And The Winner is --- Ironic

Greetings, and I am back from my little trip. It was a success on every level. Fun, entertaining, relaxing and exciting. At some point, I will drop a couple stories, but for now, I have to head to the store to stock up on a few things. First, and most important, I want to thank my two guest bloggers. I have a nice streak of many many days in a row of blogging, and I am thrilled to continue with these uninterrupted, and still have quality posts.

Second, I want to thank everyone who entered my contest. Hopefully just following me and reading what i have out there is a small reward in it's self. But there can only be one true winner...
As a reminder, today I announce the winner of my first ever contest. Congratulations go out to PALIDOR of CRAZY ASIAN GAL blog. Palidor was #44 in 105 entrants for the free copy of HOW TO GRILL by Steven Raichlen. Pal, contact me at
YearontheGrill@yahoo.com and get me the details on where to ship your winnings.

The irony, Palidor has been a very early friend to my blog. Frequent commenter and supportive of my efforts. But she does not own a grill. Now she owns a terrific grill guide that will inspire her to buy one... Maybe

This will be fun to see what she does. I expect a recipe cooked out of this book shortly.

For the record, I had 105 entrees. I used RANDOM.ORG to get a random number of 44. I had assigned each person a number, as they entered the contest. Sure enough, Palidor was number 44.

Congrats...Tonight, I grill Lamb Chops! But for now, it is time to reward good Karma...