Finally catching up…………..

Sorry guys, I was on airplanes all day yesterday, and then had to go back to the airport, to pick up a friend, whose plane was an hour late getting into Dallas, so my head didn’t hit the pillow, till 1:00 a.m.   Spent the morning doing the usual before event running!   Tim Isaacson of Liberty University is helping me with this event so we finally slowed down at noon for a burger!  Several years ago in Houston (home of the original Pappas Burger), I had the best burger to that date!  That was before, Hut’s, Fava’s, Milt’s, and Shake Shack.  Now Pappas is a chain outfit and they are springing up all around.  Let me get the rating out of the way first, it was a 4.3 right alongside Fuddruckers.  Now that is not a bad score, but not near as high as the original in Houston that got a solid 4.7 a few years ago.  What happened?  You have to understand that when any restaurant spreads out, it has to standardize it’s way of doing things, and there in lies the rub.  A team of lawyers advise the chain on how to cook the meat, (don’t want any lawsuits), but you know my standard, medium at the most!   When scoring any burger I make sure to emphasize to the waiter/waitress medium only, PLEASE!  Sometimes they don’t hear me, sometimes they don’t tell the cook, sometimes they are not going to vary from the plan. Today they did not vary from the plan and the burger was not very juicy.

The fries were of the thin variety and someone got a little to cute on the seasoning, for me, for someone else they might have been just the ticket!  So if you’re in Fort Worth out near TCU and want a burger, you can’t go wrong at Pappas Burgers, you just won’t get one that will make your head swim!  In fairness very few do, but if even one place can make a killer burger, they all could!  The search goes on.

Tonight we will start working over at Southwestern Theological Seminary with great folks of the photojournalism seminar.  Please pray that we have more great opportunities for fellowship, this is one of the most exciting conferences I attend, spiritually!  I have high expectations!

I will be traveling tomorrow and Monday, but will post from St. Thomas, as long as it does not take time away from time with my bride!!

the pilgrim

Both images:  iPhone 4s, top with Simply HDR an app that costs $.99!  One click HDR, I know heresy to Jim, but easy!!!!