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Frostop Diner, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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This sign was calling to us! Landon's post-rootbeer face We were searching for a place to eat lunch in downtown Baton Rouge when we drove by this place with a giant rootbeer mug out front. We decided we needed to go there for lunch. We had poboys and rootbeer and everything was yummy. The rootbeer was pretty sweet, but had a little bite at the end that made it just delicious. The mugs started out frosty from the freezer and you could take your mug to the counter at any time for refills. They had the rootbeer on the soda fountain machine but you could tell it was homemade. I had the catfish poboy and it was so much better than the shrimp poboy I had! It was spicy and crispy and the bread was not too thick. The furnishings were shabby and it could be described as a hole in the wall, but it was very busy the whole time we were there.  Yummy rootbeer Thanks, Frostop, for the rootbeer

Almost a Rockies Game and Buffalo Bill

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Austin, Landon and I had a great time in Colorado visiting family. Grandma Ev had spent a good amount of time researching all sorts of fun things to do with a toddler. Unfortunately, Landon got sick with a fever, cough and snotty nose so our ability to go out and do all the fun things was limited. Before he got sick, though, we picked a beautiful afternoon and went downtown for a Rockies game. Typically there are afternoon thunderstorms in Colorado in the summer, but this day was just gorgeous. It was also the weekend that Todd Helton's number was retired, so we went early to get free jerseys they were passing out.  Lechuga's The Browns have a tradition of going to this hole-in-the-wall place in Denver to pick up canolis before the game for dinner. Canolis are sausages wrapped in pizza dough, kind of like pigs in a blanket for grownups. Some have peppers in them and some have sauce in with the sausage. If you go to the restaurant you can get them smothered with ...