B and I ate at Jack in the Box (my nickname for it is "Jack in the Crack," not very appetizing but funny) for lunch. Although my tiny town of Santa Paula has its own JITB, we like to go to the one in the next town. There’s something strange about that JITB, we always …
I heard somewhere that the avocado is the only fruit or vegetable that a human can live off. Something about the combination of oils and proteins or such. Well, I guess it may be true of dogs as well. My two labs love avocados.* Our neighbor has an avocado tree so whenever there is a …
For me, the word "food" and "discipline" have rarely gone together in the same sentence. But when I found out my cholesterol levels needed some improvement, I chose to make a change. About eight months ago I started eating oatmeal for breakfast – ever day. Plain oatmeal is too boring for me so I put …
B and I spent a quiet evening at home last night for the 4th of July. I felt like firing up the grill but didn’t want to thaw out the thousand pounds of frozen Costco meat in our fridge so we made hot dogs. Lulu and Ivory, our yellow labs, watched on as I grilled …
Before my current job, I worked as a community youth program manager at a major California museum. Part of the program day entailed serving lunch to over 40 kids. Just to get a perspective on this, think about the biggest family party you’ve had then imagine preparing for it every day for six weeks. Luckily …
Tonight was great as B and I drove to Pasadena to have dinner with our college friend Daniel. We haven’t seen him since Marty’s wedding several years ago and it was great to catch up. It was all planned out, we were going to meet up at one of my favorite old diners in Pasadena, …
At nine years of age, I was a huge baseball fan. I bought pack after pack of baseball cards, read player autobiographies, and begged to go to as many Dodger games as I could (which was at most one per season). So when McDonalds started a new Baseball Trivia promotion, I was there. They had …
I was 5 years old and it was my first time in Mexico. At least it was the first time that I remember. After 35 years, the memory of that visit is a mosaic of people, places, and newness. Being in front of my grandfather’s house and watching my great aunt selling nuts and candies …
Had coffee and a social media "geekout" with @geekgiant who I met on Twitter. This is the first time I’ve met up with someone from the online world but I’m sure it won’t be the last. Over a soy mocha at Bad Ass Cafe in Ventura, CA, we waxed poetic on old business models and …
Have you ever had a friend that let you down, I mean really let you down, and you later forgave them? Well that’s what happened with Tlaquepaque Restaurant in Santa Paula (click here for pronunciation of "Tlaquepaque," .wav). They let me down big time with some extraordinarily bad service and as result it earned itself …
