I know exactly what I am missing. Back in the day, when I was a wee lad, some friends and I used to make regular trips to a certain donut establishment, which shall remain nameless. Let’s just say I owned a t-shirt from them, and I owned stock in their company… really. I was enamored [...]

I like a good peach. Remember that song by The Presidents of The United States of America? The song that goes, “Moving to the country. Going to eat a lot of peaches”. I always disliked that song. I always made fun of that song… “They’re not talking about peaches, you know”. Occasionally, Terry will get [...]

I have recently become addicted to a new iPhone app game called Fruit Ninja thanks to my good buddy Andy. I’ve read that all ninjas hate fruit and this game allows you to swipe fruit with your finger to end their journey. Thanks to this game I am now in daily training to become an [...]

Why is it, tell me, why is it that the tables have to be sticky at almost every dining establishment?? I go to place my arms on the table and yuck, a gross a me out a. My arms are now sticky. Greeeeaaat, just greeaat. Now I have to test the tables before I set [...]

How do you approach eating out? Or dining out, if you prefer. I am not referring to spending money or where you eat, but what is your modus operandi? My late grandpa, who we fittingly called Gramps, would walk into a restaurant like he owned the place. Sure, he might look at the menu, but [...]

There is something about slipping hot sauce under my son’s ketchup that makes me laugh till milk comes out my nose. It reminds me of the pranking that I have done to my old buddy Steve. I have pranked old Steve so much that all I have to do is call him and say “dude, [...]

How quickly we forget what it was like to be sitting at a table staring at broccoli or brussels sprouts, crying and telling our parents that we didn’t want them, or that we did not like them. I remember doing that with my brussels sprouts till they were so cold that they made me gag, but I had to sit there till I ate them. Why? Because there were starving kids in Africa! I think I was only in the 6th grade when this happened to me, but it is burned into my memory like a cattle brand on the ass of some prime A beef!

Something I never thought of as a kid, is that, maybe I just didn’t like vegetables and was more of a meat eater. Or, maybe I am a carb kid like my oldest son. He takes after his mother with his overwhelming need to have pasta, noodles or toast. As where my youngest loves meat and vegetables, this is how I know he is not mine. But that is another blog on another site somewhere…

Times are tough, life is hard. I know. It is hard to not only manage the budget for food expenditures, but also to manage it in such a way that allows you to eat excellent, healthy food. Especially, since, well… for those of you who know me… well… you know me.

Ok ok, I am focusing now, stay with me. Let’s get this over with quick. In order to eat well on a budget you need to:

A) Be a very content person, and
B) Keep it simple.

You are thinking “I want to go out to dinner tonight”. So you do… and you find the best place. After you wait about 30 minutes you get seated. After you get seated you order your drink, your drink comes and you decide to lean in and tell your friend a funny joke. You then place your elbows on the table and that’s when it happens.

On a recent Friday night I was off for a late night ice cream run with a friend, whom I will refer to as the Grey Albatross… even though I would prefer to refer to her as the Grey Haven… like in Lord of the Rings where the ships left to sail into the sunset. As we talked and wandered towards our ice cream destination we approached the frozen foods aisle with little thought. We soon realized that it was hard to determine which ice cream we wanted. Why, you ask?