Viva Las Vegas "MGM STUDIO CAFE" BEST HAMBURGER

I find the hamburger too be the best meal deal. Every city or town in almost every restaurant, fast food joint, or cafe they are proud of their rendition of it. This is why my wife and I make it a point of rating the best burgers found on any of our trips.

I am not implying that you must eat hamburgers all day and every day, but they are a solid choice that can sustain you for hours while walking around any busy city especially Las Vegas.

The best cheese hamburger found on this Las Vegas trip is the "Mushroom Gruyere" at the MGM Grand Hotel at the Studio Cafe it ranks at the top of all burgers found and tried. The rating system my wife and I apply is affectionally known as the "HMJZ scale". It is a simple 5 star system for each category.

Judging works as follows:

Name:

The Mushroom Gruyere

Location:

Studio Cafe Las Vegas Nevada USA

(1) Ambience of the restaurant. *****

(2) The first impression appearance, ****

(3) The construction, and manageability. ***

(4) Flavours. *****

(5) Satisfaction sustained too the last bite. *****

Total stars 22

Notes

"Gruyere" is a fantastic choice in cheese to support the sweet earthy tones of the mushrooms. This rendition requires no additional condiments just tuck in to it as served The fries are the best ever found anywhere to date.

and stay crispy long after they are served. However may I suggest that you loose the chopped iceberg lettuce replace it with a full dressed leaf at your price point I believe its a must. "This will enhance flavour base."

Warm regards

From Harry and Jolanta burger lovers.

We are always searching of the best burger and I must say I was not disappointed. You recovered nicely. So far you guys have it. 22 stars for the MGM Studio Cafe "BEST BURGER EXPERIENCE IN ANY CITY TO DATE is the Mushroom Gruyere"

allGrill heats up Mississauga

My wife and I went to visit the KARIYA PARK Japaneses Zen Garden located in the vicinity of the Mississauga Square One shopping centre.

The mission was to photograph this beautiful, tranquil space. If you live in Mississauga Ontario this is a hidden gem; a must on your bucket list. On the way back to our car the aroma from a newly established restaurant called "allGrill" hook us by the nostrils and reeled us into the establishment. Soon we were seated and looking over a very simple one page spread of burgers, AAA Angus steaks, chicken tacos ect... with Aruba Mango Salad and fried cassava executed with proud Venezuela passion. There is an impressive array of custom sauces and toppings from a centrally located toppings bar.

I settled for a top sirloin steak sandwich combo and opted for the cassava fries.

"AllGrill" ... I will definitely be back.

Address 285 Enfield Place. R104. Mississauga. Ontario. L5B-3Y6 Phone:905232-0150

WEB SITE http://www.allgrill.ca

Mocking Demon Bird

I have fond childhood memories of my beautiful mother singing a delightful melody while stirring around the kitchen. I can still recall the lyrics "...to wake up in the morning when the mocking birds sing... Tra la la.. "

Where do I begin? A northern mocking bird recently took up residence out side my bedroom window. For the first few weeks I was very impressed with the vocal capabilities of my new feathered friend. I bragged to my friends about the range of calls it was capable of. However just like everything else too much of a good thing soon becomes an irritation. This is a mocking bird from hell. It's none stop bird calls and numerous imitations of urban sounds (e.g.) various car alarms. It is beginning to take its toll on me. I have not had a good nights sleep for quite some time now. The only reason I know that I am been haunted by a "Mocking Bird From Hell" is by typing the following words "most annoying bird" in Googles' search engine and their it is the northern mocking bird complete with video and an impressive catalogue of songs.

One of my favourite books when I was a young man is "TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD" why does the full capped helvetica text seem to burn through space and time filling my mind with bird violence..

I through that I would throw my situation into the court of public opinion via face-book. WOW! lets just summarize all the face-book feed back with this statement. "We have a lot of people living in other realities without the dependant need of chemicals to get them there.

My Sister, of all people, told me that this bird chose me for a reason.

