A New Halloween Perspective

Halloween is approaching!

There is always something fun about this Holiday, as a child it meant that as soon as the sun went down I would go house to house and load up on as much candy as possible. I always looked forward to finding my costume and parading it in school, trying to be a cool kid.

In my teen years Halloween was an opportunity to look for mischief, such as bag snatching, egging houses and everything else my warped little mind could think of when amongst friends.

As for my college years, I don’t want to go into the detail of my Halloween exploits, lets just presume they were fun.

Nowadays, I find myself a father of a beautiful 2 year old baby girl, and my Halloween exploits have changed and have a different meaning. Now that she is becoming more aware of her surroundings I have decided to start our own family traditions.

Today we started our evening by watching the classic Hocus Pocus ( I don’t care who you are, that movie is a classic for this time of year!) and since the Holiday is approaching I felt that pumpkin carving was in order. Mind you this is the first carving session I’ve done in years, and I couldn’t have been happier.

Seeing the eyes of my daughter light up as she was digging the seeds was worth every second. I am starting to see these holidays from a different perspective, and now it is time for me to see them from a parents point of view, and I truly understand the importance they have. It is a time to get the family together on these occasions and pass on the traditions as well as creating your own, and really enjoy the quality time.

Times like these remind me of how lucky I am.

Until next time..

Happy Halloween!

Changing for the better.

One thing is certain for me, and that is keeping up with a blog has not been easy, muchless, a blog that has a certain niche. I have always wanted to a be a blogger, I just didn’t know what niche I wanted to blog, due to the fact that my research on blogging always suggests to choose a certain niche to create traffic.

So I am going against my research, and trying a different way of blogging. The reason for this is I don’t want to constrain my writing to just a certain niche at this time and explore many different avenues as I evolve as a writer.

Blogging for me can be therapeutic, and a way to express myself creatively. I’m not going to delete any of my old posts because I want to be able to see the evolution of my blog as time goes on, and see where it ends up.

Who knows?

This is going to be fun!

Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, not for a Foodie.

OK, I admit, it has been a long time since my last blog post. Life has a weird way of deviating you from many things you want to pursue.

With that out of the way, lets get to it.

Recently, I accompanied my wife to a work training which happened to be at a hot location. Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, and believe me, I was excited.  Every time we decided to go to Santa Fe, this resort was definitely on our list of locations to visit. This time though, I knew that I couldn’t really experience all this place had to offer, due to the fact that I had a toddler in tow and no babysitter, so I figured that I would try the the food.

Since, this is a popular resort I figured that this was a way I can experience the resort with my daughter and let the foodie in me explore a location I have never been before.

So here comes my opinion, this place truly is not somewhere you want to bring a family unless you have a nanny in tow. Honestly, I figured that this was going to a be a fun weekend for us but I slowly discovered that if you want to have fun in this place, do not bring your children.

Considering that this place considers itself a top getaway for any New Mexican, you would assume that gaming is not the only premise to lure people to its location. Its highway allure and T.V. marketing, will lure some families to find a way to escape the mundane activities that are so prevalent in our everyday lives.

Don’t get me wrong, there are many different activities that people enjoy, such as the golfing, and the beautiful accommodations that is offered, but the food is  terrible. When I say terrible, I am not holding back. I had such high hopes, that when I took my first bite, I was surprised. I have come to find that places like this have a generic taste.

When I took my first bite of the the food, I felt like I was taken back to my college days and I was eating in the cafeteria just to survive.  Its disappointing to see such a beautiful hotel stoop to such a low level, culinary speaking, that it takes away from such an amazing experience that you have drive south to Santa Fe, just to take the taste out of your mouth.

Honestly, this is not a foodie location. All you get is a generic taste provided by corporate hotel, and total disappointment of a culinary experience you expected.

Drive south to Santa Fe, and find a real restaurant.

Until Then, Happy Eating.