Of course, who can sleep when you know the day will be filled with things tried and never tried before? It is just one big adventure! However, I must say that when staying at a friend's house you should find out where the coffee is located the night before. Waking up and not knowing where coffee and filters are located is very trying! Well, it is for me anyway.
When Renee awoke, we had coffee brewing immediately! We sat out on the little patio in her cute little backyard. The kitties are watching us from inside wishing that they were outside and the neighbor's cute dog is barking "hello" at us. I am not sure what type of dog he is but he is so cute! Sometimes I wish I had another dog but it limits what I can do and how long I can be gone for the day or week or whatever. The weather was chilly first thing in the morning but it will be in the 70s today. You can't beat that type of weather at all. I will take it after the chilly mornings in Maine.
Renee is making us breakfast - bacon, eggs and bagels (with spinach artichoke cream cheese). Coffee as a side! She won't let me help as she has it all under control so here I am on my blog. Did you know that there is such a thing as jalapeno bacon? I didn't. Well, we aren't having it this morning but we will later wrapped around scallops. It sounds delicious to me!
Well, we finally got on the road around 1:30 p.m. and found our way to the Cavender's Boot City to peruse all the cowboy boots, cowboy hats and other things Austin! I didn't know if I would find what I could not live without but those red sassy cowboy boots were to die for! These boots will look fabulous with jeans or a dress. Renee found a very cool black cowboy hat and other accessories to die for too! She wants me to go back and get a cool black hat too! We shall see.
After leaving this mecca of all things cowboy, we ventured down the parking lot to this huge organic food store called Central Market. We grabbed a cart and perused all the delicious fresh food items. However, nothing had entered our cart when we found the wine bar in the middle of the store. Did we stop? Well, of course! I ordered a Temparnillo and Renee ordered a Savignon Blanc. We had a great conversation with the bartender who knew all things HEB and Central Market. We got a history lesson on how it all started as a little 7/11. Did you know that Whole Foods also started in Austin? I didn't. After partaking in beverages and losing our empty cart, we perused the rest of the store taking in all the wonderful smells. What did we buy? Sparkling red wine called BITCH as well as cheese (truffled enfused semi-soft cheese and smoked gouda) and crackers (Water Wheel Crisp Bread Crackers) plus tamales for appetizers before we go out to dinner.
It is around 6:00 p.m., we are now sitting at Renee's house listening to Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. It is easy on the ears! Glass of BITCH in hand with a side of the appetizers. It will be time to get ready to go out to dinner in an hour or so. We are just chilling out for the time being.
On our way to Lambert's for barbecue, we stopped at Best Buy to buy an S cord and Twilight on DVD so we can watch it before we see New Moon tomorrow night. Renee is trying really hard to make sure that I love watching this movie and reading the series. She is on a mission!
We parked in Renee's work parking garage and walked forever down all these streets to get to Lambert's! There were cars everywhere but hardly any people. It seemed deserted but you knew people were around. It is not like walking around downtown Hallowell where you see people everywhere!
Lambert's is certainly not what I expected a barbeque place to be like at all. Their website states that it is located in the carefully restored Historic Schneider Brothers Building, and serves up inventive BBQ, modern Texas cooking, and carefully prepared cocktails. I must say that the inside of the restaurant is very well decorated and comfortable with a bar just as you walk into the place. Renee knew that this restaurant provides a lot of food so we decided to share whatever we got. Renee ordered a vodka drink and I ordered a beer. As an appetizer, we had a surprisingly delightful deviled eggs with jalapenos and caviar. For the entree, we had beef brisket that was to die for. For sides, we had fried okra and collard greens that were wonderful. For dessert, we had an absolutely fabulous maple brioche bread pudding with vanilla bean ice cream and whiskey hard sauce. We were so full of goodies by the end of the meal that it was a really good plan to have to walk all that way back to the car.
We got settled back home around 10:15 p.m. Renee was unable to get her DVD player to work so I will watch it on my computer sometime before the movie. David Letterman is on television at 10:30 p.m. Sleep might be in order pretty soon! I hope everyone else had a fabulous day!
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