#1
I would like to thank the amazing people at Habitat For Humanity of Summit County and their incredible Home-In-One Golf Outing. I have been the Honorary Chair for this outing for about 10 years, and it's an real honor for me.
I am a real believer in the mission that Habitat has, and the services they provide. This is something you should really take a few minutes and see how you can possibly benefit.
The home of this outing is the Hudson Country Club and they do a very nice job and make us all feel welcome.
See what Habitat can do for you! Proud to be their voice!
#2
When I was a kid, the ice cream truck came around, and I generally got a Popsicle. Cheap, easy, and what my mom said I could get. The "Bomb Pop Kids" were rollin' high with their red, white and blue deliciousness, and I was stuck with the one flavor wooden stick.
Then there were the "Two Stick Kids." They got the ones with two sticks, and although they generally were a sticky, red mess with the summer sun roasting their two sticks of sugar like marshmallows over the campfire. And there I was with the single stick 'sicle and some childhood jealousy.
And last week, I had my first popsicle in about 30 years on a 90 degree day. Guess what? Single stick, cherry. And I was good with it, as much as things can change, some stay the same.
#3
This week there is one major release, and sadly for some it is not an original yet again. We are clearly in the era of no new ideas, so I give you Shaw And Hobbs. Two late added characters to the Fast And Furious franchise. This stars The Rock and Jason Statham.
These two don't seem to care for each other, and now they bring their wise-cracking action movie vibe to the big screen this week. Yes, this will find an following, and it is an alternative to the animated, Disney, and Superhero choices out there now, it just would be great to see something original at some point.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Monday, July 22, 2019
Blog Week 13
#1
I know that National Ice Cream Day was Sunday, but that's ridiculous. Ice cream gets one single day. What is better than ice cream? I don't, but I could eat ice cream every single day. There are a few kinds of ice cream too. Good, really good, great, fantastic, and amazing. I don't care what kind I am eating.
I am a cup and bowl guy though, and yes I am anti-cone. Traditional cones taste and look like asbestos, or insulation. Sugar cones, though better, are still a calorie waster. Then there are waffle cones, in a pinch where there is a much dreaded bowl shortage, will do, but still there is a decision, if I am going to eat the waffle cone, or get out a spoon and go to work right out of the tub.
I, for one don't need a bunch of mumbo jumbo on ice cream either. Just roll it up, and slap in the bowl. Small spoon too make it last longer. Perfect rolls are fine or SQUARE as you can see from the pic, that's the Idaho way. And BTW, do you really need a "sample?" Maybe if you're like.....9. But it's ice cream, order, pay and keep the line moving.....
Long live ice cream.
#2
I have been going to Indians games for many, many years. I have been a 20 game season ticket holder for the past 3 years. I remember when going to a Tribe game was exactly that. Going to a ball game. Now it is so much more - and it's better.
Long gone are the days of 5,000 in old Municipal Stadium for Banner Day, or Grandstand Managers Day, with soggy hotdogs, a scoreboard that looked like Pong, and the dreaded troughs. When you go to Progressive Field now, it's a blast from the moment you walk in. The music, the food, the great smells, the sun, the shows, the well....everything. The Indians are a first class operation who give you a fun, family friendly experience from start to finish.
I mean, where else where else can you see live hot dogs starring in a hot local band?
#3
When we walked on the moon in 1969, I was very young, but I do remember my parents making sure we all watched Neil and Buzz make world history. I am glad of that....
I remember wanting to be an astronaut too. And although my life went and continues to go in a different direction, I would have done what they did all those years ago. And if I had the chance, I would do it now. I get it, there are a few obstacles in my way, but the chance to walk on the moon, or sit on top of a Saturn V Rocket on Earth is something I would do in a heartbeat.
Windy and I saw Neils spacesuit from all those years ago this week on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and we both had to take a pic. And even though neither one of us will be suiting up soon and riding the Orion into space, it's nice to dream we would.
So Cool!
#4
Another weekend of few releases, as there are plenty of HUGE movies to see right now, ass studios are waiting for them to blow over. But this is well timed. With all the animation, superhero and Disney stuff out right now, it seems right for a Quentin Tarantino flick to find an crowd. A behibnd the scenes Hollywood story set in 1969.
This stars Leo and Brad. Plus, Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell, and an ton of other very big stars. I am a huge fan of Tatantino flicks, and though they aren graphic and tough to watch at times, they are highly original.
I know that National Ice Cream Day was Sunday, but that's ridiculous. Ice cream gets one single day. What is better than ice cream? I don't, but I could eat ice cream every single day. There are a few kinds of ice cream too. Good, really good, great, fantastic, and amazing. I don't care what kind I am eating.
