Since there’s a longstanding debate about who has the world’s best cheesesteaks, Pat’s or Geno’s.  Mike, Samm, Fieldhammer and I went down to South Philly for the ultimate taste challenge.

Both were magically delicious, even if we didn’t go the traditional cheese whiz route.

In the end, we decided unanimously that Geno’s had the better meat but Pat’s had the better rolls.  If only we could put the two together…

Because I was traveling with Mike the marketing guy, we got to the airport way earlier then necessary.  While we were waiting, Mike put a movie in for me to keep me busy.

Frank T. Dawg Watching Zombieland

Why Mike thought Zombieland was an appropriate movie for me I’ll never know, but it sure did make me want some Twinkies!  Anyway, after a couple of hours waiting at Gate 49, we finally got on board.  Apparently I’m not good enough for an actual seat on the plane, because Mike jammed me in his smelly backpack and I had to ride under a chair for 3 hours.

I get zero love I tell ya!

Since I got such shoddy treatment on the plane, Mike promised that he’d take me to Pat’s and Geno’s to have some authentic philly cheesesteaks.  Promises, promises…

More importantly though, BBQ!

Seriously, is there any better place in the world to get BBQ than in the midwest?  Chicken, ribs, texas toast… delicious.  Sarah was even nice enough to help me up on the table so I could dig in.

I have no idea what’s going to be on the menu in Taiwan, but I can’t wait to get out there!  I’ll have the rest of the pictures up in the photos section later today.

This will be my first trip out of the country, so needless to say I’m pretty excited.  I know a few of my friends from the WPBA will be heading to Taipei as well, so I won’t get too lonely while Sarah is busy kicking ass.

The real reason I want to go though is to check out the Formosan Mountain Dogs.

These dogs are all from Taiwan and they have these totally wicked black tongues.  I probably won’t see one since they’re really rare, but you never know.  After Taiwan, Sarah and I will be flying over to San Diego for the first event of the 2010 WPBA season, the San Diego Classic, then we’ll be off to Philly for the Super Billiards Expo.

As it has been explained to me, I’m sort of like Santa.  There’s only one of me, but I can’t be everywhere at once so Mike’s going to send out some “local” Franks to help out and spread billiards cheer while I’m hanging out with Sarah.

Can I just say that getting a mold made is seriously not fun.  Thankfully, holding still isn’t much of an issue for me, but the goo for the mold is pretty gross.  Anyway, in case you were wondering, here’s what “local Frank” looks like in the building stage:

He’s not nearly as pretty as me, but in a few weeks he’ll be all gussied up and ready for the road.