White Dog Cafe

I went to the White Dog Cafe in Wayne today with some customers. The food and atmosphere were excellent. I had the mozzarella and tomato Salad to start and then had the mushroom omelet. Probably the best part was the dessert which was a s'more made with a brownie, Graham cracker ice-cream and marshmallow on top of the brownie.

ManU and Footnote were also there. Footnote had a turkey burger with the cheddar cheese pressed between the two 3oz patties, she said it was delicious. ManU tried the bread pudding with fresh berries. It was maybe the best dessert he had ever had. He reported that it was lighter compared to a traditional bread pudding.

The turkey burger was a special but everything else was on the menu.

PBR

Pabst Blue Ribbon. Try it. Easy to drink. Tastes good. As the names suggests it is a blue ribbon.

Coyote Crossing

Went to Coyote Crossing for Fathers Day. Try the duck quessadilla it is delicious.

St Louis Cardinals

I had to travel to St Louis the last couple of days and was fortunate enough that the Phillies were in town too. One of the people I was meeting with organized to have his company's tickets. Although the Phillies lost, it was a good night. The stadium is great and one of my favorites. The people of St Louis are very welcoming to opposing team fans too.

Check out the outfield grass too. The have cut the Gateway Arch into the design.

Birchrunville Cafe

My wife, parents and I visited this fabulous Chester County restaurant. Besides it being a BYO which allows us to bring some old Aussie wines, the mine is great. I had the duck wrapped in bacon. Absolutely fantastic.

A couple of recommendations about this restaurant. Leave plenty of time to get there, arrive early as the parking is limited, and bring good wine to match the great food.

Integrity

I remember when I was first starting my career and was invited to play golf I was told that that you can tell at lot about the people you are playing with by how they conduct themselves on the golf course. If the game is to be played by all the rules scores kept, one team wins and other losses, money may change hands or drinks purchased, some people may bend the rules to win at all costs. It is probably how they would contact business too when things get a little tough. Corners are cut, rules ignored, maybe even new rules are invented.

After tonight I now know that it applies to company softball too. If it means that much to you that you have to cheat, invent new rules and knock over players that are old enough to be your parents, and then don't help them up (don't even check if he is ok), then I'm probably not too eager to do business with you. At the very least I should check that I have my wallet and watch after any meetings with these folks.

Maybe I'm getting old, but there is a way to play, win or lose, but that is not what happened tonight.

Overheard

Just back from the morning run to get coffee at DD with T-Bone and overheard the following from a 20 something male:

"How many calories in a frozen hot chocolate?"

If you have to ask it has too many. Come on.

Anyway how can you have something that is frozen that is also hot.

Hangover 2

Just got back from seeing Hangover 2. Great movie. Very similar to the first but with a couple of twists. Don't see it with your kids. It is rated R for good reason.

State of Origin

Big win by the Blues against the cane toads 18 to 8. Onto the decider in Brisbane in 3 weeks. Nice to hear the Aussie commentators too as well as seeing Ricky Stuart having a beer with his players.

Accents

I was reminded today about people and listening to my accent. Some days I'm asked if I'm from Boston, other times from England, New Zealand or even South Africa. All wrong. My favorite though is when a work colleage (I believe it was farm building) introduced me to his parents. After chatting for a few minutes they left. Later I heard that the following conversation between son and parents:

"Does he have an a speech impediment?"

"No, he's Australian"