I spent some time with my family this past weekend and we talked about my previous post about the 1982 World’s Fair. As we talked about the trip, we started talking about another notable meal that we ate during this trip.
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Eating at the 1982 World’s Fair
The 1982 World’s Fair was held in Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville is about a 5-hour drive from where we lived at the time. Our family decided to go to the fair for our summer vacation. My wife and I were dating at the time and my family invited her to go on the trip. My sister …
Bob Evans Coffee
Several years ago, my family were on vacation. We decided to stop at a Bob Evans restaurant for breakfast. We don’t have any Bob Evans restaurants very close to where we live and my family had never been to one before. I had eaten at one during my work travel and had an idea of …
Eating At Subway
I have a cousin that is several years younger than me. He was probably a pre-teen when my wife and moved back to our hometown. My wife was the news editor for the county’s weekly newspaper and covered everything including wrecks, fires, government meetings and sports. We would go to most of the high school …
IHOP Revisited
We showed up at the IHOP after church expecting nothing different from any other visit to IHOP. We arrived a little later than normal so we had to wait to be seated. I went to the hostess station and she asked how many. I said two. Then she asked my name and I told her. …
Eating With My Family After The Show
In my previous post, I talked about a recent trip to see Gilbert Gottfried in Nashville. I didn’t mention that my wife and kids went with me to this show. Because my youngest daughter was traveling back to school after the show, we were staying in Nashville for the evening. We decided to grab a bite to eat …
Country Fried Steak
Over the years, my family and I have occasionally eaten at IHOP on Sundays after church. IHOP isn’t the only restaurant like this where we eat on Sundays. Most of the time, we eat at home on Sundays. But this story takes place at a time when we were eating at IHOP more often. …
McDonald’s Cheeseburger
My father was traveling through Memphis when I was a kid. As he was leaving Memphis he stopped at a McDonalds on Summer Avenue near the edge of town. He went into the store, went up to the counter and placed his order. He wanted a cheeseburger. A cheeseburger costs 65 cents. He told them …
Waffle House From Hell
My wife’s grandmother lived in Nashville right before she died. A few weeks after she passed away, my wife, my mother-in-law and I went to Nashville to help clean out her apartment. We traveled in two vehicles. My wife and I were in my small pickup truck. We were going to transport bedroom furniture. My …
Dessert in Singapore
I have written about my trip to China before. I have talked about Chinese tea and being chased by monkeys. I haven’t mentioned that this two week trip also included a visit to Singapore. When they told me about a visit to Singapore, I didn’t have a good feel for where that was in relationship …