A Staycationer’s Birthday Wish List

As many of you know, I celebrated a milestone birthday this week. On July 6th, I officially changed decades. Oh yeah. I’ve gotten every joke in the book: AARP Cards, Cards about reading glasses, the need to limit my cheese intake and everything you can imagine. It’s been an absolute blast. I have laughed harder … Continue reading

Food & Fun: Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza

If you know anything about me you know that I absolutely love a good meal. I enjoy food. I enjoy making meals an experience. I really enjoy places that are off the beaten path. Chains can be ok, but I really like the mom -n- pop kinds of places that not everybody knows about. Near … Continue reading

Food & Fun: Mexican Ground Beef

Kim and I absolutely love Mexican food. We have found decent Mexican restaurants in Indianapolis but no place that has become our “go to” place. We have had the chance to eat at some great places as we have traveled but no place locally just takes our breath away. So, we have worked on our … Continue reading

YouTube Gold

Here are some of my favorite YouTube videos. Enjoy.

Food & Fun: Handel’s Ice Cream

I love ice cream. I eat it in warm weather and I eat it in cold weather…it makes no difference to me. Over the years I have identified many favorite places to get it and many different flavors that I really enjoy. For instance, if I am in Evansville I will absolutely get some ice … Continue reading

Grippo’s Potato Chips

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that food is a big part of my life experience. I love food and I love to collect special things to eat….especially those things that are specialties of certain parts of the country.  I grew up in Evansville, IN. One of the things that … Continue reading

Food & Fun – Santorini Greek Kitchen

Nobody would ever mistake me for an adventurous eater. Although I do love to eat and really value a meal that is an experience, I tend to stay in the middle of the road. As I have begun a new job in a new part of the city, I am discovering all kinds of new … Continue reading

Vacation Meals – The Bubble Room

Kim and I are enjoying some days of vacation before I start at Mt. Pleasant this coming Saturday. We are in Florida staying on Fort Myers Beach. It has become one of our favorite places to go where we can simply fall apart. It has been tremendous so far. The weather has been perfect – … Continue reading

Food & Fun – 12.12.08

If you know me or are a frequent reader, you know that I love to talk about food and restaurants. I really enjoy a great meal. If that meal can be a unique experience, it’s even better! After traveling for several years professionally we began to notice that most cities have lots of the same … Continue reading

Excited About Fall

I really enjoy fall. I enjoy the crisp air, the food, the sports and the changing of the leaves. In Indiana this is a really beautiful time of year.  We have a couple of fall traditions at our house. First, fall means Kim will be making pumpkin bread. It is awesome and I am really … Continue reading