Summer Update

This summer has been absolutely amazing so far! I have been traveling, eating, serving, driving, flying, sleeping, and getting pretty gross spider bites.

So here is the update so far:

Driving:

Utah to Washington D.C.: aprox 2,122 miles

Utah to Phoenix, AZ: aprox 632 miles

Utah to Vista, CA (Roundtrip): 1372 miles

And countless driving around town and to and from airports.

Flying:

Dulles, VA to SLC, UT: 1,842 miles  Flight Time: 3 hours 39 minutes

SLC, UT to Long Beach, CA (Round Trip): 1188 miles Flight Time: 2 hours 23 minutes

Los Angeles, CA to Nadi, Fiji (Round Trip): 11,004 miles Flight TIme: 21 hours 5 minutes

Totals:

Driving: 4,126 miles

Flying: 14,034 miles

Flight Time: 27 hours and 7 minutes

There is the update of my traveling so far this summer. I still have Houston and Dallas, Texas; Calgary, Canada; Rhode Island; Baltimore, Maryland; and a road trip from Virginia to Utah before my summer will be over!

Also: My birthday was yesterday and I listened to my favorite song as a both reflected on the past year and planned for the upcoming one. Life is so EXCITING! even with cancer.

Here it is:

"Embrace the past so you can live for now!"

Capital style eating....

After our 36 hour road trip we arrived in Virginia at 7 a.m. on Monday. We took short naps and then decided to go spend some time in D. C. So of course we started with eating food.

First place we ate at was called Oohhs and Aahhs Soul Food.

Here is a picture of their deep fried chicken breast with collard greens and mac and cheese.

I would give this place 4 out of 5 bald heads. 

I love the chicken, but the mac and cheese was not creamy enough for my taste. However, I highly recommend this place to any one who finds themselves hungry in Washington D.C.

Then I met this man.....my good friend Blake

He took us to an amazing place called Found Farmers (play on words remember that we are in the nation's capital).

I ordered the chicken and waffles since Blake said it was the best.

This dish was tremendous. The chicken, the waffles, the green beans were all cooked to perfection.

I would give this dish a 5 out of 5 bald heads. (my only complaint is I would have like more waffle).

But nevertheless it was great. I highly recommend this place (Thanks to Blake).

Founding Farmers will be a restaurant that I will make sure I eat at every time I am in D.C.

Now I am off to an Imagine Dragons concert! Yeah for summer and a break from the hell they call grad school!

Road Trip to the D.C.

Last Saturday, April 21st I got into a Prius bound for Washington D.C. I was accompanying a friend who was moving to Virginia for the summer. I figured there is no better way to start the summer of than driving across our beautiful nation.

We drove through Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,  Virginia, Maryland, and finally D.C.

We stopped in Omaha, NE for out first foodie stop. We ate at a place called Papper Jax.

They had a very good philly cheese steak sandwich. Now, I have actually been to Philly so I have a very have standard for cheese steaks and surprisingly enough Pepper Jax delivered.

I give it 3.5 out of 5 bald heads.

The ratio of meat to vegetables, to bun was spot on. I would have just liked if they had used more cheese. Also, I would have enjoyed if the cheese was more like the cheese whiz that they use on authentic cheese steaks in Philly. Overall, it was very good and I recommend it to anyone driving through or spending sometime in Omaha, NE.

Next we stopped in Chicago for some Deep Dish Pizza! No better place than Gino's East.

We got there sausage pizza. They reason I like Gino's East over all Chicago pizza places i.e. Pizzeria Uno is because they use an entire patty of sausage. This ensures that every bite will have sausage in it.

I give Gino's East a 4 out of 5 Bald Heads. 

It is the best Deep Dish, but I still think Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC takes the top stop for pizza.

Out travels ended in Virginia where we crashed after driving for 36 hours straight (I personally drove at least 28 of the hours).  Anywho, we ate a lot of good food in D.C., but that will be for the bext blog post!

This summer is full of traveling, but I still work and do treatment. So to my doctors: there is no need to worry about me.