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As the sister restaurant to Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, it’s no surprise that Del Frisco’s Grille takes food and atmosphere up several notches from your regular casual dining restaurant.

As I mentioned in my most recent The Week That Was post, over the weekend I went to visit my friends Joni and Tony in Flower Mound, TX.  I don’t get to see them very often outside of football season, and I’ll take any excuse to go to Dallas.  By the time I arrived at …

I was pleasantly surprised when I was on restaurant.com a couple weeks ago and saw that they offer certificates for Farina’s Winery & Café.  I had been there once with Joni last summer, and it’s one of her favorite places.  They only offer $25 or $50 certificates, but we were pretty confident we wouldn’t have …

If there’s one thing that Joni and I do well, it’s eat.  And drink wine.  We discussed options of places to eat dinner, and I looked at restaurant.com, but nothing jumped out at us.  Joni suggested The Classic Café.  She said they usually go there as a special-occasion dinner, but since we hadn’t seen each other …

I’ve made it my new mission to get out of Stillwater more often.  I like living here, and have made tons of great friends, but there’s only so much to do.  This town really caters more towards families and college kids.  And besides, OKC is really growing.  Spending more time there the last couple months …

I’ve been hearing about Babe’s Chicken Dinner House for years, and every time I drive to Dallas I plan to eat there for lunch on my way down.  But then I remember, usually about the time I cross the state line, that the location I pass off I35 isn’t open for lunch on weekdays.  And …

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Joni’s friend Dion had told us about a fun place in Dallas called Truck Yard. Since we didn’t have a plan for Saturday, we decided to meet her there and check it out. Its in Lower Greenville, an area with tons of restaurants, bars, and shops.  We drove through a couple areas that didn’t look the …

UPDATE: When I originally visited this restaurant, it was called Cafe Mezza & Grille. The restaurant underwent renovations, and is now called Mezza Grille. Last month I was in Houston for a work event, and unfortunately this trip was kind of a nightmare. I was in a school rental van, and the tire went soft. I stopped to …

The morning after the Houston caravan, the tire on my truck was soft again.  Big surprise.  So I stopped back at the Firestone place, they filled it with air, and told me I should be able to make it to Dallas.  So I decided to grab some breakfast before I got on the road.  JJ …

We are so lucky to have a ton of great donors at OSU.  I’ve been blessed to get to know so many of them, from the grassroots donors who are the heart of the POSSE, to the suiteholders who I work with every gameday to ensure they and their guests are having a first-class experience. …

I know I’ve mentioned it on this blog before, but until I moved to Oklahoma I rarely ate Mexican food.  I’m really not sure why, especially considering my parents live near several Hispanic parts of town.  I also never ate avocados until I moved here.  Now I buy avocados weekly and eat them straight, almost …

My parents and I stayed for an extra night after the bowl game.  There was no reason to rush back, plus I wanted to do some shopping at Grapevine Mills, which was about a mile from the team hotel.  I love that mall, but I hate that even though it’s technically an outlet, mos tof …

About a year ago I did a post on what I do at the bowl game, and one of the things I talked about was finding bar(s) to be our official party headquarters.  If the hotel and stadium are close enough to each other, we just use the same location for the whole time.  If not, I’ll …