The Unurbanite

Restaurant Review: Yuki Hana

Yuki Hana on 25th has reopened recently and I was excited to try it again as it is the first place I had ever tried sushi.

Going into Yuki Hana my fiance and I were greeted and after a little waiting were seated. Everything looked very nice in the redone restaurant and we got to observe it for quite a while as it took about 15 minutes before we saw a waitress again. Once the waitress finally did come over we ordered. This is where I felt slighted. I ordered the Sushi Regular Dinner and said make it the chef's choice as to which roll I get. I was told it was too busy to have him select it (there were about 10 people in the restaurant at the time).

Taken aback we waited for our miso soup which by all accounts was fantastic. They have some great miso soup. When we got our sushi we dug in and came to the conclusion that the fish itself was quite good. The rice and everything thing else that went with it was very dry and flavorless. 35 dollars later we moved on and decided we would probably not be trying it again.

I would personally suggest going to Wasabi downtown as they sushi is better, the service is better, and everything is all around more delicious.

The Flooding and Fargo

I have been avoiding writing on here for a while now. Mostly because all I could see in Fargo was white. Lots and lots of white overwhelming the landscape and making me feel like I was trapped in some sort of tundra based hell. Now though I have gotten over my loathing and sucked it up.

Now though I look outside and I see something else, water, lots and lots of water. Here in Fargo we just can not get away from doing things to the max.

We are almost through it though. I will start writing on here again and hopefully talk about some awesome Fargo restaurants and other awesomeness as I come across it.

Expect more here soon.

The Unurbanite

Slightly New Awesomeness

Just throwing out there my interesting plan of action for UnUrbanite. Lately we have just been professionally bitching and I do not want to do that all day every day. So, I am going to start reviewing different things in Fargo when I do not have anything to bitch about. It should be exciting. I probably will get in trouble though as most of my reviews will probably be me bitching about the place anyway.

The main reason I write this is because some people are just too stupid to write about.

A Suggestion to Improve Fargo's Driving Conditions

This is a theory that was brought about by my friend who we are going to call The Cowboy. The Cowboy and I have been friends for about 3 years now and I greatly value his opinion. 

He suggested to improve Fargo and the some what crappy driving within that would should enact a test. Anyone from Canada or Minnesota that would like to drive in our fine city should have to take a test. Obviously if you are from Moorhead or Dilworth you get a free pass but otherwise you need the test. 

I think the test could involve a few different simple questions

  1. Are you an idiot?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Huh?
  2. Do you know what a blinker(turn signal) is for?
    • Yes
    • No
    • Maple Syrup is Delicious
  3. You want to turn left, you are three lanes to the right of the left turn lane, what do you do?
    • Fly across all three lanes with your middle finger exposed out the window
    • Keep moving and move over as soon as possible, working your way back to the turn if needed
    • VIKINGS FOOTBALL, YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

This is just a sample of what the test could be like, you pass with a 85%.

Again just a theory of how we could improve driving in Fargo.

Beer Can Alarm System

Beercancollection

This is about as Unurban as it gets. Yesterday a man in South Fargo was alerted to a burglar in his house. How was he alerted you may ask? His beer can alarm system, which consisted of a pile of beer cans on a stool behind his door. Supposedly it worked though as at approximately 1:30 am the police got a call about "two naked old men" fighting in an apartment.

Either way, read the whole story here, it is a pretty good laugh: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/264172/group//

We Decided to Travel for the Holidays...

So the almost wife (fiancé) and I decided to travel to my parents for the holidays. It was a dumb idea.

As we were sitting around the night before we watched the weather and went, "Ah, Crap, Snow." As we attempted to hear Santa Claus on the roof over the sound of the air rushing out of the air mattress and the banging of the shutters and vents in the wind. We again reiterated that this idea was not our best.

We woke up in the morning to the roar of snowmobiles and went to the window and saw our idiot neighbours stuck in the snow with their snowmobile. Let's reiterate that: They were stuck in the snow, with a snowmobile.Oh and they were revving the engine as loud as they could. At 8 AM.

After a large number of cups of coffee I looked out the front window of my parents house to see how it looked outside. I couldn't find my car. Oh wait, there it is buried in 5 foot of snow. So I decided to go out and attack the problem head on.

After an abnormally long time out in the cold shovelling I saw movement in the window out of the corner of my eye.

Hi there Almost Wife!

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Weather We Will or Won't

Inmasirnd

We have all heard it this year. "The weather outside is frightful."

At this point it seems that will be coming true for Fargo. We will be getting some pleasantly frightful weather with a predicted maximum of 18 inches of snow through Christmas. This should be extremely exciting! Why? Because I love storms for some reason. I am a freak that way, snow storms make my day. Probably why I am still in ND or at least one reason.

As you can see the radar from AccuWeather.com looks like a blue ice dragon getting ready to eat our faces off. It's going to swoop in and dump a couple thousand tons of frozen dragon poo on our faces.

So here we go, I am ready to make a fort in my apartment and ride out the storm, are you?

Note: If I make the fort I will gladly include pictures for everyone.

The Unurbanite

Hello, I am Cameron. I have recently moved to Fargo, ND. 

Technically I am still in the process of moving as everything is flying around in boxes and I have no idea where half of my or my fiance's stuff is right now. In the process of all this running around, jumping up and down, and dealing with parents and in laws I came to a conclusion. The conclusion is that even though Fargo is the most urban place in the state of North Dakota it is still not really all that "urban". There are only about 100,000 people in Fargo, the tallest skyscraper (if you can call it that) has something like 10 floors, and our ethnic population is the equivalent of white bread. 

We can't call Fargo a Suburb though either. That would imply there is an urban area somewhere around here. So here we are, stuck without a term for my lovely new place of residence. So what do I call it? I have decided to coin it, unurban. 

And here I am, the Unurbanite.