EsleyanWay, for All Your Wes Merchandise Needs

Ed Thorndike '89 and Karen Kaffen-Polascik, the entrepreneurs behind Weswings and Red & Black, have launched their latest venture: esleyanway.com, the "unofficial marketplace for everything Wesleyan":

In esleyanway, you will find all kinds of products created by people associated with Wesleyan. In addition to books, apparel and DVDs, there are downloads and links of mp3s and videos. Many of them free. You can search the site by class year as well as by catagory.

We created esleyanway to help members of the Wesleyan community promote what they have created. While current licensing agreements limit the number of "Wesgear" items, we will be offering plenty of alternative items from local businesses, student groups and alumni.

So this is Amazon for Wesproducts, taking the branding of Wesleyan a pretty significant step up.

So far they've got all the obvious bases covered - among the available products are Weswings and Red & Black t-shirts, MGMT and Dar Williams CDs, Joss Whedon and Michael Bay DVDs, and books by Michael Roth and Mary Roach.

There's also more random stuff like Brunami martial arts fight gear, from Brian Lichtenstein '84.

The site's layout could use some work, but it's impressive that enough Wes-associated products exist to allow this venture - I doubt Amherst or Vassar could match this kind of merchandising.

Winter Hours for WesWings, Red&Black Cafe

The kindly people over at Weswings/R&B have sent us their winter break schedules. Also, it turns out you can keep using leftover points from fall semester (if you have any) at Red&Black throughout winter break?? Ridiculous and awesome! (You also can use Middletown cash).

Red & Black Cafe
Through 12/16 - Regular Hours
12/17-12/18: 8am-6pm
12/19: 8am-4pm
12/20-1/5: CLOSED
1/6-1/9: 9am-6pm
1/10-1/11: CLOSED
1/12-1/16: 9am-6pm
1/17: Begin regular hours

Wes Wings
12/17-1/17: CLOSED
1/18: Re-opens for Sunday dinner

Thanksgiving break dining schedule

Bon Appetit has posted the 2008 Thanksgiving Break dining schedule. Check it out to make sure you're not going hungry (and click the image to make it bigger/readable):

Also, the Star & Crescent is open tomorrow (Tuesday 11/25) for lunch but not dinner - the menu is BBQ Chicken/ Tofu, Collard Greens, Creamy Polenta, and Coconut Cookies.

Non-BA-operated: WesWings is open regular hours on Tuesday, and returns for dinner the Sunday we get back. Red & Black Cafe is also open regular hours on Tuesday, and returns for regular hours the Sunday we get back.

Summary: Only the Usdan Marketplace and WesWings are open for dinner on Tuesday night, and nothing else on campus is open until the Sunday we get back for dinner, except Red & Black for lunch Sunday. Yeah, if you're staying on campus, that pretty much sucks. Neon and Cafe Ology will be your friends?

Free Coffee Mugs at R&B

Ed Thorndike '89 says:

The Red & Black Cafe will be giving out free coffee mugs this evening (Thursday) starting at 5:30 p.m. (while they last) Look for upcoming coffee specials with your new mug including free refills all day on Election Day!

Also, WesWings will be having election night specials and will keep our flat screens on past the 8 p.m. results!

Get em while you can!

WesWings closing for Fall Break

WesWings will be open during its regular hours this Friday, but will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. It will reopen on Tuesday night, for dinner only. The Red & Black Cafe, though, will be open its normal hours throughout break.

Usdan fall break hours

In light of some apparent confusion in the Shoutbox, it's worth noting that Usdan's fall break hours are up. For those staying on campus, looks like it's going to be sandwiches from Neon: the Marketplace is closed from Saturday until dinner Tuesday, and the Cafe closes at 6:00.

On a similar note, I don't know what WesWings' fall break hours are--if anyone knows, please comment--but its website now lists its lunch hours as 11:30-2:00, rather than 11:30-1:30.

Lastly, Usdan will again be closing at 9:00 tomorrow for fumigation, part II.

EDIT (Ben, 9:21): Forgot to mention that the Usdan fall break hours list every BA-operated dining establishment. Also, the fall break hours for the libraries and Freeman--which closes at 7:00 Friday--are up.

Lobsterfest: because crustaceans are yummy

Karen at WesWings sends us word that everyone's favorite campus eatery will be hosting its eighth annual Lobsterfest on Friday, May 2. She's also looking for a campus band to play outside WesWings for the event. Email WesWings@aol.com for more information!

Date: Friday, May 2
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: WesWings

Seitan at WesWings is permanent!

Vegans and vegetarians: remember how awesome those seitan wings were, that night they had them at Weswings? Well, now they're permanent! For $8.95 at any lunch or dinner, you can get wings with mild, medium, or hot Buffalo or Rochester sauce, or honey glaze (not vegan). It also comes with celery and blue cheese (obviously not vegan). Check it out!

WesWings works to placate vegans

Tired of avoiding WesWings and its menu of delicious wings, juicy burgers, and sausage-laden pasta? Hope may be on the way. In a move that may both appeal to vegans and make the Vegan Death Squad a little less choleric, WesWings is planning to serve vegan seitan wings at dinner on Tuesday night:

Tomorrow, Tuesday night, WesWings will be serving vegan seitan wings. You'll have the option of having them coated in buffalo sauce (vegan) or honey ginger sauce (contains honey). It's served with a side of celery and bleu cheese (not vegan). We're testing the veg-friendly waters, so if this is a success we may be able to make this a regular happening. Tell all your veg (and non-veg!) friends, and see you tomorrow night.

Brian O'Rourke @ Weswings

One of those nights that Xue was referring to that Brian O'Rourke will be doing dinner at WesWings is tonight. The dish is "Seafood O'Rourke" which is apparently shrimp and scallops over pasta, but fancier. More info under "specials" at www.weswings.com

O'Rourke's comes to WesWings

Apparently I'm the last person in the world to know about this, but the Saturday breakfast specials at Weswings is now being cooked by Brian O'Rourke from O'Rourke's Diner. I also heard he was cooking the dinner special one night a week, but the day escapes me at the moment.