{"id":29324,"date":"2024-06-10T10:35:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29324"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:51:27","slug":"weekend-with-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29324","title":{"rendered":"Weekend with Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Kumar Krishnan from Bartlesville came to stay with us the weekend of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29334\" >Andover Rotary Club&#8217;s Picklemania tournament<\/a>. I always love when Kumar visits because he brings surprise gifts.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53745040386\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53745040386_b606a9becc_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kumar made me black pickleball-themed tumbler and he also made a white techie-themed one for Brian.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53782062766\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53782062766_7246322411_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53781124662\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53781124662_c615601bef_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kumar arrived early on Friday and helped us get some signs up. And then he went to meet up with Kimberly Howe and the Friday night pickleball crew for some rec games. Later that evening a bunch of us gathered at Merle&#8217;s for dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53745040186\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53745040186_c0b975bc9d_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We did learn a hard lesson that night. The kitchen closes at 9 pm. There was an issue with a couple of orders that didn&#8217;t get rectified before the kitchen closed so some of us got fed and some of us didn&#8217;t. Not really great because Brian is not a huge fan of Merle&#8217;s to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>However, we made up for the lackluster dining experience by taking Kumar to one of our most favorite local spots (Local Flavor) the next day after the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53746752834\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53746752834_b7c13f67cd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stuffed Mushrooms<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53746752859\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53746752859_357734cb28.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sriracha Beef Tips (Brian&#8217;s fave)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53746752869\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53746752869_e04c4f5049.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meat Loaf and Red Potatoes<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53745506802\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53745506802_d56f409cd9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pork Belly Mac and Cheese<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53746845915\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53746845915_793526d910.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicken Bacon Wrap and Fries (another Brian&#8217; fave) <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53746845925\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53746845925_b5f55c2640_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I needed a drink after the tournament so I ordered the first one on the list. I think it&#8217;s Local Flavor&#8217;s version of Long Island iced tea but I can&#8217;t remember what is called. Will share highlights from Picklemania in the next post. Check back soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Kumar Krishnan from Bartlesville came to stay with us the weekend of the Andover Rotary Club&#8217;s Picklemania tournament. I always love when Kumar visits because he brings surprise gifts. Kumar made me black pickleball-themed tumbler and he also made a white techie-themed one for Brian. Kumar arrived early on Friday and helped us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3419],"tags":[191,3705,3137],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29324"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29343,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29324\/revisions\/29343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}