Friday, August 11, 2006
PIRATES!
My wife likes cephalopods. She bought a stuffed octopus once, and continues to add to her garden when she comes across a new one. It's a collection that could eventually be as dangerous as Grandma's spoons or Aunt Ida's clown figurines, but she's not incredibly fanatical about it right now. My sister-in-law and her fiancé introduced her to the new expansion for Pirates while they were visiting. Pirates is a table-top game played with snap-together ships sold as decks of collectible cards. She has always thought the ships were cute, and we have a few packs from previous editions. The latest edition is called “Davy Jones Locker” and includes cursed ships and sea monsters. One of the sea monsters is a giant squid, so naturally my wife’s eyes lit up with desire.
So last night we went to Savage Mill to pay a visit to the Family Game Store, an incredibly well-stocked and friendly shop I’ve heard a lot about. Unfortunately, not only is “Davy Jones Locker” the hot new exciting edition of a hot exciting popular collectible game, but it also happens to mysteriously (and by pure coincidence I’m sure) tie in with a certain summer blockbuster starring Johnny Depp. So everyone is looking for their own giant squid and the Family Game Store was completely sold out. However, the nice guy behind the counter mentioned that he had seen them at Target.
We went to Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Q at Dobbin Center on 175 in Columbia for dinner. I try to avoid chain restaurants, but that location will always hold a sentimental spot in my heart (Before it was Famous Dave’s, I took my wife there when we first started dating and it was where I first told her I loved her. There’s a lot more to that story, actually.) We ordered the feast for two, which we both knew would be too much but it assured us lunch for the next day. It came served on a trash can lid, which was a nice touch, I suppose, but it didn’t make the food particularly easy to eat.
After eating, we strolled over to Target, and found a box of the Pirates game with four packs left, so we bought them box and all. Sadly, no squid in any of the four packs, but the box included a display which did! We’ll keep looking, but it’s a nice consolation for now.
My wife likes cephalopods. She bought a stuffed octopus once, and continues to add to her garden when she comes across a new one. It's a collection that could eventually be as dangerous as Grandma's spoons or Aunt Ida's clown figurines, but she's not incredibly fanatical about it right now. My sister-in-law and her fiancé introduced her to the new expansion for Pirates while they were visiting. Pirates is a table-top game played with snap-together ships sold as decks of collectible cards. She has always thought the ships were cute, and we have a few packs from previous editions. The latest edition is called “Davy Jones Locker” and includes cursed ships and sea monsters. One of the sea monsters is a giant squid, so naturally my wife’s eyes lit up with desire.
So last night we went to Savage Mill to pay a visit to the Family Game Store, an incredibly well-stocked and friendly shop I’ve heard a lot about. Unfortunately, not only is “Davy Jones Locker” the hot new exciting edition of a hot exciting popular collectible game, but it also happens to mysteriously (and by pure coincidence I’m sure) tie in with a certain summer blockbuster starring Johnny Depp. So everyone is looking for their own giant squid and the Family Game Store was completely sold out. However, the nice guy behind the counter mentioned that he had seen them at Target.
We went to Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Q at Dobbin Center on 175 in Columbia for dinner. I try to avoid chain restaurants, but that location will always hold a sentimental spot in my heart (Before it was Famous Dave’s, I took my wife there when we first started dating and it was where I first told her I loved her. There’s a lot more to that story, actually.) We ordered the feast for two, which we both knew would be too much but it assured us lunch for the next day. It came served on a trash can lid, which was a nice touch, I suppose, but it didn’t make the food particularly easy to eat.
After eating, we strolled over to Target, and found a box of the Pirates game with four packs left, so we bought them box and all. Sadly, no squid in any of the four packs, but the box included a display which did! We’ll keep looking, but it’s a nice consolation for now.
# posted by Renfield @ 1:09 PM 
