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Breakfast With Gram

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With all of this traveling, it’s been super difficult to find time for the hour drive to see my gramma.  So last night as I hung out lazily at home, I called her to make breakfast plans, set my alarm for 7:30AM (yikes for a Sunday, right?) and stuck to it.  Crawling out of my cozy bed this morning was tough, but once I hopped in the car and sung my heart out to sweet tunes, all was good in my world.

I picked her up and we headed to her regular breakfast joint, The Ram’s, where we were cordially greeted by the owner.  The place was packed yet quaint and had the perfect amount of bustle for a weekend meal.  We both ordered our own version of the two egg breakfast and did some long overdue catching up.

And on our way home, we stopped by my uncle’s house to see The Pie!  It was a lovely Sunday morning indeed.

What is your idea of a typical Sunday?

Squirrel Chasin’

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I met my family for an early dinner yesterday, which ended up being a s0-so experience.  But that all seemed like a distant memory when my uncle suggested we stop at little park on the bayou on our way home.

I learned something new…  Babies like squirrel chasin’!

Luckily, there were plenty of squirrels to be chased.

And flowers to be smelled.

And then it was time to go home…

 

Happy Easter Bunny!

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For as long as I can remember, the highlight of my family gatherings (other than seeing my family, of course) was whatever Uncle Roy was cooking (because everything he touches turns to culinary gold) and Uncle Danny’s ginormous seafood and wine contributions.

And since, historically, trips to Uncle Roy’s house equaled Kristin binge eating sessions, I was a bit apprehensive for Easter dinner.  Especially after the Taste of South Tampa caving incident…

I turned to my good friend, wine, for support.

And then my mom arrived with the most beautiful deviled eggs EVER.  Mom to the rescue!  She pickled eggs with beets and onions and then did her usual deviled egg magic.

My contribution was Basil Vinaigrette that I swooped up from Whole Foods on the way.  I poured some on a plate to be sopped up by the bread that Uncle Roy picked up from the Sponge Docks and used some more for the salad bar creation that I brought for my meal.

The salad consisted of mixed greens with edamame, garbanzo beans, beets, red onion, and wheatberries.  Although it was a pretty decent mix, I much preferred the mushrooms that were sauteed with white wine and olive oil and more deviled eggs.

And then it was time to entertain The Pie.

One.  Two.  Three.  Meltdown.

And we’re back!

Hasn’t anyone told you it’s tough being two?

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter!

Portabelly Princess

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I had been jonesing for an excuse to re-visit The Bricks since eating there the night of the Ed Sharpe show and today was as good a day as any.  My aunt was heading over with the kids and I recalled a few items on the menu that spoke to tiny, picky eaters.  I also recalled a portabello sandwich that was high up on my list of ‘must eat again soons’.

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