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2011 Food Festival Season
Posted by Chris Noland in TheNolands on September 23, 2011
Last weekend was the kick off to food festival with Oktoberfest in Addison. I know Stacey is usually excited about this time of year, maybe not as much as I am. There is something about eating food out of a tent, and even better if you need tickets 8-)
This time sneaks up on me every year… think I would just put it as a reoccurring event in outlook.
I have spoke with more people that maybe interested in attending some of these so expanding the distribution list, you can join us or head out on your own. If you have a food festival that I should be tracking please send me a note or comment below. I will be updating my list below as I learn about others we should attend
September Events
Dallas Greek Fest September 23-25
http://www.greekfestivalofdallas.com/
Noland’s plan to attend Saturday afternoon – 4-6ish
Japanese Fall Festival September 25th
http://www.jasdfw.org/downloads/20110801%20Akimatsuri%20DJA.pdf
Texas State fair September 30 – October 23
I am not a big fan of this event, food is usually subpar
October Events
Lebanese Food Festival September 30 – October 2
http://www.ourladylebanon.com/2011_Food_Festival/Flyer2011.pdf
The food is good at this one, but no alcohol. I need beer with my food on a stick please.
Mid Cities Greek Fest October 7-9
http://midcitiesgreekfest.info/
Looking at dinner Friday night… have Tyler ½ marathon on Sunday and late baseball game Saturday night
World Fest October 22-23 (Addison, TX)
http://www.addisontexas.net/events/Worldfest/
We get to see Rossitza dance, how can we pass this up
November Events
Romanian Festival – November 4-6
http://romanianfestival-dallas.com/
Never been to this one and recently learned about it… if anyone has feedback please let me know
Annual Beaujolais & Beyond Wine Festival – November 18th
(French American)
Fort Worth Greek Festival November 11-13
http://www.fortworthgreekfestival.com/
I have yet to make it to this one, I have been told it is great really want to attend this year
Picture day – Kindergarten
Posted by Chris Noland in TheNolands on October 1, 2010
It is picture day and Andrew had some specific requirements for Mommy to buy some new clothes for the pictures. He said that he wanted to look like daddy and have a tie. I told him it is really better to wear a jacket and no tie, but I can only teach suiting up so fast.
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Picture Day
I told Stacey that there is a good chance in High School he is going to want long hair and have baggy pants and t-shirts.
Chris
Richardson Corporate Challenge 5K
Posted by Chris in TheNolands on September 20, 2009
The Richardson corporate challenge was today and Stacey actually joined the Tek Team. The weather was still a bit warm & humid for me, but still pulled in an OK time of 20:15, it was 26th over all with the winner finishing at an amazing 17:35 (and he is over 40) Stacey really sucked it up and pushed it to a 34:25 time, next year she is targeting under 30 minutes (she does not know yet) .
The rest of the Tektronix team did really well. The men’s side of the team changed a lot as David left the company and Chris Ulrich was traveling, we were fortunate to have Holger push it a bit faster and a few new recruits to the team added some speed.
The women’s side did exceptionally well with Fiona blazing it in for a silver in her age group at 20:47. Since Ulrich bailed on us this year he sent his wife to keep the name alive in the standings and she finished second for the Tektronix women at 27:23. Anamika wanted to show sustaining does more than engineering and pushed it to a great time of 33:44, beating her 2008 time of 35:01.
Part of the group stuck around for a good picture.
Next year we expect to have a larger team (hint, hint to readers) and need to find a way to get some the executives to run as 3.1 miles is a piece of cake.
Run fast, think later.
Bigfork, MN – Part 2 – 4th of July
Posted by Chris in Family Vacations, TheNolands on July 4, 2009
The 4th of July was gorgeous on the lake, it was about 75 – 78 degrees and all sun. We enjoyed cruising the lake on the pontoon boat, doing some fishing and enjoying a few adult beverages. Uncle roman still needs to show up and though down some serious bank and rent a kick ass speed boat.
We did have my mom’s cousin joined us with her kids and their ski boat so we did get some tubing and water skiing done. Stacey still is a big wimp and has not tried tubing or water skiing. I think I will have to find a boat to rent in Dallas so she cannot use the excuse the water is too cold (the water was 69 degrees).
Andrew went on the tube with Megan and we did a slow cruise of the lake. I was on another tube right next to them and got to jump around and have some fun also. Andrew had a blast and I think he has a good future in extreme sports. He wanted to go faster and was bouncing around like a pro.
I went out of the ski boat and got some great action shots of Lucas taking some good falls off the tube… lots of fun was had by all.
Stacey and my mom finished off three boxes of red wine (4 bottles each box) plus two cases of Leinenkugel light and few bottles of white wine over the course of the week we were here. I think Stacey is going to have to let her liver dry out a few days before she starts playing with her friends back home.
Rollins College
Posted by Chris in Family Vacations, TheNolands on November 24, 2008
Andrew was tired of hearing all of the stories of Stacey’s glory day’s at Rollin College and said “Mommy, I want to go to you college” So we got the experience of seeing “the Harvard of the South” as I hear quite frequently… never heard that about SIU… so maybe it is a better place.
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Rollins College Visit
I quickly figure out is was not a “real” school as we walked about the picture perfect down town and had lunch at Panera Bread and stopped into Williams Sonoma to get some Peppermint Bark. Where are the bars I kept asking myself? Maybe this would be a good place for Andrew to go to school I thought. As we walked around I think…small liberal arts college, there must be lots of hot chicks and Andrew would have a target rich environment. We got to stick around between class changes and I did not see a single one, maybe they were hiding. I am going to have to consult another other recent grads… but he went to school at night for an MBA.
So Andrew’s school choice still are Harvard, MIT and Notre Dame. He better get good grades and I better start saving more.
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