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Showing posts with label Arlington. Show all posts

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Soap Henge, Buffalo Bugers And A Great Day Out...

Who would have thought that when I casually mentioned lastnight that I'd like to go to the farmer's market that we would have ended up seeing Soap Henge? Erynne, this pic is for you my dear. When The Bear saw it he immediately said "You have to send that to E. and tell her it's from me! She'll know why ;)
How can you not want to pull out your camera and a recipe?

Eggplant always makes me smile and think of my grandmother. Oh how she loves these purple beauties.

Maybe it's just me but this made me laugh. Did the farmer get a release to use their image? Man do I miss my chicken Penny. She loved to spend her days riding on the back of our horse Frosty. They were such a cute couple. Oh the good ol days.

Is it Christmas morning or is it just the excitement of being out and exciting the senses?

You can't take The Bear to a market without him grabbing a bag of maters! He won't eat one from the grocery store. "When you're raised on your own home grown maters, store bought one just taste like wax". I secong that! Actually if you know The Bear at all, you'll know he didn't use the word "wax" I decided that for a more family friendly blog I'd take the liberty of inserting a different word!

You better believe that next week we will be prepared with a cooler in the car to grab some of this meat. Oh man am I craving a Buffallo Burger and perhaps sausages?
Funny story for you all. When I was little my parents and some friends of ours went to the local Buffallo farm and got some burgers. Well they grilled them up and I was soooo excited to try something that seemed so exotic. But as I bit into it I was really disappointed "THIS TASTE JUST LIKE A REGULAR BURGER"! What a let down. Well years later I came to find out that they pulled the switch on me. That's right MY PARENTS HAD LIED TO ME! Geesh. They didn't think that I would like it so they fed me a regular burger and just TOLD me it was Buffallo meat. Makes you wonder what else they switched on me hmmm? Yeah, I'll find out sooner or later, you can't fool me forever MOM! ;)






Saturday, August 08, 2009

Eden Center Feels Like Home...

The Bear and I felt like going on a date and wandering around the Eden Center. If you feel the need to take a vacation to an Asian Country but can't afford the flight or the time off then wander over to Eden Center. It's a lovely place that we love wandering around where everyone is always so welcoming. The sights and smells are amazing. I have no idea what 98% of things are that I see since everything is written in Vietnamese but it's all so gorgeous.
Not only is everything colorful but the varying shapes and textures scream to be photographed.

If you follow this blog you'll know my new found love for Bubble Tea. Well the Bear was out of town when I fell in love so today he was able to try it for the first time with me and the verdict is he really liked it!!! Yay!!! This one was a Thai Tea flavored Bubble Tea. Sooooo delish!

Then it was time for lunch of course! I love the table setting.

Noodles on the bottom various veg like carrots, cucumbers, lettuce and lime leaves. Sliced crispy spring roll, delightful shrimp and two kinds of pork! So refreshing and tastey.
All in all a very wonderful date afternoon with the Bear. We walked around, shopped at the market to get ingredients for Thai Garlic Basil Chicken which I'll make from scratch tomorrow. Once you've had it you'll never order out for it again!
Have a lovely weekend everyone. Let me know what you have been up to!