One of the good things about business trips is the opportunity to try new restaurants or dining establishments that are local to the area in which you are visiting. Last night I had dinner at Bare Back Grill. Yeah I thought the same thing. It's tagged as "New Zealand Burgers & Sammies." This was one of THE best dining experiences I've had while on a business trip (barring trips to SF, of course).
What you're seeing in the crappy picture is my dinner, which was far from crappy: Queenstown Fave, described as 100% organic beef, lettuce, tomato, red onion, aioli, BBG sauce and Edam cheese. The fries were shoestring and peppered. WONDERFUL taste in meat and ingredients. I washed it down with Wahoo Wheat, a Belgian wheat beer along the lines of a Hefenweizen. Yes....that is a schooner, approximately 2 pints. I was not the worse for wear afterwards!
There were cute waiters and cuter patrons. Two guys came in and sat at the bar table along the window next to me. Out of kindness I scooted over. Actually it was a ploy to be able to check them out. The one was your typical twink type: short hair, baseball cap on backwards, blondish, and he didn't shut up. He reminded me of Chad Overstreet of Glee because of his lips. His dinner companion, however, was downright woofy, with longish curly dark hair, a beautiful scruff on his face, and arm fur that was just made for running your fingers through. Oh and he had on black rimmed glasses that just made him look smart and sexy. I didn't dare take a picture.
Backtracking to the main part of the day, I only have three in class. Luckily they're fairly smart and made few errors in their first exercise. Nothing to look at in terms of looks, really. One is kind of pompous and he made the most errors. Naturally.
Today I finish the class and head home. It's only been 2 1/2 days but I'm still anxious to be home. I always appreciate home more when I'm away. Although last night's dinner is definitely a place to remember and I just may have to convince a friend to head back down for an overnight stay and schooner beer.
Speaking of schooner beer, it reminded me of a place we used to go when I was in college. We'd head over to Joe Jost's in Long Beach for schooner beer then head back to campus for class. Amazing to think I graduated what with all the beer consumed in those days.
I like beer. I used to be kind of ambivalent about it but in recent years I've discovered how much I enjoy it. More than hard liquor. I pretty much limit my alcohol intake to beer and wine these days.
Enough rambling, I know you're all dying to comment. Ha! Think good thoughts and send some my way as I will undoubtedly be stuck in traffic in the rain for hours.
BEHR HUGS
When I was five years old, I made my first friend in kindergarten: his name was Kirk and he was a redhead. And I loved Kirk. I called him "Cookie." I vaguely remember being invited to his birthday party - probably because we were in the same class rather than his actual wanting me to be there.
Happy First Day of Spring.
Thank you to all who gave words of encouragement regarding my presentation that I was to give yesterday. Unfortunately, the meeting was cancelled and therefore the presentation postponed as well. This wasn't too traumatic for me as I spent the day furiously working on another project for which my deliverable is EOM. So a two-week delay wasn't heartbreaking.
I found this Website that has last night's complete winner speeches in print format. They're almost correct (Melissa Leo's F-bomb says EXPLETIVE).
YES! Colin Firth won the Academy Award for his eloquent performance in The King's Speech. 
Tonight the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences present their annual awards. I'm not going to make any predictions but I will say my fingers are crossed for Colin Firth. 
If you're a fan of Survivor you're undoubtedly watching Survivor: Redemption Island, the 22nd season of this, the granddaddy of all reality shows.
He hails from Texas...ya know, where they grow 'em bigger. *wink* Love me some woofy Latino bear meat.
One of the good things about business trips is the opportunity to try new restaurants or dining establishments that are local to the area in which you are visiting. Last night I had dinner at Bare Back Grill. Yeah I thought the same thing. It's tagged as "New Zealand Burgers & Sammies." This was one of THE best dining experiences I've had while on a business trip (barring trips to SF, of course).
I'm back in La Jolla, which is near San Diego. Again, for work. I'm staying at a different place because last week's place didn't have available rooms. I'm further south - much further - but still less than 5 miles from the work location. Or so according to Google maps.
A friend of mine texted me late yesterday afternoon and convinced me to have dinner with him. We went to a nice little Italian place. They had a prix fixe menu which we weren't too ecstatic about but indulged anyway. For a starter we had steamed mussels and clams; then we shared a house salad and bowl of mushroom soup. He had the petite filet mignon and I had lasagna that was doused in alfredo sauce. It was quite scrumptious. We topped it off with tiramisu for dessert. Oh and we had a lovely pinot noir from the Sonoma region of California.
So this past week when I was in La Jolla, which is near San Diego, I thought about a certain someone because he lives there. I thought about how - if I weren't so damned stubborn and sensitive - I maybe could have called and crashed at his place rather than paying for a hotel and thus saving the company more money. I thought about driving by his place just to see if he still has his ridiculous vehicle. He had bought a particular trendy vehicle and it totally looked like a lesbian car. Just sayin'.
