The City I Live In: a short rant

11 August 2010

8 Comments

Every day, there’s something like a 20 minute wait at Olive Garden in Peoria for lunch.  Forget that there are more-authentic Italian places all over the city where you could just walk in, and get better food, with no wait at all! I was told by someone in the know that the Peoria Olive Garden [...]

Continue reading...

Top Ten Friday: Summer Activities

9 July 2010

0 Comments

I’m going to try this as a semi-regular feature of this blog… Top Ten Fridays.  Thanks to those of you that made suggestions… I have at least a couple weeks worth.  If you have ideas, though, please let me know.  For today, Top Ten Summer Activities: Sitting outside with friends, drinking great summer beverages, enjoying [...]

Continue reading...

Pizza & Friends

24 April 2010

0 Comments

We had over some close friends last night – the kind where you don’t have to try to impress them, because they’re not impressed with you anyway!  LOL!  So, I decided to experiment with dinner – something I don’t generally do when I’m cooking to impress. Anyway, I decided it was an opportunity to “try [...]

Continue reading...