HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Today is Wendy’s birthday! I love you, honey. I hope it’s a good birthday and that you like all your presents!
Author: Drew
DINNER 260: Sunday, September 17, 2006
Wendy & I went to dinner with Bob (who is also celebrating a birthday today — Happy Birthday, Bob!) and Sharon to the Cheesecake Factory. We set to meet there at 6:30 and Wendy & I were right on time — arriving at 6:30. We…
DINNER 261: Monday, September 18, 2006
Dinner? What’s that?
No dinner tonight, as I went from work at UC down to work at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s preparing a special dinner for a bunch of wine people. I nibbled a bit here and there, but no real dinner was consumed.
CULINARY: Another night at Pigall's
After working a full day at UC, I headed down to Jean-Robert at Pigall’s to help prepare a special dinner (the restaurant is usually closed on Mondays) for 60 members of a wine club. When I arrived around 5:15, the kitchen was in full swing.…
DINNER 262: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Though the wine dinner at the Iron Horse Inn was postponed this month, Brian and Milan agreed to meet up with us for dinner. We met at the HORSE, but decided to dine at the Glendale Gaslight, and we’re glad we did. The food was…
DINNER 263: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Today was the first day of the new school year for students at the University of Cincinnati, so energy was high around the college. It is nice to get the new students started, and nice to have the returning students back.
On the way home, I stopped by Panera Bread to try one of their new Crispani pizzas, and it was pretty darned good. I had the Sweet Sausage & Apple Crispani, and the flavors were nice. I don’t think they travel very well, because by the time I got home (about 15 minutes after I left the restaurant), it was already not very crisp and had cooled off significantly. Still, the flavors were good and it was a quick, easy meal.
DINNER 264: Thursday, September 21, 2006
I had a busy day at work — the first few days of classes are always a bit challenging, with the increased traffic on my commute (both ways), the idiocy of the new drivers (driving the wrong way through the parking garage — I saw…