I am a cup and bowl guy though, and yes I am anti-cone. Traditional cones taste and look like asbestos, or insulation. Sugar cones, though better, are still a calorie waster. Then there are waffle cones, in a pinch where there is a much dreaded bowl shortage, will do, but still there is a decision, if I am going to eat the waffle cone, or get out a spoon and go to work right out of the tub.
I, for one don't need a bunch of mumbo jumbo on ice cream either. Just roll it up, and slap in the bowl. Small spoon too make it last longer. Perfect rolls are fine or SQUARE as you can see from the pic, that's the Idaho way. And BTW, do you really need a "sample?" Maybe if you're like.....9. But it's ice cream, order, pay and keep the line moving.....
Long live ice cream.
#2
I have been going to Indians games for many, many years. I have been a 20 game season ticket holder for the past 3 years. I remember when going to a Tribe game was exactly that. Going to a ball game. Now it is so much more - and it's better.
Long gone are the days of 5,000 in old Municipal Stadium for Banner Day, or Grandstand Managers Day, with soggy hotdogs, a scoreboard that looked like Pong, and the dreaded troughs. When you go to Progressive Field now, it's a blast from the moment you walk in. The music, the food, the great smells, the sun, the shows, the well....everything. The Indians are a first class operation who give you a fun, family friendly experience from start to finish.
I mean, where else where else can you see live hot dogs starring in a hot local band?
#3
When we walked on the moon in 1969, I was very young, but I do remember my parents making sure we all watched Neil and Buzz make world history. I am glad of that....
I remember wanting to be an astronaut too. And although my life went and continues to go in a different direction, I would have done what they did all those years ago. And if I had the chance, I would do it now. I get it, there are a few obstacles in my way, but the chance to walk on the moon, or sit on top of a Saturn V Rocket on Earth is something I would do in a heartbeat.
Windy and I saw Neils spacesuit from all those years ago this week on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and we both had to take a pic. And even though neither one of us will be suiting up soon and riding the Orion into space, it's nice to dream we would.
So Cool!
#4
Another weekend of few releases, as there are plenty of HUGE movies to see right now, ass studios are waiting for them to blow over. But this is well timed. With all the animation, superhero and Disney stuff out right now, it seems right for a Quentin Tarantino flick to find an crowd. A behibnd the scenes Hollywood story set in 1969.
This stars Leo and Brad. Plus, Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell, and an ton of other very big stars. I am a huge fan of Tatantino flicks, and though they aren graphic and tough to watch at times, they are highly original.
Monday, July 15, 2019
blog week 12
#1
Sometimes things happen that reminds us that there are good people in the world, and not everyone is out to take advantage of someone.
Windy and I were in Island Park, Idaho last week. It is about as out there as you can get. 4 hour drive at 80mph from Salt Lake City. There is not a lot there. We rented a cabin and drove to Yellowstone a few times, and on the day we were go back to SLC, we had a rental car whose rear right tire was about flat. 8am!
There are three things in Island Park near our cabin, a Phillips 66 gas station, a whole lot of high country, and a place called The Repair Shop next door to the gas station. I had no clue where the next ...anything was, and we had a long, remote, high speed drive ahead.
Enter Tayson at the Repair Shop. He knew our problem, and he fixed it right away. No wait, no fuss, and only $20 to get us going when it would have been easy to charge us $100. I am pretty handy, but now one is when it's that much of a road game.
We will never forget the kindness given to us that day from good people, from good country!
#2
I love to find funny businesses and sometimes the diverse things one place can do. Years ago in my hometown of Berea, there was the Berea Laundromat and Deli. And this week when Windy and I were on vacation in Idaho, we found this gem in Lava Hot Springs, population 407. The Royal Hotel and Pizzeria.
Its about perfect. Delicious pizza, and then a place to lay down after! Now before you think this could not possibly be good, it was. VERY good. And it's been there for 105 years! In small towns you have to be many things to many people, and that is what this was! Place was packed and the pie was great!
Plus, we learned that a small squeeze of lemon on a pizza slice is delish! And it was. When in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, do as they do!
#3
Why is it that there are some things you just have to do? While out west on vacation, we saw a bevy of Sinclair Gas Stations. Windy and I were getting ready to take a tour of Salt Lake City, and I saw the station with it's iconic green Brontosaurus Dinosaur! (It's actually a Apatosaurus) She immediately got out her phone, smiled and rolled her eyes.
Yeah, I wanted a pic and I got one. I know it wasn't Mount Rushmore, or the Grand Canyon, or even The Bob's Big Boy. But it had to be done. And truth be told if there was a Big Boy handy, I would have done that too. We all seem to like taking pics at certain areas for unknown reasons. Like the new Cleveland signs, You see one, you take one, it's just as simple as that. And as you can see, I have one of those too.
And that's all well and fine, but it's no Sinclair Green Dinosaur....
