So...whats for dinner?

eric95us

Just had an appetizer at a sports pub in Seabrook, TX....

Sharon and I are going to go take the LONG NASA tour tomorrow....two engineers in full "Geek out" mode tomorrow.....

MinusTwo

Oh wow Eric. Hope you booked the VIP NASA tour. I've been wanting to go. And the new WWII airplane museum is at Ellington field.

Are you on the way to somewhere? Or around for a couple of days? With our grey, drizzly weather, I hope you're not tenting. I live up in the NW part of Houston (almost on the way to Austin) but would love to drive down & meet you for a meal or coffee or whatever if your schedule permits.

eric95us

I PMed you my cell phone number.

We got here late today and are leaving sometime Thursday afternoon..but we are not on any particular schedule.

Yes, it's the "level 9" VIP tour. We're excited about it!

We're "hotelling" it this trip.

Sorry about the short post... typing on a smart phone......

illimae

Welcome or welcome back to the Houston area. DH has the tour years ago and really enjoyed it. I hope you two and minus can meet up, sounds fun.

I had various leftovers of Asparagus, Quinoa and a medley of sautéed Squash, Zucchini and Leeks. Followed by Pomegranate Green Tea and a couple squares of sea salt dark chocolate.

ChiSandy

Dinner was at Gallagher’s steakhouse in the “New York, New York” hotel. We had wanted to eat at its flagship location on 6th & W. 57th last July (kitty-corner from our hotel), but it was under renovation. We shared everything (except Gordy’s New England clam chowder). Started with an iceberg wedge salad; then fried calamari. Two entrees split 3 ways: exquisite rare prime rib, and dry-aged prime bone-in NY strip, mid-rare. Sides were creamed spinach and truffle-Parmesan steak fries. No dessert: just Stilton cheese & walnuts with a 20-yr tawny port. We have enough leftovers for a good breakfast. Oh, and the tab was half of what we paid last night at Top of the World

SpecialK

Last night was chef salads with blue cheese dressing to which I added extra Gorgonzola. Naughty. I had endovenous laser to my lower right leg today so before I left for the doc I made chili in the crock pot since I can’t stand for any length of time until tomorrow. This should be my last one of these procedures - I have now had two to each leg, one upper and one lower. I do have some sclero work next week after my post-op ultrasound and I am hoping it will be the last one. I won’t have the legs of my youth, but they look a lot better than they did before I started this process - yay! I even wore shorts in Hawaii! And nobody ran screaming after seeing my legs, ha

Beaverntx

Dinner tonight was an "enchilada" casserole made with the leftover fajita chicken (shredded), corn tortillas, chopped onion, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms and black olives, topped with Mexican cheese blend. We'll get several meals out of it!

carolehalston

Dinner last night was two catfish fillets breaded with fish fry breading and cooked in the air fryer until well browned. Cauliflower mash and tossed salad with lettuce, tomato, and avocado. DH said the meal was good. I couldn't taste it.

eric95us

If we had taken I-12.... We're now on I-10, near Lafayette....

The weather, and road construction, has made it a slow drive out of Houston. So far, it has taken almost 5 hours to drive about 200 miles.

We're heading to Florida to go down that west coast and "at the bottom" come back up the east coast. Sharon was down in the keys when "her" ship docked near there for a few days and she's interested in seeing the area again.

I'm interested in seeing how things have recovered since Michael.

auntienance

Perfectly miserable day here - ice, snow and 30 mph winds. In spite of that calling for something hot and hearty, dinner tonight is steak salad with the leftover flatiron steak sliced very thinly. Additions will be whatever tasty bits are in the fridge - egg, avocado, feta cheese (I may forego the feta if we opt for the remains of the thousand island), olives, red onion and several campari tomatoes. There are even some golden beets leftovers that I may throw in. This will clear out the refrigerator nicely prior to a trip to the grocery store tomorrow.

Special, I will wear shorts till the day I die, no matter what my legs look like. When I retired, I bought seven t shirts and seven pairs of shorts and that has been the basis of my at home attire no matter the season. I will wear shorts out if the temp is 50° or warmer. (I do have a couple of pairs of yoga pants that I wear at home when the weather gets to single digits.) I'm fortunate enough not to have many varicose veins, but even if I did, I doubt it would stop me lol. Hope yiurs heal quickly.

Carole, I'm sorry you're suffering with a head cold after all you've just been through. Please take care.

Beaver, the casserole looks yum!

ChiSandy

Either going freezer-foraging tonight or making pasta with the cherry tomatoes that are shriveling up in my freezer.

illimae

Leftover salad for dinner and early bedtime.

Like Eric, we are off to Florida too but on an early morning flight. Once the cruise ends, I’ll travel on the bus for a couple of days before flying home, DH will drive the band and return when the tour ends in about a month.

Have a goodnight all 🙂

MinusTwo

Unfortunately Eric & Sharon and I weren't able to meet up, but we did have a nice phone visit. Hope your trip is wonderful. How great to be retired and not in any great rush.

Illimae - Have a fun cruise and a super trip.

