Okay, so back to posts about food… For the fan hospitality room at the Heart of Dallas Bowl, we decided to use The Owner’s Box, the sports bar restaurant at the team hotel.  It wasn’t ideal because while it has a sports bar feel, it is set up as more of a restaurant, but that …

I’ve been a part of quite a few bowl games.  At Maryland we went to the Orange, Peach and Gator Bowls.  Although I went as part of the football staff, I didn’t have any work responsibilities…so to be honest, it ended up being just a fun vacation for me.  Gamedays in general were like that for me–I worked …

If you like Mexican food, Joe T Garcia’s is one of those places you must go.  It’s located in the heart of old Ft. Worth, about an hour from our hotel in Dallas.  I had actually never been before, but had always heard such great things so I was excited to go on this big …

When I’m out of town I don’t usually go out to eat for breakfast.  Normally I’ll just eat something light at the hotel or skip breakfast all together, and then focus more on lunch and dinner.  However, we got kind of a late start to the morning, and by the time we left the hotel …

When it comes to my parents, our eating out options are pretty simple, and usually boil down to Italian, Chinese, Thai or pizza.  When they’re here I add in Mexican as an option, and every once in a while will throw in an American option, just because. Regardless, I always check out the menu online, …

After my site visit for the bowl game was done, I headed back to Flower Mound to stay with friends. No reason to race back to Stillwater late in the afternoon. If you’ve never been to Grapevine, you definitely need to visit.  I’ve been to the outlet mall a couple of times, but never to …

Wow, it’s been a month since I posted about a restaurant in this blog. That means I’ve got lots of work ahead of me, since we went to about 10 new restaurants in the past month. The evening of our site visit for the bowl game they hosted us for dinner at Texas Spice, the …

Last week I had to go to Dallas for a site visit for the bowl game.  Our meetings were beginning on Thursday afternoon, but I needed to get there earlier to check out a few bars for our “official party headquarters” so I drove down Wednesday evening. I stayed with Joni and Tony in Flower …

I made my first trip to Waco, TX over the weekend for the Baylor football game.  The game didn’t turn out well, and the hotel leaves a lot to be desired, but overall I had a great time with friends.  Friday night we went to George’s for dinner and a few beverages.  It’s one of …

About a month ago I went back to Maryland to visit my family.  OSU had a bye week and Maryland had a home game, so it was the perfect weekend to get away.  My parents and I don’t need a special occasion to go out to dinner, but it was a week from my birthday …

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Julie and Wendy arrived in Chicago Saturday afternoon for our mini Purdue reunion.  We hadn’t seen each other in years, so we spent the first hour catching up and getting ready for the evening.  Even though our conversations were now work, kids, and husbands, it felt like we were still back in college, getting ready …

It was about 11AM Saturday morning when Cristin and I got up.  I can’t remember the last time I had slept that late, and it was great to not have to set an alarm clock.  Cristin wanted to do some shopping, to find something to wear for the reunion that night.  I wasn’t planning to buy …

The night before my parents left I was getting suite tickets ready to ship out the next day.  The previous night I had been at work until almost midnight, but I really didn’t want to do that again, especially since I still needed to pack for my trip to Chicago.  So my parents came to the office …