Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

Felix Restaurant, in Cabo San Lucas, bills the salsa bar as the world’s longest salsa bar. I am not sure its the longest, but with 26 salsas available, it definitely has great variety. Our dinner at Felix’s was only one of the highlights of a mini family vacation in the town at the [...]

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For those planning a quiet relaxing stay at Hotel Clark, please be warned that the Hotel is under construction.  Although we still have rooms, they are limited to the couches downstairs or an Aerobed crammed in the same room with exercise equipment, sowing machines and ironing boards.  Guests will be subject to construction [...]

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Sorry about the lack of posts, but in reality, things have been quiet, if not boring around the place. That changed as rooms started filling up this week. Our son is down from college for the summer and on Thursday Jim and Ivana arrived from New Zealand for a 10 day stay. [...]

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We hosted a pasta making party over Memorial Day Weekend, and it turns out making pasta in a large group is a fun way to fill an afternoon. Five of us mixed the flour and eggs by hand, then the whole group help roll the pasta with the old hand crank pasta roller or [...]

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Ok, so I wasn’t bowled over with Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill (but his recipes are still wonderful). For our other pre-theater dinner, we booked reservations at Kellari Taverna, an upscale Greek restaurant on 44th Street. We had heard that their prefix dinner was a great deal, but I was more interested in taking my [...]

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What could be better, four days of exploration of all things New York city has to offer. Landscapes, history, entertainment, and dining pleasures. We arrived late Thursday night and checked into the Helmsley Hotel on 42nd Street. I quick walk to pick up some .99 cent per slice New York style pizza [...]

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My wife celebrated her 50th birthday with a party put on at our house by her three sisters. The evening included some magic for entertainment and the sisters initiating Annette into the Red Hat Society. It was completely enjoyable, and a big thanks has to go to the three sisters. Their effort [...]

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After my daughter left for New Zealand and then my son went off to college, I started cooking dinner for just my wife and I. Cooking for two was hard. I was still making two much food each night. Leftovers were going uneaten. I was finding it hard to cut recipes down [...]

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If you didn’t know, I am somewhat of a closet weather buff. Ever since watching the TV channel at my grandparent’s house in Texas that would slowly pan back and forth between different weather dials, such as temp, wind speed, pressure and humidity, I have followed weather forecasts regularly. Today I use the [...]

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If you follow me on Twitter, you know I went to the Bruce Springsteen concert in Anaheim on Monday. First a little background. I am not a big concert goer. Let me count the concerts that I have been to:

Van Halen (just before they got big)
Linda Ronstadt (Smokey Robinson made an appearance)
Dan [...]

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