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Posted on December 10, 2008 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink.

So Brian and I stopped by the mall on the way home from work today. It’s that time of the year when I have to take my wedding ring to Zales for a check up (usually June and December is when this happens). While we were waiting for the sales associate to return my ring, I asked Brian where his parents were going to dinner tonight… (I had gotten out of work a few minutes later than usual and he was on the phone with his dad when I got in the car. He mentioned that they were on their way to dinner.) He told me they had decided to go to Outback Steakhouse.

“And you didn’t want to join them?” I asked. I remembered that I had a $10 off coupon to Outback somewhere in the abyss of a purse I carry around with me. “Call them and ask them if we can join them,” I urged.

Much to my chagrin, I found out that the coupon is only valid from November 1 to December 1. I am sadly over a week too late to redeem the offer. Of course, we still met his parents for dinner. I had to tell them about being excited about going to Outback at first because I finally had reason to use my coupon, which I didn’t realize was already expired. It’s still nice to have dinner with them, but it would have been nicer with a $10 discount on our meal. LOL.

So we had regular dinner conversation, along with a few tweets in between (I can’t help it; I have twitterrhea or so Brian says). All the while they kept complaining about how slow our server was. They had asked him for more bread and he came back with it ten minutes later when our food came. And then Brian asked for steak sauce, which took forever. My extra side of rice took forever. The refill on Donna’s coffee? You guessed it. That took forever, too.

Needless to say, we weren’t very happy with the service. However, we weren’t upset enough to say anything either. I think everyone in the guy’s section received the same sort of lack luster service. David said that the lady next to us had asked him for tartar sauce, and he didn’t bring it until after she was finished with her meal. Naturally, he was oblivious to her “It’s too late now comment.” My very observant father-in-law picked up on it, though.

So when it finally came time to pay, I wrestled with Brian to put my coupon in the billfold. He’s like, “Baby! Quit it! It’s expired!”

“If they take it, they take it. If they don’t, they don’t. No harm, no foul.” I kept trying to get him to put it in there. Half joking, half serious because you know me. I’m the queen of coupons.

Brian actually won that argument, but I had to make the following comment as I waved the proverbial white flag: “You all said he was slow!“

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Thanksgiving 2008 at the Brubakers’

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Food and Drink.

We spent Thanksgiving day at Brian’s parents’ house. This is pretty much tradition for us, except for 2006 when Brian’s parents spent Thanksgiving in Houston and we had to do it ourselves. Thankfully, Piccadilly sells a good Thanksgiving feast. It was probably more expensive than simply cooking ourselves, but it saved us time and it was delicious. I think better than I could have done.

Brian’s mom is a fantastic cook so I’m glad we don’t usually have to fend for ourselves. Granted Piccadilly’s food was good and it turned out okay for everyone, but it doesn’t compare to the food she prepares. Here are some photos taken on Thanksgiving day…

Brian’s dad…

I think we all went a little stir-crazy while waiting for the food to be ready, specially with the aroma wafting from the oven and permeating the entire house.

Even Scooter was restless…

My mother-in-law Donna makes the best deviled eggs…

We had both ham and turkey this year…

Everyone likes to nap after a good meal…

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Gelato at Caffe Moderne

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Ching under Food and Drink, Life.

Brian took me to lunch at Caffe Moderne today. At first I thought I wanted dessert, but then after I ate my Garbo (my favorite sandwich there) I got full so I decided against it. Then our server came over and told me they had two special flavors today, rocky road and pumpkin. Without much effort on her part, I was talked into getting some rocky road gelato. Just goes to show you how fickle I am when it comes to deciding… to dessert or not dessert.

“Hmmm… How did she know I am partial to rocky road? Am I that transparent?” I asked Brian.

“Well, you’re a little marshmallow-y and nutty at the same time.”

I’m a walking rocky road gelato. Good to know.

P.S. Today is Jenni’s 28th birthday. Uh, oh. Someone is getting older! Happy birthday, Jenni!

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Jimmy’s Egg

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Food and Drink, Life.

Had Jimmy’s Egg with Brian’s parents yesterday and it was pretty good so I decided to take Brian there today for some biscuit debris. Click here for the full review and more pictures.

Brian brought his new book to read while we waited for our food and pretty much ignored me. That’s the thanks I get for getting him Watchmen. =P

Ack! I’m kind of mad at myself for getting it at Barnes & Noble instead of just ordering from Amazon because I paid $20 for it. It is half that through Amazon. Just goes to show you that it doesn’t pay to be an impulse shopper. Grrrr.