Moriarty's Pub wings in Philly

I'm in Philly this week and working with a Urology client up here. Arrived Monday and spent Tuesday working with a new client (or soon to be new client ) in King of Prussia. Afternoon was a kick off call with a new Palm Beach FL client for 30 mins and then training or basic navigation and progress note creation for my latest client at Hahneman hospital. Charley from Boston was in town and we decided to go to Moriarty's Irish Pub from a recommendation by the 10th floor grill bartender at the Hilton Garden Inn. Great suggestion! The wings are awesome. Definitely the best wings in Philly and best I have had in a few years. Very large and meaty and a nice sauce. Not too spicy and not too tame. We had some colorful Waiters tonight. She was in training and he was her mentor. He was funny and she was just plain smoking hot... Ok enough of that lets get back to the wings.

Nice Pub. Located on Walnut about 4 blocks from my hotel. Straight down 11th for 4 blocks then right on Walnut and cross over to the left side of the street and bada-bing there is the Moriarty's sign in nice bright French Blue neon. Charley and I both had the wings. They were large and filling we did not have room for anything else. The other nice thing about Irish pubs is they have 20 ways to drink Guinness. I had a Black Velvet which is Woodchuck Cider and Guinness. I first ordered a snake bite which I thought was Cider and Guinness but ended up being Cider and Sam Adam's. Oh well like all manly men I drink my mistakes. Then came the wings and the Black Velvet. Nice Combo if I may say so myself. I also had a call from Kip Kelly today. Kip is a friend from when was 15 and we were teen terrors at Wintergreen ski resort in Va. Was hoping to hang with him Wednesday but need to take a rain check till the end of the month due to his wife having a Lacrosse meeting. (Only in the Mid Atlantic). Had a fun night and highly recommend the Hilton Garden Inn at 1100 Arch Street as Well as Moriarty's. Might go to Dimitri's at 3rd and Catherine Wednesday night since i'm bacheloring it.

CD.

Famous People You meet on Layovers

Yes my friends that is the one and only, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. I had the most horrific layover in houston. Horrific because the bar closed at 11:30pm and the flight left at 1:30AM. Thus 2 hours with out bar service. :-)

But low and behold who did I meet but THE HAMMER. I actually saw this guy from across the bar and said. "I bet he is a pro westler" He just had that look about him and he looked vaguely familiar.

We had a blast and I bought him a shot of crown and he invited me to work out at his gym in clearwater/largo. (I think my gift was much better )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Valentine

Dinner at Whisques

Tonight I had Dinner at Whisques. Nice restaurant on the West Side of ABQ. They have mesquite grilled steaks and seafood. Website is http://www.whisque.com/Menu.aspx The Kobe Sliders were great. I hear they make a great mojito. Did not try one tonight. Had a fun filled day of teaching customization. The Doctors are fun to work with and you can tell they love their job. You forget how dry it is here compared to Tampa. I wake up with a stuffy nose and dry lips Yuck! Guess you would acclimate after a few months. I really enjoy coming to Albuquerque. Nice people they have a very laid back attitude.

ABQ Bound... Look out Garcia's here I come!!

Headed to Albuquerque New Mexico today! I'm excited! I get to see tall mountains, breath air from 6,000 ft. and eat great southwestern food. Man nice combo that is! Right!.

So I land and get my car from budget. The Bus driver was not talkative at all. She had on a Santa hat and I mentioned "Nice Hat"... Not a word. Hmmm Must be a deaf /mute? Not sure if that is even politically correct to use any more. Woman behind me by 2 minutes says the same thing and same reaction. Not a word. Guess she is tired of hearing "Nice Hat" Must be required to wear it and hates it I guess.... people are so funny.....

So I make the b-line to The Original Garcia's and order some green chili stew, Carne Adovada and fresh tortillas. MMM man what a nice reminder of why I like this town. The green chile stew is awesome and the Carne Adovada is nice tender chunks of slow roasted pork in a red sauce. Great to dip the fresh flour tortillas into the stew and the adovada. The tortillas are big and thick and fresh.

Website has their menu: http://www.garciaskitchen.com/

Worth a stop if you are in ABQ!!

Blog back online

Wanted to let everyone know My blog is back up and online again. Check out my EMR Install map it's still growing.

Here is a nice link to a Christmas greeting.

http://ecard.ashland.edu/2004admission/index.html

Reminds me of all the great times spent in Virginia making snowmen and playing in the snow. No way to do that in Florida. I'm looking forward to a trip to Albuquerque next week to see some snow!

Panera in a Pinch for your corporate training center!

Panera was turned into our corporate training center at my recent visit to a client in Deerfield Beach Florida. This client has such a secure site for their multiple businesses that we could not get an outbound connection to our training server hosted in Cary. We had to go "off Campus" to a Panera and use their free wifi. I think I drank more Lattes that one day than the past 4 months combined.. Thanks to the quick thinking of the office staff we saved the day by relocating to Panera. Yeah!

The Dr was a trooper through the whole process. We secured a training site for the next few days at a Hilton hotel nearby. The training was a success and we are well on our way to getting a nice install at this site in Deefield beach. Favorite hotel to stay at is the Doubletree in Boca Raton. Nice place and great rates for a newly renovated hotel. And you can't beat the free cookies either!

Great Local restaurants...

The Grill on Congress

http://southflorida.metromix.com/restaurants/american/the-grille-on-congress-boca-raton/127577/content

Neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill

http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=14428339

Blue Fin Sushi (Sushi and Thai... YUM!)

http://www.bluefinsushi.com/

A practice that lives up to their name!

I had a great time implementing this practice! Two nurse practitioners at this Family practice are friends from high school and Nursing school. They have a fun office staff and take extra time to make sure each patient gets special attention from the all female staff.

I had to stay in in the next town over and commute 5 miles each day to the site but I also picked up a few new restaurant as well. golden Rule BBQ. A Local Alabama original with great ribs and sauces. Unique history as well.. May need to look at a Florida Franchise... Top O the River Catfish Restaurants. I ate at the Guntersville , AL store. Nice fried pickles... Great seafood! The Hampton Inn in Ft Payne is the only hotel worth staying in at this location. They also had a Ruby Tuesday's and a Steak restaurant.

Golden Rule BBQ - Great Ribs and sauces!

http://www.goldenrulebbq.com/

Top O the River Catfish restaurant in Guntersville, AL. http://www.topotheriverrestaurant.com/gadsden_tour.php