M went to Denver for a long weekend. She left on Wednesday, October 9, with the intention of meeting up with some Peace Corps friends. That didn't happen for various reasons, but her trio of high school friends Sarah, Jess and Sharon to have ladies weekend. They got an AirBNB with a hot tub, went hiking, visited hot springs, did some antiquing, etc ( Read more... )

I was in San Francisco from September 16 through 20 for work. My coworkers Vivek, Steve and I convened by the bay for Dreamforce, Salesforce's annual conference. We attended sessions, met with prospects and clients, and did conference things. More interestingly, we took a bunch of customers out for dinner and had some fantastic meals ( Read more... )

On Sunday, the three of us went strawberry picking with Genevieve & Jim out at Aufdenkampe Family Farm in Vermillion. We pulled in around 10:20am and wandered around the strawberry field for a good hour filling up our buckets. The weather was pretty much perfect, with enough clouds to keep the sun off and temperatures just right. M and I took turns ( Read more... )

I covered at length the various bars we hung out in college. I thought it would be fun to do a corresponding summary of the restaurants we hit as well.

First, there were the late night places, briefly alluded to here. All of these required a car. In fact, aside from the Euclid Tavern and a few places in Little Italy, pretty much everything ( Read more... )

I've talked about both the fall semester rush party (or at least the Detour version I attended) and the formal breakfast. While the precise calendar of rush events varied every semester, there were a few events that turned up over and over. A good rush event usually had some combination of the following ( Read more... )

I turned 21 in the Fall 1998 semester, so this seems an apt time to talk about the various bars we hung out in during college. A few places came up in some of the commentary, but a more methodical summary might be fun ( Read more... )

My cousin Jess has two friends visiting the Cleveland area in August so she asked if I had any recommendations for them. With some input from M we came up with rather a long list. I decided it was worth posting mostly for the interesting historical view in a few years, plus it may come in handy in the short run. I made some minor edits for the sake ( Read more... )

I didn't have to work for this entire time period, but travel and parties were frequent so where we ate is all over the place. I'm pleased to say that the number of days added up correctly. After this, analysis.

Sunday, December 22 - I tapped 660 Curries for the "Sesame Shrimp with Bell Peppers in a Tamarind Sauce. It was fine, but not spectacular ( Read more... )

This week started the major holiday party rounds for the year, with three. Probably not coincidentally, I've put a bit of weight on this week ( Read more... )

M and I went on a long road trip from Friday to Monday to attend my cousin Phil's wedding. As such, the covered time period was heavy on cooking early and heavy on eating out late.

Sunday, December 1 - I made the vegetarian Hoppin‘ John with Orange Bell Peppers from the November/December 2016 Eating Well for dinner. Somehow, that was the first ( Read more... )