I finally made it to another city that Mike Chen has featured on numerous of his episodes, Chicago. Given how close I am in proximity to the Windy City from where I currently live, it made sense that it would be my next journey. It was a little over three hours of driving time to […]

Ever since discovering Mikey Chen, I have developed into a bit of what you call a “Foodie” myself. I don’t have the finances or availability to travel like Mike can, so to continue my food-related blog series inspired by Chen & his Strictly Dumpling channel, I decided to do one in my current city of […]

I really didn’t think there would be a second part to this blog series for a very long time, but life has a way of surprising you sometimes. My wife had just recently finished earning her second bachelor’s degree online, and we were undecided if we wanted to make the trek all the way to […]

So back in February 2021, I did something stupid. I mean really really idiotic and financially irresponsible. It all started with those damn McDonald’s Happy Meal promotions. The ones where they were giving out packs of promo cards. My kids and I grabbed some, as I wanted to check out the latest Pokemon product, given […]

Over the last 5 years or so, my wife and I have been fervent followers of a YouTuber named Mike Chen, whose channel is dubbed ‘Strictly Dumpling’. He has multiple channels, but that one (Strictly Dumpling) is his main hub and acts as a sort of food centric travelogue that honestly rivals or surpasses cable […]

Ever since I was a small child, I have been fascinated with monsters. I was the kid who collected Goosebumps books, and watched horror films that were way too inappropriate for my age range. I was fairly artistic as a child as well, and drew with pencil and paper quite a bit. Of course, my […]

How to make a really good sandwich…. seriously. While this is not some kind of health blog, far from it, I once (actually twice) made a really good sandwich that I wanted to share. I don’t usually cook, mainly out of laziness, and the time and preparation that goes into actually making something original. I […]