#goutlife

[thomasbarix]

Saturday Live. Real life but not as you know it. Terduduk juga diatas lantai 🤣 #thomasbarik #goutlife https://www.instagram.com/p/B2YqkDzgCId/?igshid=1g8aw4vfh867f

[biggrumpybutt]

#goutlife #paxtonrocket #fogodechao (at Fogo de Chão)

[foreverfeasting-blog1]

16: QUENCH

If you’re able to find your way through the mostly defunct Flagship Landing shopping center, past the actual salon, through the unforgivable 90’s-Miami-salon-decorated dining room and finally onto the Quench deck you won’t be sorry you did.  All the aforementioned disadvantages aside (not to mention the squirm-inducing name evocative of a humid night’s search for a bathroom), this place is pretty good!

Quench’s burger menu is a complicated one comprised of myriad sauces, cheeses, and sautéed everything.  Heading it up is the “Cheese Burger De-Lux” with—count ‘em—THREE cheeses (cheddar, brie, and bleu).  Plus caramelized onions.  The second listed burger is the “Royale,” which is the above with bacon.  We ordered one of each—one rare, one medium-rare.  And the meat was finally cooked properly!  Who knew it was such an arduous task?  

Despite the excellent amount of juice, the bun stood up pretty well.  This was, in fact, our second favorite bun to date.  

Another win: the cheese killed it. Upon reading the menu we were highly skeptical of the three cheese blend, but nice flavor and a reasonable ratio made it work-- and work well.  

The caramelized onions and house burger sauce were great together, if a tad on the sweeter side.  

The lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle were just brillian………oh wait………where were they? #gout #goutlife This was where the burger failed.  We were absolutely dying for some sort of vegetable!  Some crunch!   Anything would have worked!!

Luckily the burger with bacon (cooked nicely) lended some much-welcome tooth to this otherwise one-textured burger.

All in all it was a delicious sandwich (one of use felt it was on the sweeter side), but be prepared and BYOVeg.

Also worth noting:  fries were cut thicker than our preference but quite excellent!

Carrot slaw?  Had a nice kick!  And obviously ended up on the burger since no other vegetable was in sight.  

[westcoastcastro78]

My burger 🍔 has #bacon on bacon! #iworkoutsoicaneat #goutlife (at White Spot Restaurants)

[xtianp]

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.” -Gandhi

It's 11:48PM, July 21, 2014. On the eve of yet another clinical day, I find myself sitting here listening to different tunes and reading different stories rather then sleeping. Will I regret it tomorrow? Probably. 

So why stay awake listening to music and reading? Like the above quote says, change ourselves and the perception the world has on us adjusts. We often find ourselves following and do as others do. It's comfortable. It's easy. I've been living that way for the past 26 years. 

MJ said it best, start with the man in the mirror. So as I sit here, 2 terms away from graduation, from the rest of my future, it's unsettling. The world constantly changes around us, for good and bad. I guess all this thinking was really sparked by recent bout with gout, a medical condition where uric acid builds in the joints causing inflammation and excruciating pain. Tired of living the same life with the same results.

So that brings me to tonight. Wanting to "make a difference" in the world is all I ever wanted out of my life. As I get closer to reaching my goal of becoming a nurse, I'm beginning to see the different avenues and opportunities that will soon be available to me. No more watching. I've been more than blessed growing up and have only recently opened my eyes to what's really going on in this world. I'm reading different stories of how various non-profits came to be and in what ways I can make a difference. The world is already a mess, why continue down that road?

One step at a time. Shit will be hard, hell...I'll probably stumble more than I can count, but I will not stop until I reach my goals. First thing is live healthier and rid my life of this damnation that is gout. Second, make a difference in this damn world. Not a damn thing will stop me from achieving that.