Finally I can go into the wind

We went to our friends house last night to enjoy Marco's Pizza, haircuts, and a great game of kickball.

But most important to me was that I finally got my hair product. American Crew Fiber. It holds up to the wind.

All of you loyal, devoted readers of this spellbinding blog will know that I have been using my backup product (a quick buy at CVS) for the past couple of weeks and it is just not the same.

Bring on the wind.

No Pressure At All

Well after recovering from the breakdown that I had over not putting anything here, I am now putting going to post out of the blue.

I love my neighborhood. We have the greatest neighbors in the world. I do extend my neighborhood out a few streets to include a couple of families (Richards - You Are IN!). We can all hang out and have a great time around the newly portable fireplace (see picture) and enjoy good times. The fireplace is totally legal according to the EGR Police Officer that rolled up on the party about 11:30 on Saturday evening. Luckily he was not looking for us, and even if he was we were not in front of my house, so for that night I would have played the part of one J. Doublestein.

I am looking forward to a summer full of just hanging out in each others yards doing a whole bunch of nothing.

Craking Under Pressure

OK I admit it has been a while I since I put an entry into the world that is my blog. I can not take th pressure any longer. Even Mrs. R is on me about not adding any new material.

So while I am waiting for the Home Made Macaroni and Cheese that my wife is making, I am putting keyboard to internet and adding to my silly little blog.

What should I write about? How excited I am for another restaurant to open in Gaslight, how I am not happy that the weather is going to get cold here or the fact that I am out of my normal hair product and that the one I am using just does not hold up in the wind? So much to write about, but I am not sure that I want to get it all out now, then I won't have anything else to blog about.

So there you go all you critics who say you really wish that you could get to know more about me. Now I am going to go comb my hair, get my home made macaroni and wait for the new restaurant to open; all while celebrating the weather that is about to get cold again.

Until next time.. enjoy the ride.

Fred's for Mexican Food????

So when I originally started this blogging thing it was to remember and share the great food that I try to find while I am traveling for business. It then turned into me blogging most times after Sarah would say to me"you have not added to your blog in a long time, I might have to remove my link to you".

Well I thought that I would share a great place to eat if you are in Souther California. While on a recent business trip we asked our client where they would recommend for lunch. They settled on Fred's. They told us that it was good Mexican food, we were skeptical (and who wouldn't be when they send you to Fred's for Mexican). I am here to tell you that when I think of Mexican - I now think of the name Fred.

Here is a link to Fred's where they always celebrate "Cinco de Fred" on the fifth of each month.

I know that you wished you lived on Orchard Ave.

Who knows how to party? Orchard Ave knows how to party.

We had a great Progressive dinner the other night. The conversation made us blush, and the food made us full and the wine just helped everything.

I am posting out of what I call "Full On Blogging Guilt" that was inflicted by the queen of "cooter talk". I will not use names here as I do not want people to feel as though I have loose lips.

Anyway - here is my blog entry for the first quarter. To see the pictures, click the picture below.

Until my next guilt induced post...

Orchard Ave Progressive Dinner

Family Rocks

I am sitting on the couch right now with my son and wife. My daughter is playing with Oliver (John and Dave's cute dog). We are all together in Philly to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

Being with Family (even if it involves a 12 hour drive) is the best. We drove halfway to Cranberry PA and spent the night. The kids were happy because they were able to swim. We are stopping back there on the way home as well.

As I write this, my wife is asking "you have a blog?". She really knew, but it is not of much interest to her, because she knows all that I write about before I write it.

Now I am going to give the Keyboard to my son Elliot so that he can write his first blog.

Here we go...........

school is awesome! and I got the teacher I wanted. family really rocks. these are my
friends: Connor, Cooper, Julia, Emily J, Emily A, Peter, Shama tomma , Nick, Jason, Jake s. Some things I like are, playing football, eating, and recess. That was fun!


Great Job Elliot. You ROCK!!!!!!!!

Chuckin' and Duckin'

This weekend I had the chance to go fishing. I won the trip on the radio (WLAV). The trip was supplied to the radio station by Doug Kool of Kool Toytota. I was fortunate to be able to go with a West Michigan Radio Legend, Tony Gates.

The day was cold and rainy. Perfect for fishing for Steelhead in Michigan. We were on the river by 7:30 AM and we fished until breaking for lunch at 11:30. The lunch was no ordinary lunch. Our guide, Dave Barkman of Schmidt Outfitters made us grilled tuna steaks and grilled shrimp.

After lunch we finally had some action in the water. We hooked up on 5 fish, and were able to land one. The one that we landed was my first Steelhead on a fly rod. We were using great Sage equipment. It made me want one of my own (maybe next year). The fishing slowed down once a cold front went through and the temperature dropped 10 degrees and the rain picked up again.

Above is a picture of me with the fish that we were able to land. It was a team effort. Tony hooked it, I landed it, and Dave rowed like crazy to get us there.

All in all a great day of fishing. Now I cant wait to get back out there. Maybe with a neighbor who can go fishing when ever he feels like it. You know the one that I am talking about.