Wordless Wednesday: Best Seat In The House

Cutting the cord (well, not really)

Today we are taking our cable boxes back to our cable tv provider. We downgraded our service to limited basic cable. It is a bittersweet occasion as we will be saving $50.00 per month on our cable bill, but we will also be losing many of the channels that we enjoy watching. Fortunately many of those shows we will miss are available for online viewing. So looking at the cable bill, I wondered how prices in the Baltimore, Maryland area compare to those rates around the nation. We were paying $75.00 for regular cable tv with nothing fancy. The only premium channel we subscribed to was the Big Ten Network. Our high speed internet is also through the same company and once our promotional time period is over in a few months the high speed cable modem will cost us $75.00 per month. What are you paying in your area?

Here's my wish for Cable TV providers (I know it will never happen, but it's nice to dream)........

I think some cable company should come out with a "pay per channel plan." This plan would consist of being a custom cable plan for each subscriber. You would choose each channel you would like to subscribe to and you wouldn't get a bunch of channels you don't even watch. Here's what I would see for our potential pay per channel package here at our house:

• ABC
• NBC
• FOX
• CBS
• CW
• WBS
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• Big Ten Network
• Disney
• Nickelodeon
• Food
• TLC
• Animal Planet
• Lifetime
• Lifetime Movie Channel
• E!
• PBS
• FOX News
• CNN
• Weather Channel
• CMT
• Gospel Music Channel
• Hallmark
  

So there you have it. Less than 25 channels and I imagine your list would be less than 25 channels that you watch as well. So most of us are paying way too much for way too many channels that we will never watch. Tell me what you think about a pay per channel system. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

My Favorite Place to Chow Down

I'm so excited!!! Later this week I am headed to Pennsylvania for lunch. I'm meeting my parents at Infinito's Pizza Buffet in York, PA. This is my favorite place to eat; in fact, for my birthday this year when given a choice of where to eat, I chose the 75 minute drive North to Infinito's. Here's why I love Infinito's.........

• Their food ROCKS!!! Their pizza is always fresh and tastes great! They serve many different yummy kinds of pizza as well as pasta and breadsticks. Since I'm the furthest thing from a vegetarian I haven't tried their salad, but my wife and son enjoy their fresh salad bar. Before feeling so full that I must waddle out the door, I must enjoy their dessert pizza and cinnimon rolls.
  
• Aside from having great food, they carry my favorite drink on tap........ Yay Mountain Dew!!! I drink like a camel so it is nice to be able to walk up to the tap and fill my cup with bubbly goodness time and time again.
  
• Since I usually meet my parents at Infinito's I hardly ever pay for my own meal, but if I did it wouldn't kill my budget as their prices are more than resonable. At just $5.49 for all you can eat and only slightly higher with a drink, their prices are perfect for a pizza and pasta lover like me.
• Just in case bathrooms make or break a restaurant for you....... Infinitos does a great job of keeping their bathrooms as well as their entire location very clean.
  

I was not asked or paid to review Infinito's, but I didn't want to be selfish and keep this yummy buffet a secret. I've eaten at other pizza buffet chains that will remain nameless, and the other buffets do not even come close to the quality of food that Infinito's has to offer. Check out their website today at http://www.infinitospizza.com . I hope that they continue to grow their chain and one day open a location near Baltimore, Marland! Check, it out today, you won't regret it.