Happy Birthday Andy!!!
Everyone please wish Andy a very Happy Birthday today!! He is an occassional reader so I'm sure he would enjoy some birthday wishes on the blog.
We kicked off the birthday festivities last night with a trip to a new restaurant near our apartment, Willie's Dawgs. As you may have guessed by the name, it's a hot dog restaurant. I got a tofu dog with avacado, tomato, and cheddar. It was the best tofu dog I've ever had. While I will admit all of the other ones I've eaten have bordered on inedible, this one was actually really good. It was firm, which is a big improvement over the normal mushiness and heated well, which sounds ridiculous but it's hard to tell when they're heated through. Andy got the "Carlos" which was a normal beef hot dog with jalapenos, salsa, and cheddar. He said it was really good and had a good "snap" which is apparently the mark of a good hot dog. Even though I don't eat them anymore I think my favorite will always be the old fashioned pink weenies that we ate when I was a kid or the old Tiger Dogs they used to have at Tiger Stadium, before they sold out and made them "All Beef."
The most intriguing item on the menu at Willie's Dawgs, which I will try if we go back, was the carrot hot dog. They slightly boil a carrot so that it's a little soft, then marinate it in "hot dog spices"- whatever those are and then serve it on a bun like a normal hot dog. Very interesting.
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Odds and Ends
Last night Andy and I ate at a new hibachi restaurant literally across the street from our apartment. We hadn't eaten at one of those in forever and it was just as kitschy and cool as I remember it. The chef did the whole knife show and the onion volcano. fun fun.
We also fed Chester for the first time last night. He's supposed to be fed every two to three days, crickets or mealworms. We gave him three crickets last night and let me tell you, Chester is lethal. As soon as we dropped the cricket in he grabbed it in one leap. He's quite the badass.
We're venturing to New Jersey this weekend for a wedding reception on Saturday which means we'll miss the LSU game. We're going to tape it and Andy and I were saying this morning that we didn't have to worry about anyone talking about the outcome of the game. If we were in Louisiana no one would have scheduled a wedding that conflicted with an LSU game and even if they had everyone would be huddled around a small TV watching the game at the reception.
Everyone wish Nick a Happy Birthday...I know, one day late...sorry!
Pictures from the first half of Andy's Cross Country trip with Mike this summer are up..just click the link on the right. He's releasing them in two batches of around 250 each so grab a drink and settle in before viewing. I also added pictures from the Halloween parade...these are at the end of the "Friends in NYC" album. Check out the puppets..very cool.
The Vegeenas won last weekend behind 41 points from one Mr. Ladanian Tomlinson. We're on a three game winning streak right now and we've risen to third in the league. Hopefully we can keep it going this weekend. Go Vegeenas!!
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