Archive for November 11th, 2009
Burgers, burgers and a trip to NY
Today, I am making my way to Syracuse, New York for the Women Involved in Farm Economics convention. These ladies rate high in my book, and I am honored to kick off the event tomorrow as the keynote speaker!
So I had a layover in New York’s JFK airport. I saw what looked like a great burger place — “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger” was the name. Of course I was interested, so I stopped in for a quick bite. Funny thing: when I was ordering, a pilot made the comment “boy they will cook that burger so much that you’ll end up with a hockey puck of a burger!” I was impressed by the computer screen ordering system that enabled me to put everything from Heinz 57 to banana peppers on my burger. There was not, however, a cooking level option. The burger came out looking great, but as I sat down and started chewing on the burger and thumbing through my new edition of American Cowboy magazine, I soon came to find out — the pilot was right — it was cooked much past a desirable taste! So if you are going through JFK airport and see the “Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger,” joint be sure to tell them from the start that you want a burger cooked to perfection!
And since I am talking about burger joints, this past weekend my sis and I stopped in at the Five Guys burger joint in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Now there is a burger joint! Five Guys has never let me down once. The best burger you can find… PERIOD. All this burger talk makes me want to go seek out a Five Guys in Syracuse!!
Fly-In, Fly-In — the theme of my days!
Today marked day 2 of my involvement in the Society for Range Management fly-in. I played a partial role in this productive and successful fly-in. I refer to my role as “partial” given the fact that the SRM staff did a great job of setting up the meetings, and the SRM leadership shined in their meeting presentations and talking points. SRM plays a key liaison role with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. The meetings focused on maintaining and enhancing collaborative efforts on joint outreach projects. All and all, it was a great two days of meetings, and Western Skies Strategies was pleased to play a role in SRM’s fly-in!
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