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Breakfast with a View

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.

The main waterfall in the Cascades at Gaylord Opryland.

Brian and I woke up starving the next morning. Room service at Gaylord is a little pricey. I mean, who the heck pays $7 for hot chocolate. That’s before the delivery fee and gratuity. I figured we could walk down to Cascades Cafe to eat.

We didn’t even shower. We pretty much just went down there in our PJs. Except, I couldn’t quite traipse around in public in my PJ shorts so I had to put my denim skirt on. For not having showered that morning, Brian looked fabulous in his sweatpants and nerdy Green Lantern shirt.

We took some photos of the beautiful Cascades surroundings while we waited for a table, but we didn’t have to wait long.

Brian got the Cascades All-American.

I got the Crab Cakes Benedict. It was super yummy. It took a lot for me not to wipe my plate clean.

The cheesy hash brown casserole was pretty good too.

Here are a couple more pictures. One last one of the big waterfall.

You all need to check out Gaylord Opryland at some point. It’s not a cheap place to visit, but it’s beautiful and definitely worth it.

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Dinner at Fuse and Cruisin’ on a Flatboat

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.

We ended up at Fuse because the other restaurants on premises had bad reviews online and we’d already eaten at Jack Daniel’s. LOL.

I remembered eating at Fuse with Carmen last year. We both liked it so I recommended it to Brian. It worked out great because we got to watch the Red Sox vs. Rays game over dinner.

We went on a flatboat ride after dinner. It was the last one of the evening.

Even though we were moving pretty slow, it was tough to take good photos.

This one didn’t turn out too bad.

The impressive glass ceiling of the Delta atrium.

A flatboat ride in the evening would have been nice and romantic if not for the ten other people on the boat with us. LOL. I would recommend taking a ride during the day when you can take better pictures.

We wandered around some more after the boat ride and took some photos. I showed Brian where our meetings were held last year during the conference that Carmen and I attended. We took this picture of the Delta atrium from up there.

We didn’t stay up too late though, because we both had gotten up very early that morning for our flight. Overall we had a fantastic Friday.

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Jack Daniel’s at Gaylord Opryland

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.

Our first stop upon arriving at Gaylord Opryland was Jack Daniel’s. Despite having had breakfast at the Atlanta airport (we got these disgusting sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches from a coffee shop; I was starving so I ate mine anyway), we were hungry when we arrived at the hotel.

We shared a sandwich called the Lynchburg Social Club…

And some yummy potato wedges…

It was just the right amount of food for the two of us.

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Sweet Granada in Emporia, Kansas

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.

Truffles!

Fudge!

More tasty treats!

Those chocolate covered pretzel sticks are super yummy!

Also, I thought the chocolate numbers were a clever idea. Next time someone has a birthday, I’m putting chocolate numbers on the cake instead of candle numbers because you can at least eat the chocolate numbers. I guess you could eat the candles too, but they probably wouldn’t be very tasty.

This is what I ended up taking home with me. I was amazed that I managed to refrain from buying everything in sight. I’m definitely stopping by Sweet Granada again next time I have a meeting in Emporia.

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Bobby D’s in Emporia, Kansas

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Reviews.

I had the opportunity to eat at Bobby D’s for the first time after our meeting in Emporia yesterday. So glad that Roger recommended it because their food is tasty. Here are some pictures to make your mouth water…

Darcy and Jan both had pulled pork.

I normally order pulled pork at most BBQ places, but I opted for the brisket this time because it had rave reviews on FourSquare. It was delicious. I didn’t regret ordering it.

I also ordered the cheesy potatoes because it’s one of their specialties, or so the menu indicated. It was pretty yummy. We had lunch so late and I ate so much that I didn’t feel like eating dinner last night. LOL. Oh, well.