Anyone who knows us, knows we love to eat - and eat well. In our constant endeavors for delicious food, we have become big fans of Guy Fieri and 'Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives' (DDD). We even took a roadtrip to California and mapped out the restaurants along the way. We only ate fast food once on the week-long trip, and it was simply because we had a long day of driving to get from Grand Canyon to Palm Springs.
Anyway...this past weekend we finally got to eat at Frank's Diner. The diner is an old train car and sits about 10 feet wide. There is always a wait, and usually takes no less than 45 minutes to get your food once you order. The last time we went, we were a party of 7 and the other 5 didn't want to wait. This was finally our chance! Our wait was only about 30 minutes and we both ordered the 1/2 garbage plate with chrizo. It consists of a plate of hashbrowns, green peppers, onions, jalapenos, your chosen meat and three eggs (the full plate has 5 eggs) and homemade bread. The plate was good, but the bread was outstanding. We also ordered a slice of Cap'n Crunch French Toast, but it never came.
Then on the ride back north, we stopped at Comet Cafe. All I can say is OMG... the Meatloaf! DEElish.
At Ikea, we bought two pairs of curtains for the bedroom for only $30 and a down throw pillow insert for only $8. The pillow inserts are to replace the Pottery Barn inserts we have. The ones from PB are awful. They are twice the price and the feathers are always poking through and stabbing you. Not mention always picking them up from the carpet once they fall out.
What amazing weather! 65-70 and sunny all weekend!! Plus, we got to dine on Giordano's Chicago-style Pizza with good friends and their kids. It was SO good. Although, D was a little disappointed that Lou Malnati's had an hour long wait for a table... which meant no chopped salad or peanut butter chocolate chip pizza. mmmmm
On Sunday morning we went to the Goodwill near mom's house and scored with the three items below. The frame is going to be used for our foreign money art project. We hope to have it done by Christmas, but still need Canadian Dollars and Czech Koruna to complete it.
D was pretty excited about the Star Wars Galactic Battle Game. It is knock off of Battleship and actually works! I found this gold bowl, held it up to D and said "I was thinking of painting this black, or white, and", before I could finish my sentence he replied with "use it for displaying the skull?" I love that he knew exactly what I was thinking! All this for under $10!
Giordanos rules. Sorry the waiter dumped sauce on Dave's sleeve, but at least it scored us a free pitcher of beer... :)
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