iPickle Nation Dinner at P.F. Chang’s
Posted on October 19, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.
The Kansas City iPickle Nation team came down to Wichita a couple of weekends ago for the first Minor League Pickleball event of our city. Rick Fortuna, the owner, along with Duane Christian and Michael Cobb came down. Our local team has grown considerably since summer and now consists of me, Fernando Martinez, Amanda Ades, Angie Meyer, and Brian. Mike and Duane had met Fernando and Amanda before from playing in MiLPs and iPN tournaments in Kansas City but they’d never met Brian nor Angie before. It was the perfect opportunity for the Wichita and Kansas City teams to meet face to face.
I made an 8 PM reservation for us because I wasn’t sure what time we would finish taping the courts at Crestview Country Club (there were already six painted pickleball courts at the venue but we needed to tape up six more to make twelve courts total) and also the rest of the team was still playing at the charity event at Edgemoor Park which was running long, so I wasn’t sure when they would finish either. Everyone made it to dinner and it was great having everyone together. I was remiss in taking a group photo. I am always so much more focused on taking food pictures and often forget about the people. We really should have taken a group pic because I don’t know when we will have everyone together again.
We were all starving from having set up courts and signage and other things at the venue. We scarfed up some of the food before I remembered to take photos so I only managed to get pictures of a few of the dishes.
I had one drink that night, which I felt was very much earned because I was the only Wichita team member who actually helped with set up. Well, Brian helped a little bit but left as soon as he was told he was free to go.
The rest of the team was at the other tournament. Duane had the foresight to recruit Raven Peer’s assistance. I guess Raven has helped them with set up and tear down at previous events. We did have a few of the players help also but they had an ulterior motive. They want to get some practice games in after, which was totally fine. We appreciated the extra bodies.
We had a wonderful team dinner. Food was great. The only thing that could have made it better is if I remembered to take a group pic. Maybe next time.
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