Pub W – Oklahoma City
Posted on November 28, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
I got to try a new restaurant while in Oklahoma City for the Smash pickleball tournament a couple of weeks ago. I rode down there with Molly and Cory Sager, who were nice enough to swing by and pick me up on their way to the tournament. After checking in to our hotel, we went to nearby Pub W before hitting the open play at the Greens (tournament venue).
Pub W is a cute, distinctive restaurant. I should have gotten a picture of the outside because their facade is completely covered in green Christmas lights. Inside, it looks pretty much the same as most restaurant/bar type places but they did have good reviews — better than Industry, which was our other option.
This is the yummy pork belly starter at Pub W! I wasn’t all that hungry so I just got the pork belly and a side of rice.
Molly and Cory both had burgers.
I don’t know what was going on with me but these are probably the worst food pictures I have ever taken. This next one is super blurry.
At least the food turned out better than the pictures. I enjoyed what I had and it was the perfect amount of food before hitting open play. Until next time, GNG.
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Mochinut is Finally Open!
Posted on November 23, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Congratulations to our friends Matt and Judy Nola on opening their first Mochinut store! It’s the first of its kind and the only Mochinut store in our area.
Their store serves mochinuts (Japanese mochi + donut), boba drinks, Korean corn dogs, and soft serve ice cream (coming soon).
I was there with Brian and Jocelyn (Jay Devilliers) for one of their soft opening events last week. Here’s a picture of Jay digging into a Korean corn dog covered in hot Cheetos. I think he liked it!
You can get regular corndogs (below) covered in hot Cheetos like Jay (above), or also covered in fried potatoes (next pic).
Brian digs into a mochinut.
These mochinuts are sooo good! Jay agrees.
Their boba drinks are fantastic as well. I got the ube flavor.
It was great enjoying some good food and hanging out with these handsome fellas.
Until next time, GNG.
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New Friends from Minnesota
Posted on November 21, 2022 by Ching under Community, Pickleball.
I met another one of my Facebook friends in the flesh last weekend. Mang and Sou Vang were on a road trip to visit family and decided to come through Wichita on their way back to Saint Paul (Minnesota).
They asked me where I would be because they wanted to play pickleball. It was too cold to play outside so I told them I would be at the Pickle Club and they actually came! They signed up for guest accounts and added themselves to open play and everything! With the addition of the two of them, we had quite a few people for open play that day. It was awesome!
If you have not been to check out the Pickle Club, you should. It’s in the former Nahola facility so you know that the lighting is great and the court spacing is perfect. It is hands down one of my most favorite places to play. The only down side is that it is so far from my house.
Anyway, I’ve had some conversations with Mang on Facebook so it was wonderful to finally meet her in real life. Her husband and two girls are lovely as well. I hope I can make it out to Minnesota next year and play with their group. Until then, see you at the courts! GNG.
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Spooktacular Sunday Funday
Posted on November 16, 2022 by Ching under Community, Events, Pickleball.
We were all so very excited about the new pickleball courts at Sedgwick County Park that we started using the courts as soon as the nets were installed. We even had a cookout the very next day. I couldn’t believe how well the cookout turned out with very little notice (just a few hours and some notes on PlaytimeScheduler.com) and absolutely no planning whatsoever. So for Halloween, I wanted us to have a proper cookout with at least a few weeks to plan ahead.
This is our group picture from the September cookout.
Anyway, my birthday is the day before Halloween so Brian wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday. When I need something, I usually buy it so I didn’t really want anything — except I did want him to grill for us at the cookout. That was the one thing I wanted for my birthday — I wanted him to come out and bring the portable grill and be grill master at the Halloween cookout.
He still let me buy things so I think I got a new pair of pickleball shoes and a new pickleball paddle but grilling at the cookout was the most meaningful to me. Stuff is just stuff. I think I used to like getting gifts but over time my love language has transitioned to “Acts of Service” because I feel like that requires more effort from the other person. Also, I don’t ever like when Brian buys me stuff because he usually pays twice as much. I get discounts on everything so anything he gets for me I can usually get waaaay cheaper. LOL.
Here is an awesome view of the pickleball courts at the park.
Some people came dressed up, which was so much fun!
I think the funniest part is that only 2 people got Noi’s costume. The rest of us had absolutely no clue what (or who) he was supposed to be.
The event had a huge turnout. A couple of days before the event, I checked the list to see if the 32 burger buns and 36 burger patties that we had purchased for the cookout would be enough and, at the time, it looked like it was. However, that number doubled to over 60 the day before the event. It turned out okay though because there were several of us who double dipped (we had the cookout and also Tim Satterfield’s 40th birthday celebration at Chicken N Pickle) so not everyone ate. I think some people waited to eat at CNP.
Here’s a fun video montage I made from the pics and videos taken at the cookout. The drone footage is courtesy of Jonathan Thorne.
After Brian packed up the park and went home, I went and stopped by Chicken N Pickle to make the last part of Tim’s birthday celebration.
It’s always kind of hectic when you go from one event/thing to another but how often does a friend turn 40? I wanted to be there for that too.
I didn’t play at CNP but I was glad to be there for Tim’s celebration. It looked like everyone was having a great time. I just love how pickleball brings everyone together. I met so many new people and made so many new friends at both events that day. Now that it’s the holiday season, the next round of get-togethers is about to begin and I cannot be more excited. Stay tuned for more fun events and pics!
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Birthday Meals
Posted on November 15, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian and I went to Carrabba’s for the first time in a really long time last month. Here are some pics.
We used to go to Carrabba’s all the time but it’s just not the same now that Joe has retired. The food is good and I love their blackberry sangria.
On the day of my actual birthday, Brian decided that we should have breakfast at HomeGrown. We went early (before 9 AM) because they are always so busy. By the time we finished there was a long wait already.
We had a nice leisurely breakfast and I even got to do some coloring.
Brian got pancakes, eggs, and bacon.
Picture of my “Friends with Benedicts” meal (above) and my fun birthday poptart (below). I don’t even like poptarts. This one was good, though.
And, I know it was early but I had a whiskey maple cream latte (which was super strong, by the way) just because I could.
So on my birthday this year, I got to feel like a child but also like an alcoholic. I mean, you should be able to do whatever you want on your birthday (as long as it’s not illegal). Until next year. GNG.
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