Nance - Since I retired, I've purchased several pair of jeans and several shorts. Yes, I have a pair of yoga pants, but they don't have pockets - which I seem to really miss - so in the winter I've been wearing sweat pants or lounge pants - what my Mother would have considered pajama bottoms. And those are from the men's department since the clothes designed for women rarely have decent pockets. I've always been cold-natured so I switch from constant bare feet to wool socks for a couple of months. I had to dress up for a meeting with our City Council Member today so I wore my black jeans instead of blue. And my 'dressy' black HOKA sneakers. My usual concession to "dressy" is a nice top & maybe some jewelry.

Special - hope the surgery was easy and the recovery even easier.

MinusTwo

thought you all would get a laugh out of this. 83 degrees yesterday morning. 40 degrees this morning and actual sleet coming down around 11am with my patio thermometer reading 43. I was so darn cold when I was trying to clip off some dead plants before our trash pick up that I gave up.

illimae

Minus, I just heard about the sleet, sorry! DH and I got out just in time, today was a beach day 🤐 (again, sorry!)

Dinner was fried chicken with rolls and fried corn bites, except when we got back to the hotel, we discovered they neglected to include the sides. Bummer but oh well, the chicken was good.

Tomorrow we got out in search of manatees.

Beaverntx

Minus, no laughs from here in South central Texas where it did not get out of the 30s with wind chill in the 20s today -- my hands have been cold all day so I don't know how you even tried to trim your plants. No sleet where we are but it has been in the area.

Dinner last night was homemade potato soup (the way my mother made it) and tonight some of the enchilada casserole with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

MinusTwo

My meal today was mostly left overs. Half an avocado with left over ranch dressing from one of my favorite restaurants. 1/3 of a cucumber - sticks dipped in the remaining dressing or just munched. I cooked pound of Asparagus and ate half. I broke the stalks in half & added to a covered frying pan, simmering 10 minutes with EVVO, Meyer lemon juice, garlic salt, onion powder, dash or two of red pepper and a couple Tblsp of water. Delicious. Oh - I forgot - three club crackers swiped several times in a cube of soft butter.

My pre-dinner drink was 1/2 a reasonably tall glass of Gentleman Jim bourbon with a good sized glug or De Kauyper Butterscotch Schnaps & a swipe of water. It's cold here and that sounded warming. With dinner I had a glass of Australian Malbec from the Mendoza region - bottled & sold by Costco. Kirkland brand is often quite good for very reasonable prices. Should I edit & mention I will sleep well??

Tomorrow I'm going to a wine tasting class with a neighbor. The theme is Wine & Chocolate. Be still my heart!!!

ChiSandy

We got down to 8 above last night--didn't even get into the 20s today, going down to 5 above tonight (the burbs are forecast to hit 3 below).

Leftover pizza for brunch (with an egg on top); dinner will be more leftover pizza, baked clams, spinach and maybe a little pasta to soak up the lemon & garlic. (Or part of a baguette).

eric95us

We stopped at Ft Walton Beach Medical Center so I could show Sharon where I spent a couple weeks and then we drove along the coast to look at the damage caused by Hurricane Michael. They are rebuilding and also still removing debris. I'd guess about 25% of the debris has been removed.

Right now we are about 15 miles south of Tallahassee, FL...which seems like it's currently north of the Arctic Circle... :-)

carolehalston

So many people on the move! Eric, if you took I-12 to bypass New Orleans, you came within 5 miles of my house.

It's cold and dreary here today, but I was happy to get rid of the hot and muggy.

Yesterday I met three women who were once golf friends for lunch in a new upscale restaurant. I was the youngest at 75. It was a bitter sweet occasion as we caught up on life happenings. I had a grilled sandwich with lump crab meat on brioche. It was wonderful. The side was a salad with crisp salad greens and blue cheese dressing.

I wasn't hungry for dinner but I cooked salmon fillets and scallops. The side was small baked potatoes.

I'm thinking tonight will be chili with corn and black beans.

illimae

Waiving hi from Boca Raton. Spending the day with DH’s 2nd mother (mom of his girlfriend when he was a teenager) who was a big influence on him. I thank both mom’s for making him the best guy I know.

No idea about dinner yet.

SpecialK

eric - are you coming through Tampa?

illimae - that’s sweet about your visit with your DH’s “second mom” and I’m sure she thinks the same about your DH! Later this month we are going over to the Food Network’s South Beach Food and Wine Fest in Miami and will visit my late MIL’s bff, a similar influence on my DH. Her late DH was the doc thatdelivered my DH and all his sibs.

eric95us

Yes. We are going through Tampa. We're about 45 minutes north and are hoping to get to the SS American Victory (same type of ship Sharon sailed) for a tour.

I PMed you with my phone number.

auntienance

LOL Eric - sounds like you guys are on the BCO tour -- you've been able to at least wave to so many of us! What a great trip!

Ham and beans tonight and of course, my favorite part of ham and beans -- cornbread. Then there's today's project:

eric95us

...meeting with Special in a few minutes!!!!!!!

Beaverntx

auntienance, wow, that is gorgeous!

MinusTwo

Nance - lemon meringue? Yum yum.

Oh Eric, you're getting to meet Special. How great. I have such wonderful memories of each one of you that I've met ... SO FAR. Not nearly through.

auntienance

Yep, lemon meringue. I bought a bag of lemons and it seemed necessary :-)

illimae

Lemon meringue looks great! I haven’t tried one yet but I did have a slice of key lime today 😀

carolehalston

The pie is gorgeous!