Journey with Very Special Guest Toto, April 8, 2023 Bakesale Treat Parlor – Wichita Foreigner is bringing The Greatest Hits Tour to Hartman Arena on Sunday, April 30, 2023! Hear songs like “Juke Box Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” and “Hot Blooded!” Tickets start at $45.00 plus applicable fees. DATE: Sunday, April 30 DOORS: 7:00 PM TIME: 8:00 PM […]

By Mike Thayer I recently made the transition from apartment dweller, to house dweller.  My new digs has a working, wood fireplace which is awesome, but fireplace tools and a log holder aren’t items I already owned. I didn’t need anything fancy, just the basics, a shovel for ashes, a broom to sweep them up, […]

By Mike Thayer I’ll need to either re-pot this Dragon’s Breath, an annual, or take cuttings. Fall is my favorite season of the year, the cooler weather, the fall colors and FOOTBALL!  Other bonuses include not having to cut the grass as much, planting bulbs such as tulips, daffodils and hyacinth for that spring bloom […]

By Mike Thayer What is the most popular thing to add to meats cooked outdoors? BBQ Sauces It’s true, the most popular thing to add to the plethora of meats cooked outdoors is BBQ sauce. If you had guessed ketchup, believe it or not, you would be wrong. The person who invented BBQ sauce is […]

MIAMI (BK Press Release) — At Burger King, we want our guests to have it their way — whether that means adding extra, extra cheese, no pickles, a lot of pickles, stealing a friend’s onion rings instead of ordering your own, or holding a sandwich in one hand while typing a text with the other. […]

By Mike Thayer Here’s a recipe inspired by my longest term relationship outside of marriage, two plus years.  I was a senior in high school, she was a sophomore attending a different high school across town.  We met in Junior Achievement.  She won me over with her penetrating green eyes, blonde hair and a gorgeous […]

Game Day Eat: The BBQ Onion Bomb BachelorontheCheap.com is a hedge against inflation Bachelor on the Cheap Grilling Good Eats is available on Amazon, ebook and paperback! Order today and you’ll get your copy before the Super Bowl!   Recipes and grilling tips for flank steak fajitas, onion bombs, bird bites, grilled crab dip and much […]

By Mike Thayer According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, households that heat their homes with natural gas will spend 28% more to do so than they did last year.  Heating oil costs are projected to go up 27%, electricity by 10%, and propane 5%, respectively. Ouch! So if you heat your home with natural […]

By Mike Thayer One of my favorite leisure time activities if I’m not fishing, is gardening/landscaping.  Every morning, weather permitting, you’ll find me outside in the yard, taking a ‘garden tour’ of sorts, checking veggies, pulling a few weeds, admiring flowers and watering – and watering a lot with the Wichita area in an extreme […]

QT Kitchens makes a nice grilled cheese. By Mike Thayer The grilled cheese sandwich, it’s a comfort food classic. There’s culinary beauty in it’s simplicity, it’s got crunch, it’s hot and there’s gooey cheese!  It satisfies cravings for salt, something crispy and a good cheese pull. I double-tapped QT today for eats, grabbing a pretzel […]

It’s as good as Kraft Real Mayonnaise By Mike Thayer You know that saying, “Everything is better with bacon”…?  I think mayonnaise is a close second to that.  Slightly tangy and super creamy, mayo makes just about everything better!  It turns a dry sandwich into a much more delicious moist one.  It elevates a grilled […]

The hash brown visual does not impress By Mike Thayer It’s a Happy Friday, I’m feeling much better since getting out of the hospital last week after being treated for a Pulmonary Embolism (blood clots on the lungs) and so I decided to treat myself to some breakfast at Taco Bell to start my day. […]

Donations will help teachers provide comfort to students during the winter season To support the needs of public school students this holiday season and going into the new year, SONIC® Drive-In will donate $350,000 this December as part of its Limeades for Learning initiative to fund classroom projects submitted by local teachers across communities SONIC […]

By Mike Thayer Out and about running some errands on a recent day off, I was in need of some breakfast and noticed a Taco Bell conveniently nearby.  I’d seen the Breakfast Crunchwrap commercials so here was an opportunity to give one a try. Here’s the marketing description from the Taco Bell website:  Ever since […]