Ruby’s Diner
Posted on January 12, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Carmen and I had a two-hour layover in Houston on the way to Arizona so we decided to have lunch at the airport. Here are some pictures of our food.
Mozzarella Cheese Bites
Cherry Limeade
Chicken Sandwich
I didn’t get a picture of Carmen’s burger because she bit into it too soon. LOL. She was so hungry, she decided she wanted some mozzarella cheese bites to start. I got to try some. They were yummy. You can never go wrong with Ruby’s, though. I remember Brian and I got to try it during one of our airport layovers a couple of years ago.
As airport food goes, Ruby’s is actually pretty good. Since I had tried it before, I figured it would be a safe bet. No chocolate shake for me this time, though I was really tempted. I thought Carmen would get one, but she didn’t.
I would have liked to hit Ruby’s again on the way home, but my layover was shorter and I didn’t want to risk it. I just had a smoothie from Smoothie King instead. It was enough to tide me over until I made it home. Ruby’s is good, but I’d rather eat at home with Brian any day.
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Flip and Ching in Splurge! Mag
Posted on January 11, 2013 by Ching under Vanity.
Out of the plethora of events that we attended last year, not once did we get photographed by Splurge! Mag. Finally got our picture in the January 2013 issue. The photo is from when we attended the Brew Ha-Ha event at Flint Hills National back in November. It’s not a bad picture either.
Brian will be happy that we won’t have to attend so many events this year. LOL.
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Flip and Ching’s Annual Holiday Gathering
Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ching under Events, Family, Food and Drink.
Our annual gathering usually happens before Christmas, but we had to put it off until after the New Year because all of our friends were out of town for the holidays. The first ever annual gathering we had was at Cracker Barrel. The second one was at Pacific Coast Pizza. This is supposed to be our third one, but instead of taking place in 2012 it happened in 2013. And, instead of taking everyone out to eat, we decided to just serve breakfast at our house.
We served hash browns…
…cinnamon rolls…
…Nutella-filled crescents…
…a breakfast casserole dish using a recipe that Brian found on Pinterest…
…and mimosas.
I was actually amazed that mom got dad to come. He never leaves the house. I think it was the draw of the mimosas, though. LOL.
Brian and I really enjoyed making food for everyone. We had a lot of fun even though we had to get up at the crack of dawn to start baking because we only have one oven. One of these days I can get a fancy dual-oven range thing. Until then, we’ll just have to bake everything in batches.
Thanks to everyone who came out. Until our next annual gathering!
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Spreading the Word About the Flying Stove
Posted on January 9, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
We met a few friends at the Natural Grocers on Rock Road where the Flying Stove was parked for lunch on Saturday. Jarrica, Mark, Cory, April, and Misty all tried it for the first time. I’m glad we could all get together and meet up for lunch, and enjoy great food on such a lovely day. We even ran into Gina Ann’s brother BJ.
I think everyone had the same idea because they sold out of the steak plate which is what I really wanted. It worked out okay because it gave me an opportunity to try their Thai red curry.
It was good, but I was disappointed that it had no meat. Apparently, it’s a vegetarian dish. Thus, the VEG written next to it. I can be a little dense sometimes. LOL. Anyway, I think it would be really good with some chicken in it.
The truffle fries are a must-have. We always ask for a large order to share.
Brian tried the LA street tacos for the first time. He said they were really good.
Cory and April had the gourmASIAN burger. It looked really good as well.
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Cards for the Cure
Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ching under Poker.
Brian and I decided to participate in Cards for the Cure this year since our friend Jay (The Travel Junkie) is putting a couple of teams together. Brian normally hates it when I donate to random charities, but this is one that he doesn’t mind because he gets to play poker out of it. And, hopefully win some prizes at the same time.
The downside is that we haven’t played poker regularly in a few years so we are quite rusty. I invited everyone to play poker at Nilla’s (they’re located next to Club Rodeo) last Friday to knock off some cobwebs. It’s the only free Friday I had left since my Zumba classes are about to start again. I’m crossing my fingers that I won’t have to teach on Thursday or Friday nights this session, though. I really miss our salsa nights.
But I digress… Darcy, Cory, and April joined us. We all met up for dinner at Taste & See first. Cory and April had never been there before. It was the perfect night to go too, because Chef Jason will be gone for a week. He is leaving for LA today to film his episode of Bar Rescue. We took the opportunity to congratulate Chef Jason and wish him a safe trip.
Sorry, kids. No pictures of food this time because Darcy and I arrived later than everyone and Brian vetoed the picture-taking because, “We already have dozens of pictures of Taste & See food.” I didn’t argue because I was starving after working out with Darcy (my first genuine workout post-surgery) and he’s right. We didn’t order anything that night that we hadn’t already tried before.
After dinner the five of us went to try and conquer the poker tournament at Nilla’s, but only two were successful. Darcy was knocked out first, right before the break. I wasn’t getting any cards at all, but the add-on during the first break helped me last a while longer. Brian was the second one out. I followed shortly after that when my pocket jacks ran into pocket kings and the kings held up. Ironically, I had tripled up on pocket jacks vs. pocket kings vs. AQ earlier that night. I had the pocket kings that time, so I had the best hand going it at least. I just had to dodge an ace, which I did. So that helped a little, but it was about the only hand I had all night.
There were still three tables going when I got knocked out. Since Darcy, Brian, and I were all out of the tournament, we told Cory and April that we would just wait for them at our place where the drinks are free. LOL. Since we moved to this part of town, we live conveniently close to Nilla’s now.
Cory and April both did very well on Friday night. They both made the final table and, when they got down to five players, they chopped the pot five ways. They both made money. Great job, guys!
I doubt I’ll have time to play any more poker between now and the big tournament. I’ll just have to trust my instincts. I made a couple of mistakes the other night, which I recognized, but I thought I played well overall. I’m sure I’ll do well, rusty or not. And, if I don’t, it’s all good. My entry fee is going to a worthy cause that I would have donated money to anyway. See you all at the Hyatt in about three weeks!
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