And for god’s sake, on the ingredients list of literally everything they sell, how could they not list “Idaho potatoes” instead of just boring old garden variety “potatoes” from wherever.

At the risk of being berated for encouraging travel during the time of Covid when we are all supposed to be social distancing within our little corona-bubbles and stopping the spread, here is what I learned on leg one of my cross-country road trip from New York to Cali.

To reiterate: I’m here, by myself, eating dinner, watching loads of people maybe 50 feet away from me having a great Saturday night out. But honestly, the being alone bit doesn’t bother me in the slightest right now because the people watching here is absolutely nothing short of amazing.