We got up early and made the flight to Dallas. We wanted to see Jen pregnant so once got in Dallas we grabbed a quick lunch at Sonic then drove to Jen and Brian's apartment. They had not unpacked much because they were looking to buy a house. Jen was starting to make a quilt and needed some guidance. Bridget is a pretty good seamstress so they started working on it.
That night we all met at Jen's and decided on Texas BBQ. Court, David, Jen, Brian, Bridget and I went to Red Hot and Blue for dinner. The food was really good. After dinner we went back to Court and David's house. Jen made a cheesecake for our anniversary (8/21). I am a sucker for cheesecake.
http://rhnb.com/
August 25, 2011
We got up and met up with Jen. Bridget and I like the Cracker Barrel. Wish there were some in Califonia. We went to the one in Lewisville. After breakfast we did some shopping for maternity clothes, drove by the hospital and the house that Jen and Brian were buying (it was kept a secret so it wouldn't be jinxed). That night we went to Del Fresco's steakhouse. The steaks were fantastic. It was a great dinner.
http://delfriscos.com/dallas-details.php
August 26, 2011
David took the day off and took Bridget and me to a small taco shop for breakfast tacos. They were great. Dropped Bridget off at Jen's so they could sew. David and I ran some errands. Court and David made reservations for dinner at the Dragonfly at the Hotel Zaza. We were seated in a private room which worked out well because we could talk. When you left the room it was quite noisy. I ordered a Root Beer Manhattan, but they came back and said they ran out of the Blackmaker Root Beer Liqueur. I was really bummed so just went with a plain one. Later the manager came by and said they found just enough to make me a Root Beer Manhattan and they comped it. Sweet. All of the food was great. Three of us had sirloin steaks, two chicken and one had salmon. It was the end of Restaurant Week so we had an apetizer, mail course and then dessert.
http://www.hotelzaza.com/#dallas
August 27, 2011
Courtney, Brian's sister and Brian's aunt gave Jennifer a baby shower. It was over in the Ft Worth area so Court and Bridget left to help decorate. Jen and Brian went seperately. That left David and I on our own. We went to Kuby's Sausage House for breakfast. David had bought us some meat seasoning from there a couple of years back. I looked it up and made a note to try and go there. The food was good and the deli was great as well. We bought some sausages for the BBQ we were having later.
http://www.kubys.com/
Since Kuby's was by SMU David drove past so I could see the campus. Then we went to one of my favorite places in Texas. CENTRAL MARKET.
http://www.centralmarket.com/Stores/Dallas.aspx
This place is outstanding. It makes other grocery stores seem ordinary. They have a huge varitety of fresh vegetables, meat, fish, wine, cheese, party dips, salsa, bread etc... We were geting marinaded chicken for the BBQ. They ONLY offered 10 different marinaded chicken breasts.
The shower went well and everyone met back at Court and David's house. David did a great job cooking and we had a swell time.
August 28, 2011
Today was Sunday so of course we went out for brunch. We went to The Grape Restaurant. David and I tried the cheeseburgers, voted best in Dallas. The girls had waffles and the Hatstack and Brian had the standard breakfast. And of couse we started with pull apart cake.
http://thegraperestaurant.com/
Later that night Courtney made delicious chicken enchiladas.
August 29, 2011
We were sad. Today we had to go back to San Diego. Courtney, David and Brian had to go work. Bridget, Jen and I went to Cindi's New York Delicatessen. Good food. We said our goodbyes and headed to Love Field.
http://cindisnydeli.com/
Jen got off to a good start on her quilt.
We had a great visit and like always we really enjoyed the food. Even the weather wasn't that bad.
For more details and to see more pictures see:
http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/2011/09/taylors-come-to-texas-part-1.html
http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/2011/09/taylors-in-texas-part-2.html
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