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Hog Island Oyster Company, San Francisco CA

Sourdough bread and fresh seafood are just 2 of the things you must do when visiting San Francisco. I found both at Hog Island Oyster Company Two weeks ago I was in San Francisco for my Association of Luxury Suite Director’s conference. My alarm clock went off at 2:30AM that Sunday morning. NOT fun. However, it …

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The Truck Yard & Jack’s Chow Hound, Dallas, TX

Joni’s friend Dion had told us about a fun place in Dallas called Truck Yard. Since we didn’t have a plan for Saturday, we decided to meet her there and check it out. Its in Lower Greenville, an area with tons of restaurants, bars, and shops.  We drove through a couple areas that didn’t look the …

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J Gilligan’s (official bowl game party headquarters), Arlington, TX

About a year ago I did a post on what I do at the bowl game, and one of the things I talked about was finding bar(s) to be our official party headquarters.  If the hotel and stadium are close enough to each other, we just use the same location for the whole time.  If not, I’ll …

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GrillMarx Steakhouse & Raw Bar – Olney, MD

During Coach Friedgen’s early years at Maryland, we hosted the Ralph Friedgen Invitational golf tournament in the summer.  The first 2 years were at Ford’s Colony. Rick Ford, a major Terps supporter, owned this amazing gated community.  Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago, but I’m sure his family is running Ford’s Colony with the same …

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