Category Archives: Food and dining

Food and dining, Trips

HomeMade Pizza

A buddy of mine, Filip, lives in Poland and has a kick ass band over there. We keep in touch on Facebook and I get a kick out of seeing the photos of things over there. It’s not that different from America in a lot of ways.

I didn’t want to sound like a schmuck, but I went ahead and asked him what some things are like and what things are different over in Poland compared to America. He says all the same movies like Disney and Warner Brothers are released over there, but all the voices are dubbed over by Polish actors. They don’t even try to find an actor that sounds close to the original English speaking actors – I wonder how the Polish actors get those gigs? It would be easy work – no real acting – just talking into a microphone and reading from  a script.

Last night Filip posted Instagram photos of his home made pizza. It was not round like our traditional pizzas over here, he made it a big rectangle that fit in a cookie sheet kind of pan. He has a gas oven, so I wonder if that oven gets hotter than my electric one? I wonder if the gas gives it a better flavor than an electric oven?

His home made pizza was completely homemade – the dough was made in their kitchen and even the pizza sauce was made from fresh tomatoes. I was impressed and it looked great! I’ve never tried to make a pizza completely from scratch before. But now he has inspired me – if Fili and his wife can make a big pizza at home – why can’t I?

Family, Food and dining, Shopping

Christmas Eve Panic and Worries

Here it is, Christmas Eve. I have some things to do and thankfully do not have to work today. So I can run all the errands and get everything done to be ready for the big event tomorrow morning – the tearing of the wrapping papers.

I have two people that still needs gifts – they are the hardest fucking people to buy anything for. Mostly because they have so much crap already and they make good money, so anything that they do want they go out and buy for themselves. So what do you buy for someone who already has everything they want and need? I figure I’ll give them something edible or perishable. So I’m going to hit up the local florist shop first, and see what they’ve got. If they strike out on me, then I will go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of gourmet foods and make a custom gift basket for them.

I’m pretty sure I have all the groceries I need for the next week. I’m not cooking Christmas dinner, so I don’t have to worry about a turkey or a ham and all that. But I still need to eat breakfast and can’t count on bringing home any leftovers, so I’m buying some things like pie and sandwich bread, lettuce and deli meats, just in case.

So, I’m outta here and hope you all have a really nice Christmas.

Business, Food and dining

Need a Date for the Company Christmas Party

This Saturday night is our big company Christmas party at the Sheraton. This is always a big deal for my company – they spend a lot of money on the whole evening for us. It starts off with a cocktail hour and open bar at 7:00 pm, so people have plenty of time to arrive and get happy. Then they have a formal sit down dinner with prime rib and all kinds of side dishes. And then we have a kind of awards time, with the CEO giving a speech and a lot of people getting recognition for things we’ve accomplished throughout the year. Then the company President hands out Christmas bonus checks to all the staff, which always puts a big smile on everyone’s faces.

After all the speeches and awards and the bonus checks, they bring out coffee and dessert carts with all kinds of fantastic cheesecakes, pies, cakes and ice creams. And they bring out a DJ and open the bar again. We dance until 1:00 am. It is a crazy fun dinner and dance and fun time with everyone from our office. I’m really looking forward to it and now I have to find a good looking woman to be my date and make me look good in front of my boss and co-workers.

Business, Food and dining

Scrounging the Break Room for Lunch

Can’t get out of here for lunch, so I guess I’ll be hitting the break room and looking around for whatever I can grab. Or vending machine crap.

Either that or I have to order pizza and have it delivered. The problem with ordering pizza is that you can never order it just for yourself. You have to walk around and offer a share of the pizza with everyone in the office. Sometimes I end up buying 5 pizzas, and then its a pain in the ass to collect money back from people. I work with a big bunch of moochers. Why am I the only one who orders pizza and takes a hit on the bill?

Automobiles, Food and dining, Friends, Shopping

Flowers for My Lady

Most of the time when I stop for gas, I just pay at the pump with a credit card or my debit card and I don’t go in the store. But today I was jonesing for a candy bar and I decided to jump inside and grab a Snickers. While standing in line to pay a buck twenty five (really!!??!!) for this candy bar, I saw a little stand with fresh flowers in it by the cash register. The flowers were an assortment of different kinds and colors, and they had some single red roses, too. I decided on impulse to spend $7 on the assorted flowers and I’m going to surprise my girl with them tonight when I get off work. Going to be a nice evening tonight.