Thursday, May 14, 2009
And the Winner is . . .
If fwtacoma tells me the answers were given without any research, and sends me his or her email I will gladly send the prize.
The highest ranked fast food restaurants, in the correct order.
1. In-N-Out Burger, Irvine, Calif., 60%
2. Chick-fil-A, Atlanta, 55%
3. Panera Bread, St. Louis, 54%
4. Chipotle, Denver, 52%
5. Pei Wei, Scottsdale, Ariz., 51%
6. Qdoba, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 49%
Why am I suspicious?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Kimbell Acquires Earliest Michelangelo.
Another reason to love Fort Worth? I think so. The Kimbell Art Museum is as good as they get, and considering the size of our city, you just can't ask for much more.
Here's a summary of the story pulled from the Fort Worth Business Press. Link following.
http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=10198Long held in private hands, apart from isolated showings during the 19th and 20th centuries, The Torment of St. Anthony has been hailed, by turns, as both a prototypical Michelangelo and as a work of questionable pedigree. The consensus today holds with Michelangelo.
A 2008 Sotheby’s auction in London offered the painting in a preliminary range of $200,000-$300,000. Once the acceptance of authenticity had spread, a bidding frenzy surged to approximately $2 million, paid by a New York-based dealer named Adam Williams. Williams cinched the authenticity further with a regimen of X-ray examinations, which revealed alterations that can only belong to a primary-source work-in-progress.
The painting will settle into a permanent home at Fort Worth’s Kimbell following a showing during the summer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Which Fast Food Restaurant Has Highest Customer Satisfaction Ranking?
The following is 6 of the top ten regional fast food restaurants with the highest rankings in customer satisfaction. (The other four of the ten are not commonly known franchises.)
I have placed the names in alphabetical order. Can you number them 1 - 6 according to the customer satisfaction ranking?
Chick-fil-A, Atlanta
Chipotle, Denver
In-N-Out Burger, Irvine, Calif.
Panera Bread, St. LouisPei Wei, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Comments?
I'll send the winner a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks if said winner promises not to cheat by doing a web search .
