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Getting Ziggy With It

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.

Ziggy’s Pizza is expanding all over Wichita. I recently had the opportunity to visit one of their newest locations in West Wichita — 135th Street, so as West as you can possibly get without going to Colorado.

We went there for dinner with Brian’s work family. Here are some food pics.

It was great to see the Phelpi (Cory, April, and Gavin) — they are dear friends who we haven’t really seen in too long. Well, Brian and Cory see each other everyday because they work together but we haven’t really gotten together socially in a probably over a year.

Brian and I don’t normally go to the far depths of West Wichita because there are plenty of dining options on our side of town, but it was worth it this time for the good food and good company. Until next time, GNG.

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Big Bang at the Pickle Club

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Ching under Pickleball.

Who doesn’t love a good team tournament? We celebrated the 4th of July weekend with a BANG at the Pickle Club on July 2. Six teams participated in a team event. Here are some highlights.

Thanks to all the teams that competed. It was so much fun watching the amazing play that day!

Smart Aces (first place) – Natalie Lubbers, Mitch Spencer, Greta Siemens, Mark Nola
Karen & the Youngsters (second place) – Matthew Rochat, Huyen Nguyen, Karen Fox, Ian Carr
Just Here to Bang (third place) – Kimberly Howe, Susie Ternes, Branden Stephenson, George Osborne
All in the Family – Tanner and Britney Blaske, Stacy and Daniel Lyon
Mid Court Crisis – Fernando Martinez, Amanda Ades, Krista Crawford, Sean McKinney
Explosive Dinks – Colby Fugit, Tommy Chau, Micah Jacques, Mandy Maness

I cannot wait until we can actually host a real Minor League Pickleball event here in town. Until then, we will have to settle for these knockoff tournaments which, while they are fun, do not compare to the real deal.

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Last Dance with the Boss Lady

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.

I spent some time in Kansas City a few weeks ago. We went on our very last team building/outing with our boss who was retiring (now retired). It was my first time at 1KC in probably over four years. It was wild because it seemed like a lot of the cubes hadn’t been touched in ages. In fact, there were still old calendars like these everywhere. It reminded me of when we finally started reporting back into the office after two years of being remote. It was like being in the Twilight Zone because my office was exactly as I’d left it in February/March 2020.

While not much had changed inside, outside the building so much had changed over the last few years. The Onelife Fitness is now a Genesis.

The last time I worked in KC, Two Light was still under construction.

There’s been quite a lot of changes in the Power & Light landscape, actually. Besides new buildings that have sprouted, some of my favorite restaurants are no longer around either.

Yard House is still around, though. That’s where we went for lunch.

Here are some pics of our food.

After lunch, more work happened and then it was time for happy hour. Went to check out Made in KC. It was my first time. Made in KC wasn’t a thing years ago when I worked downtown.

Dinner at Johnny’s Tavern after…

Food pics…

Such a fun couple of days. Here are some highlights.

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More Pickleball

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Ching under Community, Pickleball.

Pictures from Senior Services of Wichita’s Picklepalooza event last month.

And then, that same week, a bunch of us went on a road trip to Emporia for the Wichita Pickleball vs. Emporia Pickleball Club challenge.

We played at Reeble Park from about 9 AM to noon and then our hosts made reservations at the Pizza Ranch for lunch. Some players didn’t stay due to other commitments but several of us went and had lunch.