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Sunday Brunch at Legends

Posted on July 16, 2013 by under Food and Drink.    

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Brian and I had a wonderful brunch on Sunday with April, Gavin, Becca, Jay, Ashton, Mama Dill, and Linda. Thank you so much for inviting us, Jay! It had been a while since we’ve been there last and I’d almost forgotten how much we like it.

Champagne brunch at Legends

It’s not great for the diet, but we definitely have to put Legends back in the rotation — even if just for a yearly visit.

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If you’re looking for a great place for brunch, I highly recommend Legends. I think it’s probably the best brunch value in town, hands down. The food is always really good and with Moe cooking made-to-order omelets, you can’t beat it.

We always like celebrating holidays and birthdays at Legends. We’ve gone less frequently over the last few years because buffets are not conducive to losing weight but, if you’re going to cheat on your diet, you might as well go all out. Legends is definitely the place to do it.

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Freebirds World Burrito

Posted on July 8, 2013 by under Food and Drink.    

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Brian and I finally got to try Freebirds!

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The concept is a lot like Chipotle but they have funkier 70s era decor and they have way more food options. For instance, instead of being limited to one kind of rice, you have a choice between cilantro lime rice like what they serve at Chipotle or Spanish rice (the orange stuff).

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Here’s the bowl that I created.

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Here’s Brian’s bowl.

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Here’s Brian checking out the surroundings.

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Freebirds is way cooler than Chipotle. That’s for sure.

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Decor aside, the restaurant is pretty much like a snazzed up version of Chipotle. I thought the prices were higher. Then again, it can be expensive to offer that much selection. If you know what you like and it’s available at Chipotle, then you’re probably better off dining there as it’s a better value. If you like having lots of options, then Freebirds is the place to go. Oh, and Chipotle doesn’t have queso and margaritas.

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Our Nephews

Posted on July 7, 2013 by under Family.    

Our three adorable nephews — Logan (13), Eli (7), and Q (3) — spent the night with us on Friday night. The original plan was to just have Logan and Eli over and Q was going to stay with mom and dad. However, the three boys are inseparable. We were worried that Q would have a fit if he was separated from his older brothers so mom, dad, and Q spent the night with us on Friday night also.

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Brian made a chicken pasta dish for the grown ups and the boys had Pizza Hut.

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After dinner and swimming it was movie time. We watched Escape from Planet Earth.

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The next morning we had bacon and pancakes and scrambled eggs.

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It sprinkled a lithe but that didn’t stop he boys from playing with the boat.

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Brian does such a good job with the boys. I’m glad that mom and dad were there, though. I’m not sure that we could have handled all three boys by ourselves. Anyway, I wish we had more time to spend with our nephews. Maybe next time we can talk Matt and Jen into letting them stay longer.

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Kainan Na

Posted on July 7, 2013 by under Food and Drink.    

For many the 4th of July means fireworks. For us it’s another excuse to have a feast. That’s what we do on holidays anyway. LOL.

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Brian and I brought a bottle of rosato and teriyaki chicken kabobs. It’s healthy-ish, but there were plenty of other unhealthy options for us to feast on last Thursday.

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Mom made delicious fruit cocktail. The only thing missing was butong.

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Some kind of salad. I didn’t have any. 🙁

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She also made a spicy beef and sausage dish. It’s kind of like caldereta.

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Sinigang na baboy. You can’t see the pork, but it’s there.

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Pinatatasan. Pork and potatoes and mushroom. I’m not sure why the mushrooms are in there. Usually it’s just pork and potatoes. If I had to guess I’d say mom was cleaning out her refrigerator. LOL.

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For dessert we had bico, which I’m not really too fond of…

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..and Jen and Armando brought chocolate and peanut butter pie from the Copper Oven.

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Brian’s mom also made some super delicious peach cobbler for us. My dad absolutely loved it. Best peach cobbler I’ve ever had hands down. It’s better than the life-changing peach cobbler I had from Jayleen Catering last year and better than the peach cobbler they serve at Bite ME BBQ.

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It is so good that I actually want to learn how to make it.

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Our favorite thing to do after our annual 4th of July feast is sit out on the golf course where we can see 360 degrees around us. We just sit in our lawn chairs and wait for the fireworks to commence.

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No words can describe how amazing it is. Everywhere you look there’s fireworks. I wish I would have gotten some pictures of it. This is the best we can do.

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Who needs to buy fireworks when you can enjoy everyone else’s fireworks show?

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More Unhealthy Food

Posted on July 6, 2013 by under Food and Drink.    

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We celebrated the completion of the most recent training class by having lunch at a downtown Wichita landmark, The Anchor. I got to try their fried pickles for the first time. So yummy! I’m adding it to my “must order when at The Anchor list” along with the truffle fries.

This whole week has been really bad for the diet. It’s hard to pass up all of that delicious food, though. At least I didn’t eat everything pictured above, I guess. I just had one of these dishes. Can you guess which plate was mine?

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