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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Life Update

I haven't done a weekend update nor any updates in a few weeks, so I thought I would share a little about my work trip last week and then my weekend.

Last week, I traveled to Memphis, TN, all over Mississippi and Louisiana. I did a lot of driving which definitely wears on you. But I had a great time, only experienced rain one day from hurricane Irma and got to see a blogger friend.

When I got to Memphis, I settled into my hotel and walked to Gus's World Famous Chicken. I had chicken tenders, a chicken thigh, mac n cheese and cole slaw plus a beer. I was also told to have some pecan pie and so I did all the while watching football.
Gus's World Famous Chicken
Gus's World Famous Chicken
Gus's World Famous Chicken

After a huge meal, I walked around a bit and stopped in a wine bar to watch more of the game, but only had a small flight before heading back to my hotel. I fell asleep at 8:30 pm and it was glorious. I never get to sleep that early.

From Memphis, I made my way through Mississippi and ended up in Ridgeland, MS. But not before I had lunch in Olive Branch at this cute spot called Pinks. It was a cafe that specialized in BLTs and chicken salad. I opted for a BLT with an egg on it and it was really good. It came with chips and the most amazing iced vanilla latte.
Pinks in Olive Branch

Tuesday morning the rain hit and after working, I had a long 4 hour drive to Alexandria. Rory has family that lives an hour away from Alexandria, so they came up to see me and took me to dinner at Tunk's. This place was so cool. They give you crackers that you can feed to the catfish and turtles in the lake. We had fun feeding them and then had some amazing southern food. I had a dish that had snapper stuffed with crawfish, crab and shrimp in a yummy wine and garlic sauce. So good. Plus it was fun catching up with family that we rarely get to see.

Wednesday I worked all around Louisiana and ended in Baton Rouge. I had plans to go visit the LSU campus and see the new tiger enclosure, but it was a nightmare to try to find parking, so that was a no go. I love that campus and always visit it when I am there, but this time was a no go.

Thursday I worked and then drove to New Orleans. I took a street car and met Missy (from My Shitty Kitchen) at the Columns Hotel for drinks. Then we walked to this yummy restaurant where we shared crab cakes, steak skewers and a whole fried fish. Amazing. Plus hanging out with Missy is ALWAYS a good idea.
fried whole fish

Friday it was time to head home and this time all of my flights were on time. I made it into LAX and saw the newly renovated terminal and waited forever to get a super expensive lunch, but at least everything went smoothly.

I made it home and got to snuggle my girls, give them baths and hang out with them the whole evening while Rory golfed.

Saturday we went to the Nevada vs. Idaho State game which was awful. The tailgate was fun and I love that it is football season, but this game sucked. We should have won it and we played awful to a Division 1 AA team. Ugh.
Nevada Wolf Pack Football

Sunday we headed to Tiburon, California for Rory's grandfather's memorial service. You may remember, he passed away a year ago and we finally had a celebration of life for him. We hiked to a spot that his wife/Rory's grandmother's ashes had been spread and spread some of his ashes. It was so nice to get the family together and see everyone and celebrate the life of a great man.
Tiburon, California

After this part of the celebration, we headed to a local park for some amazing eats, looking through old photos and a family gathering. It was a perfect celebration of life.

We headed back to Pleasant Hill to see my sister-in-laws new house. This is where we stayed and the girls had the best time hanging out with their cousin Carson. Monday we headed back home, but not before stopping at the Livermore Outlets where the girls got a bunch of stuff. The Disney store, new shoes and clothes.

That is what I have been up to the last two weeks and why I haven't been on here as much.

19 comments :

  1. You've been up to a lot lately!! Your trip to memphis looks fun! So glad ya'll were all able to be together to celebrate the life of Rorys grandfather!

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  2. You've been busy busy busy! How sweet that Rory's family came to take you to dinner! I love football season too but our Bears SUCK - it definitely puts a damper on Sundays but I still love all the food/drinking LOL. Glad you all got to celebrate Rory's Grandpa's life! xo

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  3. I've never been to any of those places! How fun! (and that food? omg!)

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  4. Love all the food you eat on your travels! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  5. You're a busy one- but so many fun places! Now I'm wanting all the food you shared and YAY for meeting up with Missy :)

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    1. Thank you! I love food so much and traveling allows me to enjoy so much more!

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  6. You are one busy bee. It must be so fun to travel so much for work but also tiring. Gald you got to celebrate Rory's Grandfather's life. It's always nice spending time with family.

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  7. Phew, you've been busy! All of your food looks amaaazing, especially that pecan pie - good gracious! The best part of a fun trip is coming home to snuggle cuties, amiright? :)

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  8. ahhh- what a lovely tribute to have all the family together to spread the ashes.
    OK... I would have ran screaming if that fish was laid in front of me. YIKESSSSSSS

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  9. Loving all the fun travels! And how fun that you got to meet up with Missy <3
    Green Fashionista

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  10. You were down around my neck of the woods! I didn't realize you were going to be down here in the south when you traveled! Too bad you didn't come to GA! I sure would love to meet you if you ever do!

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  11. Wow, you definitely seem to be quite busy!! I'm glad that your travels all went well. I'd love to visit New Orleans someday.

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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    1. It is such a great place to visit. So much history and fun things to do there.

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  12. I absolutely love Tunk's!!! It's so so good!

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  13. You really hit up some good southern eating spots! So glad we got to hang out, always a blast! Glad you had a nice celebration of Rory's grandfather and some good family time!

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  14. Girl, you have been BUSY! Such a sweet Celebration of Rory's grandfather. Yay for meeting up with Missy! Bet you two had a ball! Fun blondes on the town!

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    1. I feel like I have been really busy lately,but it has been really fun too. We had the best time!!!

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  15. You were all over the deep south, weren't you??? So awesome that you got to meet up with a bloggy friend! Hopefully, one day, that will be us! The site where you guys met for the celebration of life looks amazing. Certainly somewhere I wouldn't mind being spread at. All of your food looks and sounds delicious and you have me hungry and ready for dinner now!

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