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Family Adventures, Food, Photo-A-Day

A Morning 5K and a Food Truck Festival Night

at the food truck event
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This morning I left work and went right to a 5K to crush cancer. I was part of the America’s Best Defense team and walked to raise money for the For Kids’ Sake Foundation Inc. I knew that I’d not be running the event, I’d be walking it and that was okay, it was a nice 3 mile walk and I saw a bunch of people that I knew. Many people were walking or running and many more were behind the scenes volunteering or cheering people on.

ADBCrew

there were about 15 people on the ABD Team. We raised about $3500 for the charity. Quite a few of the people on the team were fellow newly ranked Black Belts.

At the first mile

When I started out I thought I was walking t a pretty good clip but so many people were ahead of me, It wasn’t until I chanced a look behind me to see that I was not, in fact, the last person on the course. But man, it feels like that sometimes.

with Marybeth

At the top of Fuller Street I ran into my friend from high School, Marybeth. she and her daughter were working the first water station and I stopped for a little bit to chat with her. Along the route I also ran into some family friends and even more people including a woman who used to train with me in the mornings at ABD. I had been getting photos at every mile marker but I missed mile 3 because Iw as so into our conversation.

I came home and slept and then got up and the family went over to Capron Park for a food truck night. I did not venture too far outside my normal because I ended up getting the same thing I got the last time we went to the food trucks. I got the buffalo chicken fries from Friskies Fries. The kids went with me and also got fries and Allison went and got some specialty tacos. Unfortunately her line moved super slow and we did not get a full family photo while we ate. We got to listen to School of Rock perform at the event and they were very good. Andy has expressed interest in learning an instrument. I’d love to see them go there but they’re more interested in trombone for some reason.

Family Adventures, Photo-A-Day

Seeing Tom Papa at Foxwoods

entertainment at the Tin Peddler
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Tonight Allison and I went to see the comedian Tom Papa at Foxwoods. We hadn’t been there in a while, I think the last show we saw was last year with Gabriel Iglesias. Foxwoods is a great venue for comedy because it is easy to get to, plenty of parking and the theater is nice for comedy. We’ve seen a few comedians there over the years. We had never seen Tom Papa live and it was really funny. Well, most of the show was funny but the very end was full of continuous laughter.

Our Meal at the Tin Peddler

We tried to get reservations for some of the restaurants within Foxwoods but they were all booked up solid. Instead I mapped out the route down to Foxwoods and took a look at all the restaurants along the way. We found one, The Tin Peddler, that looked good. Allison asked me to make reservations and I am glad that I did because when we got there we found out that the place was celebrating their two year anniversary and they had a live band playing. The three piece band did a lot of fun covers and we were seated right in front of them. It was loud and had to have a conversation but the food was excellent and we were able to eat and get to our show on time.

After the Tom Papa Show

We had a very nice time at the show. There was no chance to grab a photo of Tom because phones were not allowed during the show. I did try and take a selfie with him in the background after the show but I was not quick enough. That is okay because the fun was seeing the show and laughing at the great jokes.