Sometimes things happen that reminds us that there are good people in the world, and not everyone is out to take advantage of someone.
Windy and I were in Island Park, Idaho last week. It is about as out there as you can get. 4 hour drive at 80mph from Salt Lake City. There is not a lot there. We rented a cabin and drove to Yellowstone a few times, and on the day we were go back to SLC, we had a rental car whose rear right tire was about flat. 8am!
There are three things in Island Park near our cabin, a Phillips 66 gas station, a whole lot of high country, and a place called The Repair Shop next door to the gas station. I had no clue where the next ...anything was, and we had a long, remote, high speed drive ahead.
Enter Tayson at the Repair Shop. He knew our problem, and he fixed it right away. No wait, no fuss, and only $20 to get us going when it would have been easy to charge us $100. I am pretty handy, but now one is when it's that much of a road game.
We will never forget the kindness given to us that day from good people, from good country!
#2
I love to find funny businesses and sometimes the diverse things one place can do. Years ago in my hometown of Berea, there was the Berea Laundromat and Deli. And this week when Windy and I were on vacation in Idaho, we found this gem in Lava Hot Springs, population 407. The Royal Hotel and Pizzeria.
Its about perfect. Delicious pizza, and then a place to lay down after! Now before you think this could not possibly be good, it was. VERY good. And it's been there for 105 years! In small towns you have to be many things to many people, and that is what this was! Place was packed and the pie was great!
Plus, we learned that a small squeeze of lemon on a pizza slice is delish! And it was. When in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, do as they do!
#3
Why is it that there are some things you just have to do? While out west on vacation, we saw a bevy of Sinclair Gas Stations. Windy and I were getting ready to take a tour of Salt Lake City, and I saw the station with it's iconic green Brontosaurus Dinosaur! (It's actually a Apatosaurus) She immediately got out her phone, smiled and rolled her eyes.
Yeah, I wanted a pic and I got one. I know it wasn't Mount Rushmore, or the Grand Canyon, or even The Bob's Big Boy. But it had to be done. And truth be told if there was a Big Boy handy, I would have done that too. We all seem to like taking pics at certain areas for unknown reasons. Like the new Cleveland signs, You see one, you take one, it's just as simple as that. And as you can see, I have one of those too.
And that's all well and fine, but it's no Sinclair Green Dinosaur....
Monday, July 1, 2019
Blog week #11
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to attend a party in Canfield and man was I glad about that. Windy had an aunt that was retiring and it was a really nice affair.
They hired this amazing company called Roxbury Pizza to make brick oven pizzas out of a mobile set up right there at the house. And It was incredible. Pizza in 90 seconds in a real brick oven that was as delicious as any I have ever had.
What a great idea, fresh pizza on location for a special occasion. These were really nice, dedicated pizza makers that helped make this party really fun. Windy and I and EVERYONE there loved this pie.
I think I are like 10 pieces. Delish!
#2
Just to prove there is nothing that has not been invented, look at this!
OK, as in true Morning Show fashion, let's break it down. Chocolate = Good! Tabasco= Good Spicy= Good. So I'm assuming this is good.
Do you know any other strange combos?
#3
Wednesday on the show, we asked you to post pics of your grill, and/or grilling and we got tons of them. They all were great, and we got some amazing grill ideas for the Holiday Weekend!
But my long time friend from Florida Ray sent me a pic of his grill, and I have to say as great as my grill is, Ray wins! Holy cow! In fairness, he does some big parties as a side hustle. And he's darn good at it.
So as most will be salivating over the food prepared on regular grills, some of us hard core grillers will be salivating over that amazing grill.
They hired this amazing company called Roxbury Pizza to make brick oven pizzas out of a mobile set up right there at the house. And It was incredible. Pizza in 90 seconds in a real brick oven that was as delicious as any I have ever had.
What a great idea, fresh pizza on location for a special occasion. These were really nice, dedicated pizza makers that helped make this party really fun. Windy and I and EVERYONE there loved this pie.
I think I are like 10 pieces. Delish!
#2
Just to prove there is nothing that has not been invented, look at this!
OK, as in true Morning Show fashion, let's break it down. Chocolate = Good! Tabasco= Good Spicy= Good. So I'm assuming this is good.
Do you know any other strange combos?
#3
Wednesday on the show, we asked you to post pics of your grill, and/or grilling and we got tons of them. They all were great, and we got some amazing grill ideas for the Holiday Weekend!
But my long time friend from Florida Ray sent me a pic of his grill, and I have to say as great as my grill is, Ray wins! Holy cow! In fairness, he does some big parties as a side hustle. And he's darn good at it.
So as most will be salivating over the food prepared on regular grills, some of us hard core grillers will be salivating over that amazing grill.
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