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Mom’s 53rd Birthday at Legends

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Food and Drink, Web.

Mom and dad treated the entire family to champagne brunch at Legends at Airport Hilton last Sunday to celebrate mom’s 53rd birthday. Thank you mom and dad!

Here are some of the pictures we took..

By the way, the CPDRC inmates are at it again with a new dance routine — Rico Mambo. This one is for you dad!

If this isn’t cruel and unusual punishment, I don’t know what is! LOL!

As you all know, Brian and I are pretty fond of daytripping. This time we went to Legends Mall to hang out for the afternoon. I needed some new work clothes anyway and I figured there would be some good Labor Day sales so off we went.

We got there in time to miss the lunch rush at Dave & Buster’s. Brian and I just ended up sharing everything as we normally do. We shared the philly steak egg rolls (which is surprisingly good by the way; I’m not sure why more people don’t serve it on their menu), had the gold fingers as a $23.99 “eat and play” combo, and then had the chocolate fondue for dessert. We couldn’t finish all of our food, but it was a pretty good deal. Even after the additional cost of the “eat and play” the cost was still no more than dinner at a nice place so we were pretty happy. And since the combo gave us $20 worth of credits, our chicken fingers really only cost us $3.99 when you think about it. Not a bad deal at all.

We had a blast at Dave & Buster’s. We played several games. I played this zombie shooting game with Brian and totally sucked at it. He kept dying trying to save me so I actually ended up outlasting him the first time. The second time I told him not to worry about me and naturally I died before he did.

At first he didn’t want to play Time Crisis with me because he said “It takes a lot of coordination and you’re not good at that.” You have to step on the pedal to peek, shoot bad guys, shoot off the screen to reload, step off the pedal and click to change guns — you know, that sort of thing. We did play it a few times and he was right. I was horrible at it. I think I spent most of the time hiding than shooting. LOL.

I did kick his ass at Virtual Tennis, though! I totally dominated him at that game. I was rushing the net and everything. Of course, when he was channel surfing last night he came across the Jankovic-Bammer match and he quickly pointed out that they weren’t rushing the net like I was. “They just don’t know the strategy,” I told him boastfully. Hey, let me bask in the glory of my victory. It’s not very often that I can beat Brian at a video game.

Anyway, we played a whole bunch of different games. We gave our tickets away to random kids. I just wish we had a D&B here in Wichita. I would totally live there. Although, I really wouldn’t mind doing another daytrip like that again. The drive was nice and relaxing. Of course, I can say this because I didn’t have to drive. And I actually got some reading done. I finished my Marketing Insights book.

Here are some of the other photos we took:

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Mom B’s 55th Birthday

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Food and Drink.

We celebrated Mom B’s 55th birthday today by having dinner at Logan’s Roadhouse. The food was actually quite impressive. The dinner rolls were great, steak was good, and the ribs were fall-off-the bone delish! The menu prices are reasonable too.

Brian and I shared the pick three combo and got the bayou popcorn shrimp appetizer, 6 oz. steak, half rack of ribs, two sides and the nutty fudgeslide for only $16.99. Our drinks (Brian got soda per usual because he can’t drink and I got a raspberry ice tea and a roadhouse tea) were extra of course, but it was still a bargain. Even after sharing our meal, we still had leftovers. We were stuffed. Grandma and grandpa ended up taking the leftover ribs home.

Here are some of the other pictures we took:

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Brint’s Diner

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, Food and Drink.

We finally got a chance to eat at Brint’s Diner. We’d been dying to check out the place ever since we saw them featured on the first episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on The Food Network. The first time we went they were closed. We didn’t get a chance to return again until Saturday.

We went there after my waxing and before running errands. I had two eggs, corned beef hash, hashbrowns, and toast. Brian had the one-two-three (one egg, two strips of bacon, and three fluffy pancakes) and a side of hashbrowns. The food was alright. It reminds me of the food at the diner we ate at in Peabody, though not quite as good. The service was okay. I think the nostalgia or novelty is what brings people back. And, of course, Sandi — she’s super nice.

You can tell that most of the patrons are regulars. They all know each other by name. Though, business has picked up considerably since the airing of the TV episode so there are more non-regulars now. Brian and I being prime examples.

It’s funny how we never even knew the place existed, and we probably never would have had it not been for The Food Network. Brian’s dad is familiar with the place, though. He’d dined there several times before. It’s a hole in the wall that is tucked behind a bread shop so it’s kind of hard to find. Also not in the best neighborhood so it’s not really the kind of place you invite people to.

I think Brian and I will probably return. We still have to try the other menu items.

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The Greatest Idea!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink, Life, Sponsored Post, Wishlist.

I was looking through the internet today for ideas to use on my upcoming remodel. I came a cross a site that specializes in Stainless Steel Cabinets and workbenches as well as flooring and other garage products. I thought to myself that would be a really cool kitchen. Imagine it, you have all the latest stainless appliances with these high grade stainless cabinets and butcher block counter tops, or even stainless counter tops. I think you could even do a really nice beige marble with a nice white oak trim that would make the stainless pop. Now imagine the floor being either a white oak wood laminate floor or you could use the rubber flooring that the company sells. you would be able to drop anything on the floor and it would clean right up. and if you damage a rubber square then you simply remove it and replace it. Its brilliant. I will have to run this by my wife and see if she likes the idea!