The Red River

Last night, a friend and I, put an inflatable canoe in to the Red River and floated down for a few hours.

For those of you that aren't familiar with the Red River, its not an exceptionally beautiful river. And in the dark, the swirling pools of red, murky water are even less attractive. None the less, we had a great time. We enjoyed pipes and good whiskey. We explored an old house that we later found out was built as a movie set. We were chased by people in trucks for the aforementioned exploration. We were then chased and tormented by a couple of beaver, which for whatever reason was even scarier than the people in trucks. All before 9:30.

I have no regrets for being born in the South.....thankya sai.

Church's Chicken

The shame...thats all I can say.

Root Beer? Hmmm....

So last night we had a great time with friends at Bistro Byronz. Unfortunately, my dinner was sub-par. I order the grilled pork chop that had been marinated in Abita root beer. Sounds strange, but not unappetizing. Unfortunately, after putting a VERY sexy sear on the outside of the chop, the chef decided to finish it in the oven for at least 5 minutes too long, because this chop was very tough and dry. Not enjoyable in the least.

The pork chop was served with a side of red potatoes cooked with onion (very good) and grilled asparagus (very good). I would have rather just had a big plate of potatoes, but oh well.

For dessert I split a bread pudding. Nice consistency (which can make or break a bread pudding for me), but nothing special about the flavor or the sauce that resembled condensed milk in consistency.

The only thing redeeming about the night was the company, which I hope to have dinner again with soon, but at a different locale.

Day One...

1.) Crunchy granola bar
2.) Over-sized chocolate chip cookie
3.) BLT from Good Eats....that means there was bacon, lettuce, tomato, but ALSO, ham and turkey.
4.)....Bistro Byronz