After our trip to South America, we returned to the States to spend time with family, splitting our time between Texas and Louisiana.
Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas
While in Texas, we met up with / did the following:
Dick Birthday Celebration - The family, including Graham who flew in for a couple of days, went out to dinner to celebrate Dick's birthday. Lily and Josie also joined. We went to Dos Mares which is the new seafood sister restaurant to Don Artemio. We got several appetizers to share at the table and then Keith and Shawna shared a red snapper dish which was delicious. We ended the meal with a couple of desserts for the table - the best being the 30 hour flan.
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| Dick's Birthday Dinner at Dos Mares |
Lunch with Rebecca - Keith had a couple of doctor's appointments in Dallas and in between them, he had lunch with Rebecca at Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen.
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| Lunch with Rebecca |
Dinner with Debbie and Marvin - We met up with them at Malai Kitchen and shared several yummy dishes.
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| Dinner at Malai Kitchen |
Dinner with Peter - We met up with him for dinner at the Cork and Pig in Southlake. We shared a tasty salad and fish entree.
Dinner with Anastasia and Tommy - We met up with them for dinner at El Carlos Elegante, which has a really cool interior and yummy food. We shared several tasty dishes.
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| Dinner at El Carlos Elegante |
Dodds Family Farewell Dinner - Margaret, Josie and Lily joined us at Keith's parents house for our farewell dinner. Shawna made pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce, couscous risotto, salad and a peach ricotta cake for dessert.
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| Dodds Family Farewell Dinner |
Austin, Texas
We drove down to Austin with Keith's parents for one of the weekends to celebrate the end of Jean's treatment and to see Owen. While in Austin, we did the following:
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| Jean ringing the bell for her last treatment before we drove to Austin |
Dinner at Peche - On Friday evening, we had an early dinner before going to the Esther Follies show. The restaurant was very nice with tasty French food options. The owner stopped by and chatted with us for a bit. We really liked the wine we had which was a French Sancerre called Renaissance.
Esther's Follies Show - The show was quite entertaining - mixing comedy routines about politics and social events with a magician doing various disappearing acts.
Brunch with Jackie and Fred at 1886 Cafe - We sat outside at this cafe at the Driskill Hotel. While it was nice to be outside, the road noise was a bit much. The food was very good.
Museum Tour with Jackie - Jackie is a docent at the Harry Ransom Center which is located on the UT campus so we joined her on one of her tours. The exhibit was on papyrus - something we never thought could be interesting but turned out it was!
Tour of UT Campus with Owen - Owen showed us his dorm and then we walked around the campus a bit where he showed us the business school building and his frat house.
Dinner at Comedor - Owen and Kaitlyn joined us for dinner at this modern Mexican restaurant. It took them a while to seat us at our table so they comped our first round of drinks. The food was pretty good but it was quite noisy so it was hard for Jean and Dick to hear.
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| Dinner at Comedor |
Brunch at Yamas Greek Restaurant - We met up with Christine, Graham and Clayton for brunch at this place - Owen also joined us. Christine and Graham happened to be in town visiting Clayton. The restaurant is very cute with yummy Greek food.
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| Brunch at Yamas |
Visit with Patrick and Loren and Patrick's Parents - Before we drove back to Colleyville, we stopped at Patrick's parents house so we can see them along with Patrick, Loren, the kids and Patrick's sister and her boyfriend. Dick worked with Patrick's dad so they enjoyed the visit. They had some nice snacks out for us to enjoy.
Louisiana
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| Shawna's mom's garden |
While in Louisiana, we met up with / did the following:
Evening with Ginger and Michael - On our drive down to Louisiana, we spent the night at Ginger and Michael's house. When we arrived, they had boiled crawfish waiting for us with cold beer - YUM! We ate until we couldn't eat anymore and then hung out chatting. The next morning, we went for a 1.5 hour walk with Ginger in the national forest that is behind their house.
Lunch with Betty - Shawna took her mom to a doctor's appointment in Opelousas so they met up with Ms Betty to have lunch at Crawfish House and Grill. The place is casual and food is pretty good.
Dinner with Chuck and Michelle - We treated Chuck (he does the lawn care for Shawna's mom) and Michelle to dinner at Broken Wheel as they do a lot for Shawna's mom. We shared the crab cake and redfish - our usual when we go there.
Dinner at La Petite Affaire Cafe - We went to dinner with Shawna's mom at this place where we had the birthday party for Shawna's mom. It's an adorable cafe with really good food. They did not have their liquor license yet so we brought a bottle of wine. We shared a stuffed quail appetizer, a salad and lamb for our entree. And we got two desserts that we shared with the three of us.
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| Dinner at La Petite Affaire |
Lunch with Brenda and Joe - We met Brenda and Joe at J Alexander's in Baton Rouge - it's a large place with a good menu. We shared a yummy salad and trout dish. We then went to Burden Gardens to walk around - the gardens are nice but small and there was a private event being set up so we could not walk around for long.
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| Burden Gardens |
Dinner with Hope and Craig - We had them over for dinner at Shawna's mom's house. We started with cheese and crackers and then Shawna made a salad, pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce, couscous risotto and peach cake for dessert.
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| Dinner with Hope |
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