Watching this again. 7 years ago I cooked for a wedding out at Pt. Reyes. Frances & her husband were guests. I was wrapping things up and Frances came over to tell me it was the absolute best wedding reception meal she’d ever had. We chatted for a bit. She is a gem ❤️

Watching this. Authorities traced the bomb back to Iran, and realized this was retaliation for one of our ships shooting down one of their commercial airliners. That was the USS Vincennes (CG-49). She was docked across from us for quite a while. We called her the USS Never Sail

FB food memories: New York’s in a touch of bacon fat in the cast iron

FB food memories: My idea of lazy cooking—steak potato skins. Maybe I should see if I can land a coveted line cook spot at TGIF....

My wife is headed to Costco for a couple things. She asked if there’s anything else that we NEED. I replied saying we (that would mean me) NEED more of these. They are insanely good.

Just saw that my doc is on FB on people you may know with 2 mutuals. I don’t need him saying “So, you said just 3 drinks a week and eating less fatty food…” I’ll leave that one alone.

More grad memories popping up. Our daughter’s friend’s grad party last June. This father & son side biz is truly amazing. Much bigger menu than is shown on these plates. They had a 3 piece mobile rig, did all of the shopping, prep & cooked on site. We hired them immediately for our daughter’s party.

Graduation memories showing up now. Our daughter during her walk last June. My wife took this pic. Now a year later she’s a week away from finishing her first year of college. Time flies!!

FB food memories: 9 years ago at Hodad’s in Ocean Beach San Diego. Good burger. Not phenomenal but good.

My birthday is coming up in November. Just saying…😂

Watching this tonight. Years ago while I stayed with friends who are lawyers, we went out with one of their out of town friends. I asked him what he does. He said I’m also a lawyer. An international prosecutor. Needless to say that was an evening of incredibly fascinating conversation.

I’m home & hungry. We went to my friend’s Chinese restaurant. So the issue was much farther up in my nostril than the ENT initially expected. My wife knows the medical term. Surgery was 2 hours. One of my good friends was the surgical tech. He told my wife there was a ton of blood.

The comments on here are fucking hilarious and so incorrect. My brother and his guys did this many times in different cities. It’s called TRAINING! Not to take over or impose martial law. My god some people really are stupid.

See you all in 24 hours. Provided I don’t die on the table 🙄 (that was just to annoy my wife even though she’s not on here).

My tshirt for tomorrow’s surgery (obviously not during, but before & after). IYKYK

I can neither confirm nor deny that I/we may or may not have not done something similar when our daughter was younger 🤷‍♂️😉

9 years ago. An impromptu trip to San Diego. We never pass up a stay at Mission Beach. First morning (after some chicken tacos for breakfast) I enjoyed a Bloody Mary on the patio while watching that Destroyer doing training maneuvers. My old training grounds ⚓️❤️

FB food memories: despite it being mid 80’s tomorrow, I feel a need to make a hearty bolognese.

Bruce is singing about guys coming back from Vietnam and not being able to find a job. That’s literally the gist of the song. What a moron.

Great fucking show! Highly recommended!

25+ years ago one of my brother’s first teams had this sweatshirt made for each guy. He gave me one. I still have it. It’s my preferred sweatshirt to wear when I fly. TSA does not love it 😂😂

FB food memories: that was a fun event. Hell, I don’t even remember which winery we were at (they all blur together) but what I do remember is the guests wanted wine more than that pig, and we not only ate well, but took a lot home.

My second department head was an LTJG. A black man who didn’t go to Annapolis. After he transferred off we lost touch. We reconnected a few years back on FB. We were messaging and I asked him what he’s doing now. He said I’m still in. I’m a 2 star admiral. He hates this administration. Hates.

Little over 9 years ago my brother’s close friend & teammate was KIA in Yemen. This was just a few months after his funeral. I’m so glad my brother retired ⚓️❤️

Our favorite local restaurant: Center-cut sushi-grade ahi, marinated in a shoyu-sesame tare and layered over our nori crisp. Topped with wakame, fresh edamame, sweet onion, Persian cucumber, yuzu tobiko, micro cilantro, edible flowers & wasabi-avocado purée infused with dashi.

Doesn’t get much simpler than this: jasmine rice and a roasted chicken thigh with some of the juice from the pan poured over the top.

Slept through it 🤷‍♂️

As a parent this says it all. She forgot her ballot & voting info here at home. I said don’t worry. I texted her the Sec of State link. Today she called and said “Do you know the Lt. Gov candidate we talked about is a Navy veteran? I read the candidates statements on the sec of state site.” ❤️

$10 for 10 tacos (chicken & chorizo). Happy taco Tuesday!

19 years ago today we lost my FIL. Great man. He passed the day of our baby shower. We had been going through a long list of possible names for our daughter when our sister in law suggested naming her after her grandfather. Boom. She goes by Jackie but most call her Jack ❤️

Great on many foods and in a solid Bloody Mary

Whom here recommended this to me? Was it you @altgirl13.bsky.social? On episode 3. Love i!

FB food memories: right after we moved here a huge strawberry stand opened across the road. Then the owner started bringing in tons of other stuff from local & valley farmers. I love roasting garlic & sweet onion. And it’s so easy this way.

FB food memories: scallops on the beach in San Diego.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

FB food memories: I’ve cooked at Joseph Phelps many times. Thankfully for this particular event the FOH handled the plating. Plus my boss made a separate paella for us, so we stayed in the kitchen drinking and eating. Phenomenal kitchen, btw.

Dry brined since Friday morning. 2.5 hours in the convection oven at 275° today. Now wrapped and resting. Might make some jasmine rice to go with it.

San Diego memories….

My wife during one of our San Diego trips. I’ve told her many times that she looks just like Elisabeth Shue in this pic. She downplays it. She’s humble and beautiful ❤️

Watching this again so my wife could see it. Such a poignant, inspirational movie.

Layers of flour tortillas, shredded chicken thighs roasted in a marinade, green enchilada sauce, a giant can of roasted green chiles quartered up, 2 lbs of shredded jack cheese and a few black olives. Perfect.

FB food memories: grilled beef ribs. This is one thing that’s tough to find in our state. I see tweets from places like Texas with their monster beef ribs, and I’ve tried finding them here, but it’s rare. At least we have amazing Mexican food 🤷‍♂️

Shredding up some roasted boneless, skinless chicken thighs (her favorite). Of course she came running downstairs. 🙄😂

Late night (for me) snack. I have some Thai sweet chili dipping sauce. God knows I’d never waste my Coastie neighbor’s homemade Thai chili paste on this.

Thank fucking god. I had his colleague telling me, yeah, you don’t need a sinus CT, and next time you have a big bleed we’ll just take you into surgery. My wife literally said “Fuck that!” This guy said that’s foolish. You need a sinus CT and you need surgery!l

I wish more stores did this. I’m friends with this produce manager and he does a kick ass job. So much so that when he transferred to another store in town, I started shopping there. When I stopped by his former store one day I saw that they discontinued the loose celery option. Morons.

Pozole time

I took a quart of pozole with all the garnish over to my Coastie neighbor’s house. He walked out with a new jar of his killer Thai chili paste ⚓️❤️

FB food memories: You can spend a ton of $$ on a pellet smoker or a Santa Maria grill, but the Smokey Joe grill always gets it done at a fraction of the price.