Phipps Feeding Fiasco

The experience
Today when I called Ogre to go to dinner, he said he wanted to eat somewhere quick because he had a lot of work to do.  First off, Mina eating and quick has never been compatible.  I did, however, choose a close restaurant since that cuts down on overall going out to eat time [...]

The experience
We were off to a very late start tonight as I had some late afternoon and into early evening admissions to do.  I had dropped off Mina at my Mom’s to play with Benji, who was already there and headed to the hospital.  By the time I was ready to head out, it was [...]

The experience
Another ridiculously packed weekend for Team Phipps started with a birthday party for Grace’s friend’s child.  We had planned on making our way to Sweet Tomatoes after the party on a suggestion.  It sounded familiar but I couldn’t quite recall where it was.  We’d hoped it would be in the navigation system but it turned out [...]

The experience
It was once again Chef Mina’s cooking class this evening, so we’d be eating in West Plano.  In order to ease our pocketbook pain, we’ve resorted to The Best Of Guide that came in the mail and we also purchased an Entertainment book for $20.  So we’d already located Prego Express Italian some days [...]

The experience
Okay, Murphinians, this one’s for you!  As always, when the Phipps team has a strategy, something goes wrong.  Today things went very wrong…for Ogre anyway.  He woke up not feeling too great, said something about his stomach being queasy, but it wasn’t too bad.  We planned a few days ago to go to Picasso’s [...]

The experience
Today was family sickness day.  We stayed home all day today due to Mina’s being sick beginning at Loverhorns aka Love and War In Texas and continuing at Cafe Brazil.  We didn’t want another repeat so the plan was one of us would take Benji to eat while the other stayed home with Mina [...]

The experience
Dr. Mom suggested a few places before leaving for work this evening.  After picking up Mina from kindergarten, I let her choose.  She chose pizza at The Shire.  That would be Scalini’s.  Sounded quick and easy and I was eager to redeem ourselves after the pizza experience at Fireside Pies last week and out [...]

The experience
It’s another beautiful September day in Texas.  Ogre wants to eat on a patio.  We get going pretty early tonight.  Apparently, Ogre hasn’t eaten all day, he told me he didn’t want screw up the childsplate timing for dinner.  I told him I ate lunch at 3 o’clock.  He looks a little hurt.  Oh well.  [...]

The experience
So after 36 days straight without going to some of Mina’s favorite places due to our desire to steer clear of the more chain-type restaurants.  I finally decided I would give into her desire to go eat at California Pizza Kitchen in The Shops of Willow Bend in Plano.  She loves this location because [...]

The experience
Mina chose pizza as the cuisine tonight.  We decided on Campisi’s, and while we typically go to the location in Plano, we drove to the original location in Dallas for the full experience.  Campisi’s Egyptian Restaurant still sits where it’s been since 1946.  The Egyptian Restaurant part of its name came from the restaurant that sat there [...]