"YEAH RIGHT!" she also continued with "You should listen to what it's trying to tell you." sounds like my baby sister has joined the Zen Nuts. However the trip to the court of public opinion revealed one most interesting fact. "I am not alone" many other people are having similar issues. An old friend joined the comment thread and related that a rather loud robin in his words "persistently loud-voiced Robin" moved into his garden. This comment rang a loud bell "THE DAWN CHORUS" that's why some birds start in the early morning but my mocking bird tortured me all night. This lead me on a quest to find a solution other than mocking bird pot pie. The first fact I learned is mocking birds have a very complex call pattern triggered by the phenomenon of "breaking dawn chorus" . it seems all birds are wired to respond to the morning light when dawn breaks, however the mocking bird is more sensitive to the dawn chorus phenomenon than other birds. As a matter of fact very bright moon light can set them off singing all night. This explains everything because my little feathered demon bird sits on top the very bright security light out side my window and sings his heart out all night .

So my baby sister was right after all . The bird was simply swearing at me all this time "Turn the @@887%4 lights off ."

He wanted to sleep cause the light was on .. I wanted to sleep but but Mr. Bird was too loud. Now we both sleep until the next full moon. Their must be more too this Zen Hokaspoas than meets the eye. Learning to listen to a bird sounds nuts but my baby sister was right. Just my opinion for what its worth.

A Canon blew me away.

Sensing the photographic industry shift too digital media, I sold off all of my film based cameras and equipment 9 years ago and eagerly watched the development of digital photographic products. Finally its time to jump back in; after much research I acquired the Canon G10. I believe this product delivers the most bang for your buck for the amateur photographer on a budget.

The G10 is so capable that professionals us it as back up equipment. Although its no D-SLR Canon has packed a lot of capability into this little giant.

The Canon D-50 was my next acquisition. Why this "bad boy"? well it's the recent addition to the Canon EOS "pro-sumer" line with some amazing features, it is now a serious class leader based on pixels. Sporting a 15.1 MP CMOS sensor design for higher efficiency the results are stunning. If you are in the market for a new camera or looking to trade up, do not walk past this one. I also suggest the EFS 18-200 mm 3.5 lens to unlock your creative juices.

Some of the features I love are:

1/8000 to 30 sec. + B, X-sync at 1/250 sec.

* ISO settings ranging from 100-1600

* 4 level ISO noise reduction control

* Amazing digital display 640x480 VGA that is 920,000 dot rated

* Extremely rapid USB bus.

* HDMI out

* AF contrast detection and Face Detection while in live view.

On a 5 star rating system I give this a full 5 stars

Now you Nikon fans are probably foaming at the mouth although I love the NIKON brand their was nothing that attracted my dollars in their pro-sumer line. This is just an opinion for what it's worth.

Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe

Lets get this terminology and nomenclature straight. It's not an "oil spill" it's a "live ongoing gushing catastrophe".

I have also heard the term "The worst U.S. natural disaster ...... " please correct this perspective too "The mother of all man made disasters with catastrophic dooms day implications."

Their is nothing "natural" about this ongoing disastrous timeline.

If this description seem a bit exaggerated think again. So far the comedy of errors unfolding in the Gulf does not inspire conference in what we are capable of as a technological space bound humanity.

SCUBA is my passion and if anyone of you reading this have ever SCUBA dived in the Gulf of Mexico then you have a tangible understanding of what a treasure we have just lost. Let it be known that grandiose terms like "cleaning up the oil spill" from our beaches demonstrate how naive humanity have become.

Our great grand children will be living with the consequences of egotistical, half baked, cost saving ideas which allegedly lead us this hell. Greed, arrogance and dishonesty what a lethal combination.

The economic "bail-out" fiasco last year taught us that greedy and dishonest people destroyed the economic future of many small businesses while shredding hard earned pensions, and almost wrecked our modern way of life. I wonder, after the finger pointing is all done, what will we learn about this hellish brew spewing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lets see; more "greed and dishonesty" also remember Toyota? deny dent deny while people die die die.

Not Again!

How many of us understand or even care that many marine spices from the Caribbean and Europe travel too the Gulf of Mexico to mate and renew life. What will the long term impact be on the food chain? What about the stuff we can't see? for example the millions of gallons of oil dispersants. I see folks on TV vacationing in the Gulf coastal region allowing their children too swim in the toxic waters oblivious to the hash chemicals been employed as dispersants. They seem more concerned about the oil slick and tar balls than the unseen dangers. The local tourist political spins "NO OIL ON OUR BEACHES" to mitigate revenue lost. "Come on down the beaches are fine.. just keep your mouth closed while you splash about in the water. "god can you believe this!"

I still remember the slogan "duck and cover" in the event of a nuclear attack.

Only time will tell. Just my opinion for what ever its worth.