May The Stars Light Your Way
This afternoon, Wendy & I went to see X-MEN: THE LAST STAND with Dave & Robin at our local Showcase Cinemas, where they finally become members of the Director’s Club (congrats!). After the movie, we went over to CRAZY BUFFET in Springdale for dinner. According to their menu,…
After commencement ceremonies at school, I changed into my chef whites (behind my car!) and went down to Jean-Robert at Pigall’s restaurant to work for the evening. I think I’ve been remiss in documenting all of my visits to the restaurant; I’m nearly convinced that…
I got up very early for a Saturday in order to be at school by 8:00am to participate in the commencement ceremonies for this year’s graduates. It was raining at my house when I left, but by the time I got to school the skies were pretty clear, though they didn’t stay that way for long. It was brisk, breezy, and rainy all day, though the rain seemed to cooperate when we needed it to.
Julie and I had responsibilities to check in our graduates and then ensure that our reception was set up and ready to go. We did them and had enough time to relax a bit so we were ready when the ceremony let out — about an hour later than anticipated! Dr. Zimpher, the president of the University of Cincinnati stopped by our reception (well, I grabbed her while she was walking by) and posed for pictures with some of our graduates before scooting off to get ready for the afternoon ceremony.
I ate some of the food at the reception — cheese, little sandwiches, and cookies — and helped clean up before taking off for the evening’s activity.
Tonight was my one quiet evening this weekend, so we stayed at home and watched television and ate Popeye’s chicken. Hibernating and hanging out with Wendy is fun, though it was an early night since I had to be at the office by 8:00am on…
Tonight was the Graduate Recognition Program for the graduating students of my college. Working with my teammates, we had planned this program to be very nice, and it came off quite well.
We planned a nice dinner at the Kingsgate Conference Center along with an awards ceremony. It was a class act the whole evening, and dinner — I ate salmon with pesto and a red pepper sauce atop vegetables — was pretty decent too.
The event was fun. I am very proud of my graduates. They’re a good group of students.
Another evening of GARDE MANGER class at Cincinnati State as we approach the home-stretch. Tonight, I finished my proteins for our final on June 14th. I finished my Roasted Asian Duck Galentine and my Duck & Smoked Foie Gras Terrine, wrapped them well, and stored them…