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Swine flu Salmonella has made it to my sandwich! I miss my sprouts...

Where are you Vitamin Energy

Hi Glaceau,

I have emailed you guys in the past just to praise you guys about the awesome products you guys have. At the time, I was raving about how much Vitamin Energy has helped me out in my studies as a student at Purdue University. I really did and still do believe that the Vitamin Energy series was the best energy drink series out there...it had no adverse effects, it works, and most importantly, it is a drink that TASTES good! I couldn't put enough emphasis in how much I did like it then. I guess you guys liked my email too, because you guys sent me a Glaceau hat! Thanks very much for that!

Unfortunately, I have not seen Vitamin Energy on the shelf since...sometime in 2008. The good thing is that I am not too busy yet, but the last few weeks of this semester are approaching and it's getting near the time to throw away sleep for a chance at a better future. Yes, finals are coming up and the projects are needing to be submitted and sleep is about 10th on my list. This is where Vitamin Energy should come into my life, but....it hasn't. I haven't seen it on the shelves anywhere. I have checked multiple stores and even in different states. No luck.

So here I am now at your website searching for something that seems to be lost. And it is yet to be found here as well. It looks like the Vitamin Energy section is also gone. I hate to ask this, but has Vitamin Energy been discontinued?

A negative reply to this will be very....negative to me. That tasty drink that uplifted my enthusiasm in studying may be...gone? I'll be in denial without a doubt. But I'll try to think the Vitamin Energy way and be optimistic and hope you guys are working hard on producing more Vitamin Water10's while sacrificing Vitamin Energy production. I am crossing my fingers at heart, since crossing my fingers will make typing this much harder.

So please, please give me some good news that your Vitamin Energy is just hibernating in the northern forests of Canada and will soon come out of hiding. Please tell me that Vitamin Energy's mom grounded him for a week. Please tell me that Vitamin Energy was making big bucks but you guys felt bad for your competitors.

Thank you.

Signed,
Me

A Lurking Figure

A face is cast on the side of Shoko's glass of Fresh Apple Cider from 3rd Coast Cafe.

Duck, duck, duck

(Ok, so the picture above is missing a good portion of the slices of duck and the steamed buns we were devouring before the fried rice and soup came out)

Can anyone say, "The best Peking Duck in Chicago"? I sure can!

Sun Wah at 1134 W Argyle St. in Chicago is the place to go for what I call the best in Chicago. Not only is it good, it's AFFORDABLE. This $30 Peking Duck, for us, fed my girlfriend and I to the brink and had leftovers for 3 people. Yes, it's massive.

The dinner is surrounded by one whole duck. The waitress will cut you small slices of the duck then set it down nicely on a large plate. These small slices will be eaten with slices green onion, carrots, special sweet sauce, and chili sauce wrapped in a steamed bun. The duck here is very special. It is the most juicy Peking Duck I've had in Chicago and even the skin wasn't dry. Nothing, absolutely nothing was wrong with this duck. Even microwaving it and having it the next day proved this is one (damn) good duck.

Then with the rest of the duck, the leftover meat is made into an excellent fried rice and the bones are made into a delicious duck soup. The result is food fit for 5 people. We attempted this with 2.

This dinner started during Chinese New Year this year (2009) so it is still relatively new. Our waitress told us that it's been a great hit and they had recently been featured in the Chicago Reader. I found them through Yelp, but they are getting great exposure! The restaurant probably fits about 75 people max and is pretty dirty, but they are not paying much more for renovations because they will be moving just around the corner on Broadway for their new store. Be on the lookout for this as well :)

I'm really glad this restaurant is taking off because I visited them a couple years back for their awesome BBQ pork. It is a little out of the way for me so I hadn't gone back since then, but I'm glad I did this weekend. This family owned restaurant has a great atmosphere: the waiter and waitresses are all down to Earth and friendly, friendly people. It was nice talking to our waitress while she was cutting up the duck and they really do enjoy serving their great food.

Come here for great duck (obviously) but also for a laid back atmosphere!