First Time at Oasis Lounge
Posted on February 21, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian’s dad was in town over the weekend to help him with a desk build in the basement storage room. I met the two of them for lunch on Saturday after my Aqua Zumba class and pickleball. It was our first time at Oasis Lounge and we will definitely be back.
Brian and his dad both got the “O” burger. It’s pretty darn tasty. The fries are great also. They ate an entire basket while waiting for me.
I wasn’t that hungry so I just had mac and cheese bites, which were fabulous.
Their mimosas are only $5.50, which is awesome. There’s not many places where you can get a $5 drink unless it’s happy hour.
The food tasted great and the price was right. Brian and I are definitely going back. Brian’s return trip will be sooner than mine because the restaurant is close to his office. I think he’s going to add Oasis to his permanent lunch rotation.
Until next time, GNG.
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Galantines 2022
Posted on February 17, 2022 by Ching under Community, Events.
I had such a great time celebrating Galantines Day with my pickleball girlfriends on Sunday. Debbie Fanning organized a great brunch for us ladies at Rain. She even went all out on the decorations.
It was league day so a few of us arrived late. Thankfully, there was plenty of food to be had. The $9.99 brunch buffet included bacon, sausage, eggs, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, french toast, fresh fruit, and a variety of dessert options.
The ladies brought all sorts of Valentines treats to share.
We had a wonderful turnout.
I had such a great time celebrating with these ladies.
Until next time, GNG.
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Dining by the Alphabet – Part B
Posted on February 15, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink, Projects.
For our second Dining by the Alphabet adventure, we decided to go to Blue Hook Cajun Seafood & Bar. Brian’s not really into seafood or cajun so I found needing a B restaurant as the perfect excuse to go back.
Brian’s not really into the food there so he just got fries and cheese balls.
I didn’t feel like getting dirty and having to take another shower so I just opted for the combo fried rice. I get it with both chicken and shrimp. I really like their fried rice there. It’s one of my favorite things to get.
I also had their specialty drink that week. It was a Wakanda drink and it was yummy! I can’t wait until we are back to the letter B again so I’ll have another excuse to return. Till next time, GNG.
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Dining by the Alphabet
Posted on February 7, 2022 by Ching under Food and Drink, Projects.
Brian and I kicked off our “Dining by the Alphabet” project a couple of weeks ago at Albero Bistro. It’s quickly become a favorite of ours since we tried it for the first time a few months ago.
You can’t go to Albero Bistro without getting the arancini balls.
They are so good!
I was pretty basic and just got spaghetti and meatballs (above pic), while Brian had the chicken saltimbocca sandwich (below pic).
We were too full for dessert on this visit but they have pretty good tiramisu. You must try it when you go to check them out. Until next time, GNG.
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Gearing Up for Picklemania
Posted on February 2, 2022 by Ching under Community, Pickleball.
My Rotary club has started gearing up for our second annual pickleball tournament. Last year we hosted our first one out of necessity. Because of the pandemic, we had to cancel our main fundraising even in 2020. Since we could not have Haus of Brews, and we had to figure out a way to raise money for our club projects, we decided to host a pickleball tournament. We originally planned it for May 2021 but it ended up getting rescheduled to June 2021 due to rain. We are hoping that the weather will cooperate and we will be able to hold our event on our selected date this year.
Last year our club funded the event on its own. This year we are partnering with local companies so it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.
Another significant change is in the format. Last year we opted for a more traditional tournament with social and competitive brackets in the morning, social and competitive brackets in the afternoon, and lunch served in between. Everyone got plenty of games in because we did round robin plus bracket play.
This year, we are still feeding lunch and including free drinks and everyone will still get lots of pickleball play, but we are going to a team-style tournament so it’s going to be even more fun.
Ever since I participated in the MLP-style team tournament at Chicken N Pickle last December, I’ve been toying with the idea of hosting a team tournament. I presented the idea to the other two members of the pickleball tournament planning team (Chris McGill and Ryan De Santis) and they approved it. I am super excited!
We couldn’t do full-on MLP because, when we did it at CNP, the matches lasted almost an hour and a half on average and we don’t have that kind of time. So we modified it a bit so that there are only three games per match for the round robin matches — women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles — and best two of three games (same format) for the bracket play.
The twist is that for the mixed doubles game, it’s going to be “wrestlemania” style. So you can tag-in and tag-out team members during the timeouts, as long as the resulting combo is still one male and female. It is mixed doubles after all.
During the round robin portion, the plan is for all three games to be played that way everyone will get to experience the mixed doubles “wrestlemania” format. We will keep track of the number of wins and use that to determine the seeding for the single elimination bracket tournament in the afternoon.
In bracket play, we will do best two of three — so the mixed doubles game could potentially be skipped if one team wins both the women’s doubles and men’s doubles games. This is to save time so that the tournament doesn’t run so late. Anyway, those out of the tournament can continue to eat and drink and just hang out and enjoy. It’s a win-win for everyone.
So far we already have three sponsors committed and I have a few more asks I’m waiting to hear back from. I am really looking forward to the event this year because we are not doing it on our own anymore. We have others willing to partner with us. I think it’s going to be even more fun!
You can find out more about our tournament and sign up here. Form a team or simple be a spectator, have a nice lunch and some drinks at the country club, and enjoy the day with us! We would love to see you!
Until next time, GNG.
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