Archive for June 2013
Ziggy’s Pizza
Posted on June 9, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Toys.
Jay and Becca fed us Ziggy’s yesterday for helping Jay bring his new toy home. I was there for moral support mostly. That, and I wanted to play with the puppies. And, I didn’t want to drive myself around. And, I ran out of Labor Run flyers already between leaving some at the Scooter’s in Andover, Pink Boa, Evergreen Recreation Center, and Sports Clips. And, I was already too late for the Zumba party downtown.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the delicious food.
Cheesy Bread
Classic Ziggy
Meat Me at Ziggy’s
Check out Jay’s new toy. It’ll be perfect for scooting to and from their office.
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Friday Errands then Dinner at Sake
Posted on June 9, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Health, Shopping.
Brian and I had to return my folding bistro table to JC Penney on Friday after work. I thought it would be perfect for the Bradley Fair jazz concerts, but it was just so poorly constructed that we didn’t even want to risk it. The package arrived on Thursday and we took it back to the store the very next day. This is what I get for impulse shopping online in the middle of the night. LOL.
For now we shall stick with our table in a bag
Since we were already out and about, Brian and I decided to have dinner at Sake. The picture above is of my hibachi shrimp. That’s what I normally get whenever I go to these types of restaurants. Brian usually gets the chicken, which is what he had this time.
We lucked out and got Silo for our chef. We first met him when he worked at Sumo back when the restaurant was located on North Rock Road, in front of Northrock Lanes. That was like fifteen years ago. We don’t see him much anymore as we rarely go to hibachi restaurants these days. I just happened to have a Groupon this time around and we were already out so we went. I’m back to what I weighed when we first joined Genesis a couple of years ago so it’s time to buckle down again. No more eating out for a while. We’ll try not to anyway, except on special occasions.
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Pictures From Our Final Leadership Elite Class
Posted on June 8, 2013 by Ching under Leadership.
I completed Leadership Elite through the Center for Management Development at Wichita State University last month. I wish I would have known that we were going to be photographed on our last day. I would have fixed my hair and worn make up. LOL.
This is a photo of me with Bridget, Reed, and Dr. Graham.
This is our team photo. My teammates are (from left) David, Kerry, and Josh. I’m not sure how the teams were assigned, but I ended up on the tall team. LOL.
We all got desk clocks because our team did the best in the quizzes. Although, blue team (Reed’s team) gave us a run for it toward the end. We took off to an early lead, but we were running about even there are the end. They didn’t have Kerry on their team, though. She (and Adrian from the blue team) got 100% on the quizzes. She didn’t miss any of the questions at all. I joked that she Kerried our team and thus we came out on top. I’m corny and I love puns. Sue me.
Dr. Graham was one of my favorite professors in grad school so I was really grateful for the opportunity to take another one of his classes. Leadership Elite is a fantastic program and I highly recommend it. The fancy plaque is nice too.
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Time to Stock Up
Posted on June 8, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Things to Do.
We picked up several bottles of wine from Grove’s the other day. Hopefully Brian will be in a sharing mood this weekend.
We drank one of them at the outdoor jazz concert the other night. This was our first bottle of Apothic Rose. We decided to give it a try because Brian loves Apothic Red. I actually think he likes it more than House Wine.
Anyway, we found Apothic White at my coworker’s liquor store in Derby a couple of months ago and liked it so when we saw this limited release Apothic Rose at Grove’s the other day, we naturally had to try it.
We had a nice little picnic across the lake from the stage.
Guess who won?
Brian doesn’t like the sun. Can you tell?
Speaking of Apothic White, they’re on sale right now at Extremo Vino. We may need to stop by there tomorrow after racquetball.
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In-Laws’ 40th Wedding Anniversary
Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ching under Events, Family.
Brian and I worked with his brother Kevin and our sister-in-law Kasey to throw a nice anniversary party for my in-laws. Brian’s father David is a member of the board of directors of the Kansas Museum of Military History (KMMH) in Augusta so we were to use their facility for the party. Brian put Kevin and Kasey in charge of decorations and then Brian and I were responsible for the food.
Since neither of us are great cooks, we naturally outsourced our portion. We’d had used Tuffles Catering at my work for some of our events so I was familiar with them already. We splurged a little on the catering (slightly going over budget), but how often do you get a chance to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary these days?
The menu we put together consisted of salad with mixed greens with apples, feta cheese, sweet red peppers, walnuts, and red onion; chicken teriyaki (everyone seemed to really like that one); roast beef; rice pilaf; and green beans (which were surprisingly very good — even better than the ones I’d had at work). Truffles also provided rolls and butter to go with the meal, and cookies and brownies for dessert. The cost of the catering also included iced tea and lemonade.
We ordered catering for 35 people, but I think Truffles gave us extra food because even with JD present we still had plenty of food left over. LOL.
Here are some of the pictures of the food.
Chicken Teriyaki
Roast Beef
Rice Pilaf and Green Beans
Thanks to Denise at Truffles for coming to do the delivery and setup for our event.
Thanks to the guys for setting up the tables and chairs and thanks to Kasey for providing table covers and decorations. The tables looked very nice.
Here are some more pictures from the event.
Here’s a picture of Donna and David opening the anniversary present they received from Cousin Tracy before everyone showed up.
They seemed to have a great time. Brian and I did too. We hope that everyone else did as well. Thank you so much to everyone who came and celebrated David and Donna’s special day. See you all again in 10 years!
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