During my tenure in Maryland while on assignment, I've been given the opportunity to try the cuisine of not a few restaurants in the general area (I don't have much of a choice, having neither microwave nor refrigerator in my hotel room), much to the chagrin of my wasteline. At any rate, some days my colleagues and I are in the mood for something near the top of the ladder in terms of quality, and sometimes we're after something more down-home and tasty... proximity to our hotels is also a nice thing.

On Tuesday evening we found ourselves at Bennigan's …

Rip's Casual Dining - 3809 North Crain Highway; Bowie, MD 20716; 301-805-5901

While in the field on assignment for work this week, I'm going to be stuck eating out a lot, so I may as well make the best of it, right?

Last night I went out to dinner with my cow-orkers and the other guys on my project team after the day's wrap-up meeting was over. We stopped back at our hotels to change and take showers after a long day of hiking around a huge business complex, wandering through server rooms the size of gymnasiums, and crawling around on …