A QUICK BUT FUN TRIP

We had a wonderful trip. Yesterday we drove to Mobile, Alabama where we met up with Bree and Jay. Jay's Mom, M.T, and her boyfriend, Bill, planned this trip and furnished us with tickets to see "Cooking with Chef Bobby Flay" at the Mobile Civic Center . Bill is a show promoter and is the one who set up the show (and also the Paula Deen show we saw in January in Vicksburg, MS that I posted about here and here .) We had wonderful seats right up front. Bobby was great...lots of fun. He created two yummy dishes and two kinds of margaritas. The first dish he made was Red Chile-Honey Glazed Salmon with Black Beans Sauce and Jalapeno Crema. Boy did it smell good. Next, he made a Cactus Pear Margarita and a Tangerine Margarita. The last dish he created was Black Pepper Crusted Filet Mignon with Ancho-Red Pepper Sauce & Toasted Goat Cheese. That one had our mouths watering. After the show, Bill took us backstage to meet Bobby and get his autograph on my new Bobby Flay cookbook. We really had a good time.

Bree, Jay, M.T. and Bill actually had dinner on Friday night with Bobby Flay, but we didn't drive over until Saturday morning. Bree said he was very entertaining. Sure wish we could have been there for that!

A quick funny story: George wasn't sure in the beginning if he really wanted to go to the show. When I first mentioned the show, he asked "Whose Bobby Flay? What does he sing?" Too funny.


Miss Daisy went too. Here she is in her crate on the back seat right behind us. We're so glad she's a great traveler. As you can see, we were up close.


But they had large TV screens for those in the back.....

You can tell I'm posing for the photo with Bobby signing my book while George isn't even aware Bree is taking our photo....too funny

After the show, we went back to the hotel to spend some time with Miss Daisy and we went over some plans with Bree and Jay for our New York trip in December for the four of us. We're all getting excited about the trip.


George with Miss Daisy in the hotel room

George's two brown-eyed girls

Last night, we all went to a private party that a local couple gave in honor of Bobby Flay. It was a gorgeous home right on the water. And I mean absolutely gorgeous. It felt a little strange for us to go to a party at a home of people we didn't even know, but they were so gracious. The food was incredible. Can you imagine throwing a party for a critically-acclaimed chef/restauranteur, award winning cookbook author and television personality? I can't even imagine offering to do this. And here's the kicker....Bobby didn't come. Not sure why. I think I heard someone say he was just too tired after doing the two shows. Hmmmmm..... Anyway, we had a wonderful time. There were tables set up out on their back wrap around porch over looking the water and with the candles, twinkling white lights and huge hibiscus plants everywhere it was an incredible place to have dinner.

This morning we had breakfast with Bree and Jay before they had to head back to Jackson, Mississippi and we had to drive home.

It was a short, but sweet and fun time and it's good to be home. But, we're already missing our "girl".

It's always nice to be home....here's our first view coming back across the bridge...lots of boaters were out this afternoon.