that also carry that tag. I think that it is a neat feature that really adds to the organisational value of the site.
I’m not sure if it will be beneficial or not to add the “Tag Cloud” widget to the sidebar. Basically, it shows the most commonly used tags and varies the size of the font based on the number of times that the particular tags appear. If you think that would add to the organisation, let me know by leaving a comment or by emailing me.
Cheers,
Zach
