Phipps Feeding Fiasco

The experience
Yesterday, we asked Mina where she wanted to eat before her Kindergarten graduation.  This is where I made a parenting error.  I did not give her choices, I left it open-ended.  Her reply?  “Silver Fox Steakhouse.”  Wha??  Ogre and I tried to redirect to cheaper other restaurants.  No go.  Silver Fox Steakhouse.  Well, you [...]

The experience
After running a few errands and ending up in Fairview, we decided we’d eat in Allen for dinner.  We’ve always wonder about the bright pink restaurant that is set a little ways back in the Village shopping center and decided we’d try Nate’s Seafood and Steakhouse.  The kids mentioned that they were “starving,” so [...]

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Our initial plan was to head to Greek Isle so Ogre could redeem himself somewhat for the Mediterranean Cafe and Bakery fiasco the other day.  His other idea was to have sushi.  When we arrived at the restaurant, he was surprised to find that Nakamoto was right next door, a sushi joint he had [...]

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We we looking for a quick meal this day and I had a sudden craving for a hot dog.  I suggested Wienerschnitzel.  Grace had already eaten but she could have ice cream.  The kids approved of the choice, so off we went.  We pulled up and noticed the Zoo Cuts next door.  Grace had [...]

The experience
Today, the plan was for Ogre and I to drive separately to dinner as Grandpoo and Oma would be joining us to celebrate Grandpoo’s birthday and then everyone except Benji and me were going to see the new Star Trek movie at the IMAX theater in Mesquite.  Well, Benji was out as he was [...]

The experience
Ogre joked that I’d been preparing for this meal all day.  We ate breakfast at Magnolia Cafe and then met some friend for lunch (we only had ceviche since it was so close to when we ate breakfast) so by the time dinner rolled around I was STARVING.  I planned to eat here before we [...]

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Benji’s birthday is next week, so we thought we’d treat him out to “A Day with Thomas.”  We invited his grandparents to join us and discussed eating lunch before the train ride.  Grandpoo suggested Tolbert’s, which would be right there in historic downtown Grapevine where the trains are.  Perfect choice.  We decided to meet [...]

The experience
It was such a beautiful day out today that I searched for patio restaurants in Plano.  Since we were unable to have pizza the other night, I was excited to find a pizza place in Plano with a patio that we hadn’t eaten at yet!  Unfortunately, I had an evening admission to do before [...]

The experience
It is a busy weekend for us.  Ogre’s aunt and uncle (Oma’s brother and sister) are visiting this weekend and we all met up for the King Tut exhibit (an almost fiasco in its own right – crazy packed!!).  After spending 2 hours with King Tut’s afterworld belongings, we decided we’d eat.   We are [...]

The experience
We asked the kids what kind of food they’d like to eat tonight and, of course, it was pizza.  Ogre lamented how childsplate made it so that we could not eat a “good” pizza place because we’d eaten at all the good ones.  I countered that wasn’t it the point to try other pizza [...]