Heidi started with this Green Machine cocktail 🍸 . Idk what it is even called, but it had a Sexy name and she liked it!

The Garage had live music, great food and several beers on tap. I had a Blood 🍊 Orange from Cedar Creek and was quite satisfied!

Flipdaddy’s Brilliant 🍔 Burgers and Craft Brew is located at the old Road House U.S.A. On Highway 56 in Scottsburg.

They have about 20 🍻 beers on tap, including Bumble Berry Blueberry 🫐 🍯 Honey 👱‍♀️ Blonde, which is what I enjoyed.

The draft beers are all tapped in the keg room and are run into the bar about 30 feet away.. A cool set up.

I had the Welcome Home 🍔 Burger which was a hearty one third pound I think with 🥓 bacon, 🧀 cheese and BBQ sauce topped with 🧅 onion straws…Quite delicious!

I saw a couple of old Austin basketball 🏀 players and the food was great! I highly recommend and plan to return myself!

A tilapia fillet and cabbage 🥬, Then fork on the 🍚 rice and 🫘 beans along with the green sauce and you have one heck of a 🌮 taco!!!

This was actually a lighter meal opposed to the fajitas that I usually eat until stuffed.

I will have to visit the fish tacos again.

Thanks to Sophie for bringing this recipe 🏠 home and then to Heidi for whipping it up this morning. Because of them, Avocado toast is a new thing at our house.

Take a ripe 🥑 avocado, mash it up, then sprinkle on some onion powder, 🧂 salt, black pepper, red pepper 🌶 flakes, 🍋 lemon juice and then mix it up. (Or, Google up a recipe that suits you.)

I fried up an 🍳, laid it over my whole grain toast and then piled on the avocado mixture that Heidi made for us. Whole grains, protein and the good kind of fat… a great way to start my Saturday.

If you look 👀 closely at the picture, you can see I have a slight view of the swimming pool included along with the green plate to help us look forward to a 🌞 sunny day in July. (Side 📝 note: My favorite time to be out on the deck is when the pool is warm and the view is green.)

For me, Friday night is “Date Night.” Just ask my basketball players, they’ve heard all about it.

For an added bonus, I got to choose the restaurant and Heidi even came up with gift cards for Red Lobster 🦞 that covered the meal.

The coconut 🥥 shrimp with pina colada sauce , fried shrimp and cheddar bay biscuits were wonderful! (I was too full for the scampi, but will have it tomorrow for lunch.) We sat in the bar for quicker service and even went to 🎯 Target afterward to get Lawson some Mickey Mouse gifts for Valentine’s Day. A pretty good night!

Actually, Nina Hackman says it is too sweet to really call it a salad. However, whatever you call it, it is incredible!

1. Spread a layer of salty pretzels 🥨 in the bottom of a pan. Add some butter and sugar and bake.

2. Mix two blocks of cream cheese, Cool Whip and a cup of sugar and spread over the pretzels.

3. Mix two packages of sugar free Jell-O and strawberries 🍓 and layer that on top.

4. Put it in the fridge and serve when ready.

This combination of sweet and salty is one of my favorites.

The Blueberry 🫐 Hill 🥞 Pancake House is located at 10289 East Washington Street (Highway 40) in Indianapolis. I was on the east side for a basketball 🏀 tournament at Trinity Lutheran School and needed some breakfast after the game.

“Fresh Inside” opposed to spread on top was my preference this morning. A big blob of melting butter 🧈 and plenty of syrup made for a filling and satisfying experience.

I may need a 😴 nap, but I have another game at noon so I better get busy and head back to Trinity!

It all started Thursday evening at Rush Off Main, a Cubs Bar in Brownsburg. Jon and Brevin Tilmon met their cousins, Alec and Chris Schuck and myself for some Old Style beer and Chicago themed food.

Those boys continued on to the Butler/Providence basketball 🏀 game while I went to the New Ross Wintins and a wonderful ribeye 🥩 dinner cheffed by my son, Lawyer. Bathed in 🧄 garlic butter, it was delicious.

After a morning of playing with Lawson, I headed south. On the way home I stopped off in Greenwood for some City BBQ.

Finally, I decided on some Crumbl 🍪 Cookies. I struggled with the automated order system, but after a bit of time and some help from a human, the order was successful.

I made it home for David Goecker’s surprise birthday party and even have a growler of Zwanzigz Honey 🍯 🌾 Wheat and a couple of oranges 🍊 for New Years Eve…Boom!!!

When I meet a new person locally they may ask “Are you related to the Walt Wintin that was the teacher at Seymour?” To which the answer is “Yes. He was my Dad.”

This year at Lutheran Central Grandparents Day, Cam Nierman’s grandma asked, “Are you related to the Walt Wintin that was a football 🏈 coach at Warren Central?” Holy cow! We moved back to Seymour in 1967! What a pleasant surprise to meet Sherry and Armin 🍎 Apple that day.

As I am coaching Cam and brother Brayton Nierman this 🏀 basketball season, I have spoken to the Apples several times at ball games.

A week or so ago, Armin mentioned that Jaggers, a new restaurant in Columbus, had a really good 🍔 burger. So, after two victorious games at St, Bartholomew Thursday night, I had to give it a try.

I don’t often include fast food on The Diner, however, Jaggers is pretty darn good. I had the Bacon, cheese, avocado burger. It was two beef patties, Crispy bacon, Swiss cheese and slices of avocado. The fries 🍟 would be in the “shoe string” variety and I can also recommend them.

I tried the chocolate chip cookies of which you get six and they appear to be baked in a muffin tin.

Located east of I-65 at the Veteran’s Parkway exit in Clarksville, we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at Wild Eggs. We all agreed that we would drive to Clarksville if the main reason was to eat there.

There was an incredible menu with breakfast burritos🌯 , omelettes , chicken & waffles, A Bloody Mary, …all kinds of stuff.

I had the mad Platter which was three medium 🥚 eggs, three pieces of 🥓 bacon, three sausage links, gone fries, a blueberry 🫐 muffin and a pancake. The home fries were outstanding and the muffin was just tremendous!

If I go back, I would probably try the 🌯 burrito.