TOGO'S!

Togo's #9 with extra mustard and pepperoncinis. 

Eating said sandwich on the beach along hwy 1 north of Santa Cruz

Togo's Sandwiches! A California staple. Amply packed sandwiches filled with all the sandwichy goodness you could ever want. When I moved to Seattle, this was one of the first things I began to dearly miss. 

I was a vegetarian from 1989 to about 1997 (thank you Minsk), so my Togo's sandwiches of choice was their egg salad with extra mustard and cheddar or the cheese and avocado. My friend Brendan likes the #9. Hot pastrami with extra mustard and pepperoncinis. That's why the above photos were taken. He's in Oklahoma City now with no hope of having a Togo's #9 within 1500 miles, so I torture him with this.

Now, Togo's doesn't have the best sandwiches going. They are quite good and you get a lot for what you pay. Tasty soft bread, quality ingredients. It's like Subway or Quizno's.... only good.

Cranberry, PA. Snowed out

After Philly, we hit up Washington D.C. Nothing notable food wise as we were in the suburbs and busy beyond belief catching up on work. Mostly coffee and pastries and fast food.

We made our way past Pittsburg , PA and were determined to make a good go of things. When we were about 20 miles past Pittsburg, we watched a series of cars spin out into the ditch and realized we weren't really in the mood to die, so we pulled off in a little rest stop town called Cranberry.

I had a bunch of work to do, so I asked the guys to get me a simple turkey sandwich.

What I got was absurd... yet tasty. A turkey sandwich with french fries AND cole slaw! A Pittsburg Sandwich it was called.

At first, I was horrified by the concoction, but as I too a bite, I was very pleasantly surprised! Efficient and economical!