Recently the Iowa Beef Council announced the finalists for the 2026 Iowa’s Best Burger Contest. Here is a look at the map they put out: There are a ton of them that are pretty dang close to my front door and considering that I’m about out of food adventures to… Read More »I Scream: Council Bluffs Field Work
My food adventures really don’t concentrate on tenderloins enough. I don’t know that will change, but it probably should. This was the most recent tenderloin adventure I’ve had with my OG Tenderloin Buddy. The co-founder of the Tenderloin Appreciation Society. My guy and yours, Scottie D.! But this was a… Read More »Tenderloining: Redfield Field Work
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Cue: Ankeny Field Work
Back in early December a food truck was hanging out in the Boone Discount City parking lot and I was feeling pretty lazy, so when I took my lunchbreak from the Computer Mine I headed out there to grab some lunch. The food truck was called Rolling Cravings. And here… Read More »Burgertime: Boone Food Truck Field Work
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving was an interesting day. It was the day that the new “Try Boone You’ll Stay” sign was put in place. This was a project that was several years in the making and it was made to replicate a sign that used to hang in Boone near… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! Ames Field Work
For Elainie’s birthday meal she selected a taco place (well Mexican place) in Johnston that specializes in birria tacos. It was the second time in a few months I was taken to a place to have amazing birria tacos. Sabas and Elainie claimed that they don’t eat there very often.… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: Johnston Field Work
It is beyond time I share some pictures of Tall & Meaty competing in the Madrid Labor Day Festival Barbecue Contest. I probably have taken so long to share it because it was fairly uneventful. The guys didn’t place and I didn’t stick around to the end so I had… Read More »Tall & Meaty: Madrid Labor Day 2025
Even though this is my most recent food adventure, I’m moving it to the top of the queue because of it’s importance. Last Friday, FNSC went to Grinnell and I finally got to fulfill my mission of trying the winner of Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin from 2025. I had… Read More »Tenderloining: Grinnell Field Work
Last Sunday I indicated that this week’s food adventure might be about Tall & Meaty’s competition at the Madrid Day Labor Day Festival, but I think I’m going to save that for next Sunday. Or next Sunday might be an “emergency” food adventure where I reveal the results of my… Read More »Taco Tailgate – 2025
On the Sunday of Madrid’s annual Labor Day Festival, Teresa and I went to the food court after checking in with Tall & Meaty. They were competing at the barbecue contest. First thing I got was a grinder as it is well documented how much I love a good grinder.… Read More »Always Grindin’: Madrid Field Work
I only made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2025. One with the O’Gorshes. Another one with Tall and Meaty. Then a final one on the last day of the Fair with Teresa and Valerie to pick up my pictures from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. On… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 3
Time to reveal the October image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The subject of the October image was taken of the Cliffs of Moher. The time of day we visited the Cliffs of Moher it was just crazy with people. You couldn’t throw a dead cat without hitting 20… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 2
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Every last 2026 Photography 139 calendar has been distributed as of roughly 5:30 PM last night. So now is a good time to start sharing the images from this year’s calendar. We will start with the front cover. FRONT COVER – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the picture is… Read More »525,600 Minutes – 2025 Year in Review
We made it! We finally have gotten to the food adventure where Jesse got injured. This was a bucket list item for me this year and one of only a couple I actually managed to do. One was the Decorah pizza farm. Another was Stroud’s Chicken. Then there was this… Read More »#LakeLife: Jackson County Field Work
It is Week 4 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual candle and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! Kansas City Field Work
It is Week 3 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »The Swell Season Road Trip
It is week 2 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »I Scream: Decorah Field Work
It is something I’d like to say I do every year, but I don’t. But I’m going to try this year. And that thing is to light a candle every Sunday during Advent Season. A virtual candle. Yes, but still a candle. So this week we are lighting the Peace… Read More »Big Pizza Pie: Decorah Field Work
This is the final collection of images from Day 1 of my work trip to Philadelphia. Lowell and I were still at Geno’s and this collection will finish up at Geno’s. Although there are plenty of images in this collection of Pat’s. I wasn’t sure I would actually make it… Read More »Philadelphia Day 1: Rest of Geno’s
Back in June I took a road trip up to Arnolds Park to visit the Stenslands at the Lake House. As an added bonus Sabas, Elainie, and Elawyn were up there. While Jason and Sabas were off playing gross golf, the rest of us went to a restaurant on the… Read More »#LakeLife: Arnolds Park Field Work