That was fun. We need to go again, and stay for longer. Ate at this place named Goten. Very good Japanese steakhouse. They ALSO had very cool old-school table video games out in the waiting area.

Our first stop was actually the Yankee Candle flagship store. Sweet crap, they have giant lego men! GIANT LEGO MEN! Knights, even. They had the original castle set for sale, they original pirate ship set for sale. I refuse to buy these myself. I want to open them on Christmas one day in my life, dammit. That’s a hint for those of you who’ll get me a Christmas present: the original castle set and the original pirate ship set. I asked for those every Christmas since my early childhood years. Every Christmas my parents would tell me it got more expensive.

Well, if you’d gotten it the FIRST time I asked…

Anyway. It’s still on my list if you haven’t picked up on that. The Yankee Candle store is fantastically huge (I mean, they have a directory inside to tell you where to go). It’s got a home goods store, general store, three restaurant-y type areas, a museum, a make your own candles, a toy store, a Bavarian Christmas walk through, two candy shops, HUGE candle store display (all the housewarmers and votive candles you’ll ever need). It’s a very smelly (good and bad) place. It can get overwhelming for the olefactory sensitive. Worth the trip though.

We also made a pit stop at a game store and picked up Munchkin a very funny, sarcastic card game.

I also ended up writing up a thread in the forum about low-light photography, shutter speed settings, and using flash. It’s neat to look at, I’ve got examples using pictures I took last night. Give it a look-see.

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