Tag: competition

• My Life as an Ice Cream Judge

  

  I finally got the call that I’d been waiting for, the one I’ve been training for since graduate school, when I really perfected my craft of eating ice cream: I was asked to be a judge for the 2nd annual RI Food Fights Best Scoop Shop contest. Just a little background: RI Food Fights is,…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  August 21, 2019

  contests, food, lists

  best scoop shop, black raspberry, challenge, chocolate peanut butter, competition, contest, eating, Foodie, gelato, ice cream, judge, M-dogg, Rhode Island, RI Food Fights, rifoodfights

• 7 Hours in Thailand

  

  Yesterday we did a layover challenge in Thailand. We landed in Bangkok at 1:30pm, were handed a scavenge booklet with ten scavenges, and told not to miss our 10pm flight. With a renewed vigor following a day of rest (see Halong Bay), Mark and I set off with determination to kick some scavenger butt. Thanks…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  April 22, 2017

  travel

  bangkok, competition, food, Global Scavenger Hunt, kindness of strangers, layover, Team Thundersnow, Thailand, travel

• A Little Hunger Games

  

  Today I had a Hunger Games moment. Mark and I, having met for the first time at noon today, joined our cohort of Global Scavengers –nine other teams of two people– for orientation and a Bon Voyage dinner. We began with introductions. Here are the teams we’ll be competing against: Lawyers Without Borders – 5 time…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  April 15, 2017

  travel

  competition, Global Scavenger Hunt, orientation, teams, travel