2024

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Social Tap

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.

The Social Tap Drinkery on the WSU campus is one of our absolute favorite spots. It’s specially nice when the weather is beautiful and you can sit out on the patio and enjoy the sunset. Here are some pictures of some of our favorite things to get there.

You can find more of our faves here.

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Greater Grounds

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.

There’s a brand new coffee shop downtown that opened earlier this year called Greater Grounds. They don’t have the best coffee but the coffee is pretty good there. What I do like best about this place is the interior decor. It is hands-down the cutest coffee shop in all of Wichita. If you are thinking of going on a coffee date, catch up with a friend, or just a nice new spot to work remotely, you must check this place out! Here are some pics…

The fake trees are not just cute and decorative but they also provide a touch of privacy to each table. So it doesn’t feel like you’re shoulder to shoulder with the people next to you.

Here’s the menu:

Here’s the WiFi password for those who want to do some work:

And a selection of coffee cocktails for after work (or your day off):

This place is THE cutest place to have coffee in Wichita. If you’re not in for a quickie and actually have a bit of time to spare, then go check this place out. At least go now while downtown parking is still free. LOL.

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Las Abuelas

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.

We recently discovered a new lunch spot super close to work. It’s called Las Abuelas and is located on Central. It’s kind of a hole in the wall and, unless you’re specifically looking for it, you probably wouldn’t even know it’s there. It’s my new favorite spot for #tacotuesday. Here are some pics!

We’ve yet to go on a different day because we really like their tacos. The best part is the tacos are only $1 each on Tuesday so it’s a way better deal than our previous #tacotuesday spot (Rain Cafe) which had tacos for $1.50 on Tuesday which is also a really good deal. We’ve talked about going on a different day so we are not tempted to get tacos because we really want to try their other dishes too. It’s just hard to pass up a good deal. LOL.

They usually have a bunch of delicious pastries in the pastry case too but, as I am creature of habit, I always end up getting flan. It one of my favorite desserts of all time and they make it really good there.

We really need to expand our horizons because they have so much good food on display and on their menu. Maybe this next week is the week that we actually order something different. Stay tuned!

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Mini Tournaments at the Pickle Club

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Ching under Community, Pickleball.

It’s been a while since I’ve written about my pickleball exploits so I figured it was time. I’m giving you a break from all the restaurant and food posts for a bit. To be fair, there’s not really much to report on the pickleball front as I am currently on my tournament sabbatical year. Unlike in the past when I was sharing my pickleball adventures from the nearly weekly pickleball tournaments I was playing in, I’m barely even playing recreationally these days. However, since we are putting together another mixed doubles mini tournament at the Pickle Club in a few weeks, I thought I should share the results of the series of mini tournaments that we held over the summer.

Here are the some pictures of the winners from all three events…

July 6 – Men’s Doubles

1st – Matt Dutton and Derek Pruett
2nd – Dan Chocron and Steve Alvarez
3rd – Kyle Manny and Joshua Schott

July 27 – Mixed Doubles

1st – Susie Ternes and Ryan Kellenbarger
2nd – Julie Pauly and Zach Nguyen
3rd – Lena Quach and Fin Tatum

August 24 – Women’s Doubles

1st – Lacy Waugh and Lori Belew
2nd – Anna Le and Lena Quach
3rd – Jen Tiano and Monica McGehee

For all three of these events, we limited sign ups to six teams max because there are only two courts at the Pickle Club. There would be way too much waiting around otherwise. The format was round robin pool play plus single elimination bracket with a bonus third place game for the losers of the semi-final round.

Round robin games were one game to 11, win by 1 (to limit the wait). Each team played all the other teams so each team got five pool play matches. The single elimination bracket play format was best 2 of 3 games to 11, win by 2. Everyone got lots of play. All results were sent to DUPR after the event so the events are great for building up your match history and DUPR rating reliability.

These tournaments are a great value and specially since you get to pick your own partner (unlike the InPickle Nation mini tournaments that we have weekly). It a slightly different flavor. Anyway, highly recommend grabbing a partner and joining us for this one. Registration will open this weekend on the Pickle Club website.

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Mitch’s Farewell Dinner

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.

This is a super late post because this dinner happened clear back in July. A few months ago, our friend Mitch Spencer took a job in Kansas City. He had several “farewell parties” but Brian and I couldn’t make any of them. I was so glad we were actually able to make this dinner. He had technically already moved and had been working at his new job a whole week already but he was back for the weekend to clean his apartment and turn in his keys. We all gathered at Sabor for one last dinner in his honor.

As is typical, I have no pictures of people. I only have pictures of food.

Brian actually got there before I did because I came from a pickleball tournament I was running at the Pickle Club. So when I got there, some people were already eating dinner. Thus, some of the pics look like this.

I did manage to get some food pictures BEFORE people started eating because some people also came from the same tournament that I was running, so I wasn’t the only one who arrived late. But I did send Brian ahead of me as my proxy and to save me seat. We generally don’t like to drive separately but this was one situation that it could not be avoided.