Clueless Wonder

It is a beautiful thing, so pretty just too look at! It’s my first Le Creuset item, a Square Baking dish.

I was so excited to get it! We went into the Marshall’s that’s in the Pentagon Center. Having never gone in before Jason decided it was time for a visit. We found a nice Yankee Candle and this wonderful dish. Even better it was $12.95!!!! The best online sale price I could find was $29.99 so I think we definitely scored big!
I can’t wait to use it and the best thing is that it’s dishwasher safe! My great pots and pans are lovely to cook in but having to hand wash them can be a pain (for Jason – I don’t do dishes!!)

• 8/13 – I can’t seem to remember what we had – I could ask Jason but his answer is always “I ate, it was good, I don’t remember what it was!”
• 8/14 Angel Hair & Herb Pasta – so nothing to brag about!
• 8/15 Steak & Shrimp – you can’t go wrong with those!!!
• 8/16 Armands subs – we just love these! Order online and they show up piping hot!
• 8/17 Thanksgiving in August! chicken & stuffing!
• 8/18 After a long bike ride we were hungry early and grabbed some Irish Nachos and Chicken Tenders at Sine
• 8/19: Dinner was simple Hamburgers and a great fresh salad. I also whipped up individual strawberry shortcakes which came out great. They were the perfect size for Jason and I to split one.

  Highlight for tomorrow night – Jason is making lasagna! This means no cooking for me, leftovers for at least one night, and lunch for a day or two!! Yay!!!

Well this week wasn’t much a foodie brag week as I didn’t cook a thing!!! It was a foodie vacation. We went to Hershey PA for my company’s yearly family getaway for the weekend which consisted of some great food!!!

• 8/5 – Hamburger at Crystal City Sports Pub
• 8/6 – Chinese food from Charlie Changs
• 8/7 – Leftovers from Charlie Changs
• 8/8 – Restaurant Week here in DC – Bobby Vans Steakhouse – we both got the filet and it was fantastic!!!
• 8/9 – Buffett dinner at company function in Hershey PA, beef, chicken, fish etc…
• 8/10 – Circular Dining Room at Hershey Hotel – I can’t even begin to tell you how good this was! The fact that our $300 dinner bill was picked up by my company made it even better!! Jason got the filet and I got the NY strip which ere both great but the stand out item were the Scallops in the White Truffle Sauce! They were sooooo good!!!!!

Not much news as I haven’t been playing any poker at all lately. In retrospect, it will probably do wonders for my game and allow me to be more patient and zen-like about my bad beats, donkeys, and suckouts. However, Falstaff has announced the initial planning of the next WPBT event in Las Vegas. That at least has me excited about poker, bloggers, and large amounts of liquor.

It looks like the ‘official’ dates are Dec 6-10th and the block of rooms and tournament shall be at the Imperial Palace since they seem to treat us degenerates so well. I’ve already submitted my vacation time although I’m not sure if I’ll show up the 6th or 7th as the better half might be a wee bit upset if I were to fly to Vegas on my birthday just to hang out :)

I’m already looking forward to the flight itself as I’ve decided to not even attempt to shop for a bargain flight. Virgin Atlantic will have their service from Dulles (DCA) to Vegas up and running by then.  I’ve already gotten a price quote and it’s actually not bad anyway, especially considering the expected comfort and level of service. As far as accomodations, I’m expecting to stay at one of three locations: Mirage, Treasure Island, or the IP. The prices for Mirage and TI are both much cheaper than other of the bigger strip casinos for that time period and not bad at all. It just depends on how much I’m planning to gamble instead of just drinking with the group.

If you are also going stag and want to share a room at either the Mirage or TI, let me know.

Speaking of which, I plan on doing a lot more just hanging out with everybody. I didn’t take complete advantage this summer and plan to make up for that. So yes, I’ll donk with everybody else at the cash games, pai gow, and anything else that comes up. Bayne, we need to roll the dice again!