Hankerin’ for some pulled pork

With the holiday weekend upon us, I know I’ll be cooking brisket on Saturday & ribs on Sunday.  But that wasn’t enough to stop me from satisfying my craving for some pulled pork.  I keep thinking about that 65lbs. of pork butt I cooked for the big party earlier in the summer, and I sure [...]

Sedona & the Pink Jeeps

Today we got up early and took a ride up to Sedona.  That’s about 100 miles give or take.  I wasn’t really sure what to expect and I was a little nervous about how well my wife would do on the Jeep tour that we made reservations for (http://www.pinkjeep.com).
Well I stopped second guessing this decision [...]

Taliesin West

As I mentioned previously, we’re visiting the Phoenix area.  Late on Monday afternoon we drove north of Scottsdale to Taliesin West, the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright .  This was Wright’s winter home for the last 20 years of his life.  He spent summers at Taliesin in Wisconsin.
The home is full of unique features [...]

2nd Honeymoon….sort of

I blogged a week or so ago about celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary.  As luck would have it, I’ve been asked to speak at a conference by one of my key vendors at work.  The conference is in Phoenix and we decided that my bride will tag along.  So first thing in the morning, we [...]

Back to School

Today was the first day of school for my kiddos.  Seems like the summer sure went fast, but the girls are excited by the prospect of a new year.
Madison is a 5th grader, so she’s the “senior” class in the elementary school and she gets a locker this year.  She’s got a great attitude and she’s [...]

Eggxtra! Eggxtra!

Read all about it!  It looks like my brother is a proud new owner of a Big Green Egg.  I haven’t confirmed this totally, but based on the picture email that I received a little earlier this evening, it looks like we have a new member of the BGE Cult…er, I mean BGE Club.
Dang!  I [...]

Contractors Suck

For the past 3 years, we’ve struggled with what to do with our back patio to provide shade during the summer.  Finally this spring we made a decision and found a contractor that we really liked.  We signed a contract, sent him a check, a scheduled a start time.
When the first start date came around, [...]

Big Greeg Egg Withdrawls

Since the big cook on July 11th, I haven’t fired the BGE for much more than a hamburger or chicken breast.  After a week of vacation, I began to suffer from BGE withdrawls.  So my neighbor and I decided we needed to cook this past weekend. I picked up a packer cut brisket to go [...]

20th Anniversary

Yesterday, my bride and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary.  I feel like that’s quite an accomplishment in this day and age.  However, we celebrated like we celebrate everyday.  We had soccer practice, real estate work to do, and miscellaneous duties associated with managing our family lives.
We did take a moment and exchange anniversary cards [...]

Men don’t ask for directions… unless they can use technology

In preparation for our recent trip to New York City, I spent some time looking at maps and generally pondering how I was going to navigate the concrete jungle.  While perusing a New York City tourism site, I stumbled on an application that is/was the answer to my dilemma.
This website allows you to input an [...]