Monday, February 6, 2012

ampersats

New beginnings @ a familiar venue. The new S@AMPLE @ the site of the old Sprout and earlier incarnations. A nice, open (amazing how a wall or two changes up the place) modern decor with a "tech" slant (it was easier to connect to the open crossroads wireless next door!). Now open for lunch. Interesting small ($5-$12) and larger ($12-$15) plates. More appealing dining options around campus needed, so, despite questions as to value propositions (cf. above)... Good luck ahead !!

Some fun nicknames for the "at the rate of" or "at" (@ STP? or @locus) for scientists; ampersat @ - "strudel" in Hebrew, "snail" in Italian and Korean, "little mouse" in Chinese, "elephant trunk" in Swedish, "monkey" in German, "dog" in Russian and "little duck" in Greek!

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