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The Blue Moose

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Ching under Food and Drink.

I had the opportunity to check out Blue Moose while I was in Topeka last week.

Here are some pictures of our food.

This is what I had. It was good but very salty. I like salty foods so I didn’t mind it. The dish would have been way too salty for Brian, though.

Overall the restaurant had a pretty good menu selection. Everyone seemed to be happy with their dinner. As far as Topeka restaurants go, I still like the Blind Tiger best but I wouldn’t mind returning to Blue Moose again.

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Adventurous Babes Society

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Ching under Events, Things to Do.

After almost a year of being a member, I finally had the opportunity to participate in some Adventurous Babes Society events/adventures. Here are some photos.

This one was taken at the Death by Chocolate tasting event at Cravings Gluten Free Bakery. Check out more pictures from that event by clicking on the link.

This one was taken after my Zumba class at Andover YMCA. March is “Dance Adventure Month” for the Adventurous Babes Society so I invited the members to try my Zumba class.

These two photos are from Let’s Dance!

It was a lot of fun learning the choreography (line dance routine) for Pharrell’s Happy (from Despicable Me 2). I can’t wait until my next adventure!

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Firebirds

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Ching under Date Ideas, Food and Drink.

I had to take Brian on a proper date after making him sit through The Chalk Garden last weekend. Plays are not really his cup of tea. He was a good sport about it, though.

We started out date night with dinner at Firebirds. Brian had never been there. His parents tried it for the first time on their last trip to Wichita and really liked it so I figured he probably would too.

Here’s a photo of their signature drink.

Here are some pictures of our food.

We started out with crab cakes. Their crab cakes have great flavor but what I really like most about them is how chunky they are. There’s huge hunks of crab meat and not much filler. Just the way a crab cake should be.

Their bread reminds me of an extra large pandesal.

Brian had the smokehouse chicken sandwich.

I really wanted the crab cake salad because Darcy really liked it the last time we were there. However, I had to pick something else since we had crab cakes for our appetizer. Ended up getting the Colorado chicken salad which is really good too. It’s not as good as my favorite chicken salad at Red Rock Canyon Grill but I thought it was delicious and I’d order it again.

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I ate light because I was saving room for dessert. I’ve been having sweet cravings lately.

The big daddy chocolate cake really hit the spot. The cake is so huge that Brian and I couldn’t finish it. I had to take the rest of it home.

I wasn’t overly impressed with Firebirds when my coworkers and I ate there for lunch a while ago, but I was really pleased with our experience the other day. Our server was attentive and friendly and the food was good. Brian really liked it. Our dinner at Firebirds was a great start to our date night.

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Over a Decade of Photos

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Ching under Life, Memes.

Every now and then I’ll participate in Throwback Thursday on Facebook. Throwback Thursday is a meme where you post an old photo. Today I wanted to do something more. I’m giving you links to over ten years worth of photos, thousands of them, on my Flickr photostream. But be warned, it might just make you hungry.

2002:	July (39) August (70) December (19)
2003:	January (4) March (63) April (6) May (10) June (98) July (5) September (1) November (14) December (20)
2004:	January (18) February (31) March (6) April (4) May (101) June (7) July (19) August (107) September (211) October (391) November (178) December (60)
2005:	January (75) February (74) March (43) April (136) May (120) June (368) July (160) August (172) September (33) October (55) November (51) December (166)
2006:	January (152) February (192) March (178) April (132) May (340) June (330) July (286) August (164) September (91) October (238) November (79) December (290)
2007:	January (79) February (44) March (165) April (82) May (312) June (439) July (781) August (247) September (342) October (186) November (354) December (463)
2008:	January (248) February (102) March (99) April (611) May (520) June (1049) July (919) August (672) September (199) October (1481) November (523) December (896)
2009:	January (216) February (229) March (374) April (510) May (1255) June (592) July (1258) August (945) September (663) October (1592) November (240) December (588)
2010:	January (718) February (1600) March (915) April (222) May (296) June (332) July (691) August (774) September (590) October (858) November (557) December (922)
2011:	January (381) February (466) March (474) April (709) May (380) June (520) July (853) August (198) September (289) October (698) November (292) December (440)
2012:	January (235) February (383) March (474) April (263) May (560) June (235) July (176) August (277) September (299) October (223) November (131) December (248)
2013:	January (192) February (162) March (190) April (249) May (177) June (379) July (195) August (512) September (333) October (256) November (318) December (534)

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Chevreul’s Pendulum

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Ching under Videos.

Brian has always been a bit of a nonbeliever in The Secret. He believes in it more now, but he used to make fun of me for being completely convinced that it works. But then, how else would you explain all the great things that happen to us?

While at the Customer Experience and Touch Point Mapping meeting last week, we were introduced to Chevreul’s Pendulum. I never could prove The Secret to Brian until this exercise. As soon as we did it, I thought to myself, “This is it. This is exactly how The Secret works!” I couldn’t wait to show Brian.

This is a photo of him giving it a try. If you’ve never tried this before, let me know. It’s amazing. If you are unfamiliar with The Secret, check out the video below. You probably think I’m nuts, but it really works. I promise!