This is the main (home) page for StepanOut. It's still a bit of a work-in-progress, so if you have any thoughts, comments, questions, etc, you know who to reach out to!!! (hahaha ME!)

If you’re not familiar with “StepanOut”:

It’s a very casual meal (currently lunch, but in the past due to schedules and logistics was SUPPER) for us to simply chat, solve the world’s problems, rant a little, laugh, etc. Think 90 minutes or so once a month (generally the 3rd Saturday currently).

Back in early 2013 we were going out for a bite to eat one day. As we were driving to the restaurant, we passed several other places where we said “we should try THAT place sometime too”. Well, we took the bull by the horns and said “alright, let’s make a list and go to one of those places each month”. And StepanOut was born. It’s a bit of a word-pun in case you didn’t catch it (“Steppin’ Out”), and it is most certainly NOT limited to only those with “Stepan” in their family tree …

We'd love to have you join us sometime!

Sincerely, the "Founding Members": Rob Gaida, Chris & Carly Imgrund, and Mark Stepan

Oh, and we use a Google Group to keep people informed, so if you're in that group and don't want to be, you can either self-remove yourself by following the link at the bottom of any of the notifications (standard G-Group stuff) or let one of us know. If you know someone that might want to be in the group but isn't, let one of us know and we'll take care of that as well. It's really just a couple of messages each month, so not a bombardment. If you'd prefer the self-service approach, you can make a request to join the group here. You'll need to be signed-in with your Google Account, but then you should see a "click to join" button (which needs to be reviewed/approved since anyone on the internet can do this).

This Google Sheet is where we track who went where when and also the possible places to visit in the future.

OK, here are 2 maps. First is HISTORY (where we've been) and the second is RESTAURANTS (where we might yet go),