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MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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@figmentfan423

Figgy, I just read a restaurant update in the Morocco thread (up in N&R). Tangierine Cafe is still closed. :(

Spice Road Table has a new (dinner only) menu (under Disney operations now). Looks kind of interesting with small plates and full entree options as well. Pricey on the entrees; but I never do full service, so a bit of an eye-opener.

Anyway, I'm not sure how "authentic" food selections are on the new menu as I'm not that knowledgeable about food from Morocco. Just thought it might be of interest to you, as you've mentioned before about allergies, and I think you said that (at least the original restaurant) had quite a few non-allergy selections.
 
93boomer

93boomer

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Goofyernmost said:
I can see that I struck a bit of a nerve there. Sorry, for the first time that wasn't my intent. I don't think I mentioned once that any of you should move. I was just conveying that snow this time of year is not unusual. Quantities may vary but the chances are that one could look into weather history and find that it has happened probably more than once. It was more about the idea that since most have lived there for awhile this weather should be second nature to you and not anything to be upset about. It is what the weather is in the north.

Now if I were to get that much snow down here than I would have something to be upset about. In fact the Christmas before I moved here in 2010, I was here for Christmas with my family. I was getting ready to move but hadn't done so yet. I had just retired and was packing and planning and while I was down here I was looking for a place to live once I got here. Well, the day after Christmas there was over 10 inches of snow that hit Raleigh. It was amazing. I had a massive number of 6 lane streets to drive on all by myself. No one went out at all unless they had recently moved from up north. Quite novel. Haven't had anything like that since. so for the last 10 years it has been either dusting an inch or so or freezing rain. (no freezing rain in this local last winter.) It is a good thing because anymore then a half inch of snow shuts everything down, schools, stores, restaurants... everything. Kind of makes me chuckle a little.
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I remember that one since we got a trace in the west and thought it was strange the eastern part got that much! My DD had just moved out there and said no one knew how to drive in snow. 🤣
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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FutureCEO said:
Snow in New England (at least southern new england) is getting smaller and smaller. RI was lucky to get anything last year and when something did happen, we would get an inch and then it would be too warm. We would be lucky to see storms like the Blizzard of 78 and everything again.

We are getting more snow in this one than almost all of last year. (ok so maybe that's exaggerated but still)
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I don't want to sound like I am denying the "warming" factor because I absolutely am not. The overall trend for anyone that has been around since the beginning of time, like me, it is obvious that the winters are not anywhere near as extreme as they once were, or maybe we just figured out better ways of getting it out of the way. That said, I can remember more then once either being up to our armpits in snow on Christmas day and at least once I remember washing my car on Christmas day. Temps in the 60's. My recall is in the early 80's. We cannot experience weather changes by a single snow storm or even a number of them. I will tell you that since I was a kid, in the dark ages, and lived about as far north as you can go without being in Canada, the overall season is warmer in the winter and hotter in the summer. Just changed slowly over that last 65 years or so. Not noticeable in any single given year, but over a long span it is quite obvious. I can remember saying 20 years ago that someday people will head north for winter warmth and south for skiing.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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MinnieM123 said:
@figmentfan423

Figgy, I just read a restaurant update in the Morocco thread (up in N&R). Tangierine Cafe is still closed. :(

Spice Road Table has a new (dinner only) menu (under Disney operations now). Looks kind of interesting with small plates and full entree options as well. Pricey on the entrees; but I never do full service, so a bit of an eye-opener.

Anyway, I'm not sure how "authentic" food selections are on the new menu as I'm not that knowledgeable about food from Morocco. Just thought it might be of interest to you, as you've mentioned before about allergies, and I think you said that (at least the original restaurant) had quite a few non-allergy selections.
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Actually all 3 had options:joyfull: The sit down was close to the authentic place that was not far from me but with a bit less flavor. Not bad at all but slightly Americanized. SRT and TC were more generic middle eastern but not bad for a quick bite. All 3 were good with our allergies. All that being said the new menu doesn't look bad and @StarWarsGirl may be able to eat there
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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93boomer said:
I remember that one since we got a trace in the west and thought it was strange the eastern part got that much! My DD had just moved out there and said no one knew how to drive in snow. 🤣
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I did... and took advantage of it. Had a great time driving on unplowed streets with no danger of any other vehicle out there creating a hazard. My son in laws parents had been there for Christmas in route to their winter snowbird Myrtle Beach refuge. The drove through it all the way to MB. Must have been fun. Actually I ran into a major blizzard in 1980 in route for a short vacation and golf outing with my wife in Myrtle beach that had at least 4 inches of snow all the way down to Georgia. Driving that day would have been easy except for all the fools stuck mid-trip (like myself) that had to keep moving even though almost no roads had been plowed, restaurants were staffed by people that had been there all night because they didn't know how to drive in it. Back then people down south didn't even own a shovel to clear their driveways. I fully expected my golfing trip to be ruined, but just about 10 miles to the west of Myrtle Beach it was like someone had put up a curtain and there was no snow at all. It was salvaged. That was in February. In March of 1983, myself and 3 other friends headed out on a Thursday for a long weekend of golf in Myrtle Beach. We drove down. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon when we left on the trip. By the time we got to Albany it was snowing. Nothing unusual for Albany, so we kept pushing through. Before long we were in a blizzard. We still kept plugging along having to stop occasionally to clear the snow off our headlights that had closed up to the size of a flashlight circle. We had to weave around abandoned cars that were just stopped anywhere in any lane on the Washington beltway. It was mid NC before we finally came out of it. Had a few really nice days before heading back and ran into a second noreaster on the way back. Good times.
 
KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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Hey all. Sorry, need to vent a little more. Please please please take this virus seriously. We just had some family test positive, and who are very high risk. They got it because they didn't take it seriously and went to church where others didn't take it seriously, no mask or social distancing.

Please look after yourself and others. This virus is no joke.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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figmentfan423 said:
Actually all 3 had options:joyfull: The sit down was close to the authentic place that was not far from me but with a bit less flavor. Not bad at all but slightly Americanized. SRT and TC were more generic middle eastern but not bad for a quick bite. All 3 were good with our allergies. All that being said the new menu doesn't look bad and @StarWarsGirl may be able to eat there
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Spice Road looks okay based on their menu. I can't eat the shrimp obviously. Dessert window is still iffy, but that's okay since France is next door. They only have hazelnuts there which I can safely eat (go figure).
 

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