Great 5 days in Kansas with my family!

Having photo fun with Aidan, my youngest nephew at one of my favorite
Kansas City restaurants. Aiden liked the bathroom sinks. I liked the
artwork. We all loved the food.

Kansas Salad Bar Fluff

Where red and green "fluff" is featured prominantly on good salad
bars. Yum?!

Breakfast in Kansas. My heart will never be the same.

Eating some barbeque in Topeka.

On my way home to Kansas

Four days of business in Chicago. And now almost a week home in
Kansas. Looking forward to Moms homemade greenbean and dumplings soup
with Uncle Joe's smoked sausage on the side. Yum!

I miss this. Do you?

Chicago food. I deserve rewards tonight!

First stop: Portillos Hot Dogs - Chicago style!

Great Chicago pizza

My first of two stops for great deep dish pizza in Chicago!

This was my first 20 years. And I am still coming back. So good!

Ahh Chicago. Good to see you again!

I am in Chicago for the next 4 days.
It has been so long since I have been here.
Of course, I will be eating my way through the city.

I am finishing up a presentation (lapttop wireless work) in a cool bar
called Bin 36. The have 49 wines by the glass and 45 different cheeses
you can taste for $3 a piece. I am in heaven!

Rick in Korea - latest photos

Latest photos from Korea – and the GLOBAL HR FORUM:

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It's pumpkin ale time.

Doing some "Rick Cave Time." A weekend without people. Back from Korea
for the week. Great time. Great food. Great business opportunities.
Likely to be back. Hard to believe it is November. Getting ready for
trips to Chicago and Kansas City. What does your November look like? -
Rick

Halloween is fun!

The Induan guru is serving up Halloween candy!

Eating paella for 40 people.

At a party with 40 people eating paella cooked by the paella man from
Point Reyes California. This is the real deal.

Attending a tropical theme party.

A City Year fund raising event. I have learned much tonight.

Real Mexican

Deciding what authentic taco to have for dinner. I think I will go wit
carnitas (pork). And pastor. And carne asada. And tripas (cow stomach. )

Saturday night sunsets.

Sitting on our decks in the neighborhood. Enjoying the last sunsets
before the time changes in the next several weeks.

Enjoying Friday afternoon snacks with friends.

Friday afternoon snacks.

Fresh made from friend Karie.

Jazz and beer at Ritz Carlton

How cool is this? Local beers. Great four piece jazz. Angus burger
with carmelized onions. Point Reyes blue cheese from just up the
coast. Great friend in town from DC. It is a Thursday in California!

Enjoying the sunset.

California beauty. Wine. Great weather. The mist of Avalon. Loving it.

Sitting at the ocean

Sitting outside. At the oceans edge. In Half Moon Bay. Listening to
the ocean. On my computer working on a website. A compromise between
work and play?

Out with friends in Napa!

Walking in the redwood forests of California

So magestic! Clean air. Beautiful.

Having dim sum with my friends in China Town.

Taro dim sum

Grape crushing in Napa!

Eating brunch up in Napa Valley.

Fresh little donuts at The Boonfly Cafe in Napa Valley. Just a little
better than the donuts we made in grade school from biscuit dough.

Randy and Caitlyn be the Bay Bridge

San Francisco

Introducing San Francisco beer to my Topeka friends.

Randy is happy to start celebrating Octoberfest!

Randy and Caitlyn eating oysters

Eating fresh oysters. $1 per pop.

San Francisco farmers market.
A beautiful Saturday morning in the bay area!

At the Saturday farmers market

Look at this carrot! Weighing over 4 LBS. Hmmm. What could I cook with
this?

Drinking carrot beer

It is beer night at Devils Canyon Brewery. Private membership. Their
feature beer is a Belgium carrot lambick. The flavor messes with you a
little.

Asia food shopping

Shopping for ingredients to make braised Vietnamese short ribs. Anyone
want to be a guest?

Eating a fish taco and so happy!

Finally! Iam so excited. In February of 1992, a girlfriend of mine
introduced me to a little baha style fish taco place in San Diego. She
was in school there. I was visiting. After one bite of a Rubios fish
taco I was a changed man. I had a new religion. I ate at that Rubios
every day while I was visiting. I couldn't get enough. Eventually I
had enough of the girl. She wanted me to be more into her religion.
But I did keep the religion of the Rubios fish taco! I used to seek
them out everytime I visited Southern California.

When I moved to San Francisco I have had to drive 30 minutes away on
the other side of the Bay to get a fish taco fix.

But today the angels arrived. They opened up a Rubios about 12 minutes
away near the campus of Stanford. I came today and had a fish taco
plus their mushroom and roasted poblano taco. Delish!

And to add to the marvelousness, next door to Rubios they opened a
Peets coffee. My favorite taco and my favorite coffee next door to
each other? Can life get better?

(Hmmm. Perhaps! If I could have 10 restaurants in a row what
additional places would I add? Check back on my website www.fridayinthecity.Blogspot.com
to see my list. And tell me what your list would be!)

It is a great Friday!

Playing with a funny little application on his Iphone.

Aren't Fridays wonderful?

Sleeping in a casita at the Waldorf Boulders

Phoenix Arizona

Being treated to someone else making a homemade Caesar salad.

For the first time I walked into a house and someone else is making a
Homemade Caessr salad. Tasted great. I am in Phoenix today for a
business trip.

Anyone for a really large omelet?

 

Anyone for a really large omelet?

Going out on a sunset cruise with the neighbors!

Attending an afternoon showing of Julie and Julia with my friends Karie and Celli.

At home making Boeof Bourgiungnonne

Honoring Julia Childs for a "Julie and Julia" movie weekend. Six
courses tonight including Boeuf Bourgiungnonne.

Shopping at my favorite grocery store

Shopping at Whole Foods for my Jilie and Julia meal tonight.