Phipps Feeding Fiasco

The experience
So it was another evening solo with the kids for dinner.  The wife would be eating prime steak at Three Forks.  I figured we’d stay close and make it quick.  We are rapidly running out of those kind of choices.  The last few months of this are going to be difficult.  In any event, [...]

The experience
For some reason I was craving Chinese today.  Too bad we’ve already hit all my favorite Chinese restaurants.  I’d have to be more adventuresome today, but hey, isn’t that the point of the blog??!  I googled “Best Chinese restaurant Plano.”  I came up with some web review site that pointed me to Rice Farm.  [...]

The experience
 It’s always a good idea to involve the celebrant when planning a celebration dinner.  I told my mom today that we’d be going out tomorrow night for her birthday.  Well, my dad is working tomorrow night.  Hmm.  She thought it better to go out tonight.  As you might have guessed, we didn’t have dinner [...]

The experience
First, let me start by saying that I was totally wrong on the post I wrote earlier today. We ARE more than halfway done with this crazy challenge!  I think the halfway point was actually Cafe San Miguel.  Anyway! Tonight we headed out again with no particular plan.  Ogre mentioned that Mina wanted to eat at [...]

The experience
Wow!  The weather out there is pretty bad. My initial plans for some tasty beverages on my only night off in two weeks went quickly out the window into this freezing wintery night.  Instead, Ogre informed me we would be doing Chinese BBQ…with Grandpoo and Oma.  Hmmmm.  Chinese BBQ?  We can’t eat at First [...]

The experience
Grace had a lengthy meeting downtown this evening and then got called into the hospital.  So I opted to go take Mina for a quick bite after I picked her up at school.  Benji would hang out and Lolo’s and learn to march.  Mina, of course, wanted First Chinese BBQ.  I told her we [...]

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The day started off very early for the Phipps household.  Normally, on the weekends, Mina might get up around 8:30 and Benji will sleep unti at least 9 o’clock.  I had to round this morning, but since I didn’t have to fight traffic, I thought I would sleep a few minutes later than normal.  [...]

The experience
It’s a slippery slope, my friends.  The suggestion by Ogre’s best friend, Dusty, was to go to Pei Wei…his treat, he received a $50 gift card for Christmas.  Ogre’s argument, Mina and I went to PF Chang’s.  Now, I am not going to deny my sweet little girl a restaurant because it’s chain-y.  I [...]

The experience
I was running late on the phone tonight and we committed to go over to my parents house for a belated Twelfth Night celebration at 6:30.  That meant we’d have to eat cookie and then head out for dinner very late.  Once our celebration wrapped up we headed out in no particular direction.  We [...]

The experience
Santa brought Mina the cutest little stocking stuffer: training chopsticks with a cute pink girl as the trainer!  I thought she would think it was fun to have Chinese tonight.  We picked the kids up from Lolo’s house and I did not even tell her we were eating Chinese BBQ or that I brought [...]