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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

BBQ Obits

Condolences to the Cozy Corner Family and the Rendevous Family...some bbq legends passed this month...

I liked this picture of Brayden and Lennox. Lennox hasnt been around too many kids and Brayden has only been around little Wesley, I wanted to make sure Lennox and Brayden would be good friends and always try to get them together...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Vegas Vacation Day 1

Here we are in Winter and Sabrina's suite at the Wynn ready to start our Vegas adventure! Love to take pictures with the setting on the camera that allows everyone to get in. Our first stop was Minus 5 Ice Lounge in Mandalay Bay. We had the best time in there! There was an admission fee of $25 per person which included one drink. I had found a coupon in one of the books in our cap and we all got a free Tshirt. It was the best $25 drink I had ever had, they were all Russian Vodka based and whew! They really worked :) Yes, that is Elvis carved in an ice statue!

My delicious drink in a glass made of ice! I loved it, wish I could remember what was in it.

Gotta love this picture of all the girls! So cute!!

Ok, so my camera got so cold and I think it froze up a little hence the blur on the side of this photo.

Our next stop was the Cathouse Steakhouse in the Luxor Casino. We had a really good time, partly bc of our great 'feeling' coming out of Minus 5. Tony and I went for the special Pre Fix menu and got a great steak and a wonderful dessert. I will say I was disappointed in the burlesque show. The girl came out behind the glass and put on her makeup, not too much entertainment and that's what we went there for!

FABULOUS dessert of Banana Cotton Candy and Red Velvet Cupcakes...yum, yum...

We celebrated Winter's 30th again at the Cathouse since she would be getting married on her actual day!

After dinner we headed over to Peepshow with Holly Madison from Playboy and the Girls Next Door as the Star. We had tickets in the front row, which was great. The theme is around nursery rhymes but in a hip hop way. The dancing was great, but Holly was somewhat disappointing. She really doesn't have rhythm, which we saw on DWTS, but you would think something happened with her having a starring role! I did think it was kinda interesting that all the dancers had natural breasts, no implants but on Holly! Definitely entertaining and when we left, Planet Hollywood was crazy and loud and full of fun, we shoulda stayed there, but took it easy and back to Winter and Sabrina's suite to get ready for their big day the next day...

Monday, April 12, 2010

Brad's in Bartlett is #24 on our Tour

We went to Brad's Bar-B-Q at 2845 Bartlett Blvd. in November 2009.

Tony's Review: I enjoyed Brad's. The service was great and friendly. I liked the sauce and the pulled pork was great. Kinda average tasting sauce and the rest, but I would go back, its in a good location. I give Brad's a 3 out of 5.

Diane's Review: Brad's was another restaurant that didn't leave a lasting impression. The barbeque was fine and I certainly would call it about average. There just wasn't much that was interesting that would make me want to go back. The waitress was very

helpful and I would give the sandwich a 2 out of 5.

Randy's Review: Brad's barbeque chicken was excellent. The pork sandwich would rank a 3 out of 5 for me. The wait staff was very friendly. It would be a return trip for me however, but because of a twenty dollar overpayment, I will not return. No one contacted me after I realized we were overcharged after leaving my name and number for them. So good food, bad management.

Regina's Review: Brad's was pretty good. The meat and sauces were very good. The slaw was okay but the beans were

surely from a can and not doctored a bit. I will say that the banana pudding was delicious!

Courtney's Review: Brad's in Bartlett was a pleasant surprise. Our waitress Wendy was very friendly and knowledgeable and told us that they had some 1/2 chickens coming out of the smoker in any minute. I couldn't pass that up and ordered the chicken with a small side of pulled pork so I could taste that too. The chicken was fantastic...moist and tender with

one of the best dry rubs I've tasted so far. The pork was good too, but nothing special. It didn't have the rich smoked flavor that the chicken had. I used Brad's

mild sauce on the pork and I really liked the flavor. It wasn't too sweet and had a hint of pepper. Can't wait to go back to Brad's and get more chicken!

Brett's Review: Brad's was one of my favorites. It looked nice inside and out, which is a good sign the place was clean. The pulled bbq was good and the service was as good too. The owner even had the time to come out and chat with us for awhile. I really enjoyed this place, 4 out of 5.

Kembree's Review: Brad's in the heart of Bartlett was really a surprise to me. I had not heard of it and it was just in the center of town. There was a really cute country feeling to the place and it was clean and welcoming. Our waitress was really nice and recommended the chicken which was hot out of the smoker.

I got that with some pulled pork and wow! That was some of the best chicken in Memphis along with Cozy Corner's Cornish hens. There was a nice rub and seasoning to it. The pulled pork was good too, the sauce was nice, pretty normal, but overall a great experience in a nice part of town. We even got to witness a wedding in the outside gazebo with the drive through bbq going by...I give Brad's a 4 out of 5.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

For the love of the lucky color green....

We celebrated Winter's birthday at El Porton and surprised her with all of us in green, since she and Sabrina would be in Vegas for her annual St. Patrick's Day birthday.

After El Porton we went to TJ Mulligan's keeping with the Irish theme and ran into Debbie and Baha on the dancefloor.

The DJ was great and Tony got our dance on!

For St. Patrick's Day the 17th we checked out Skimo's and their Crawfish Boil, I loved the new Bud Light aluminum bottles for this year..

Friday, April 9, 2010

I'm getting married in 99 days!?!

yep, and that's not the only excuse for my lack of blogging these days. I have been VERY sick this week. I think the whole Vegas Hangover, week of allergies and now the worst week of asthma I have ever had, has totally slowed me down. But I am really inspired to catch everyone up on the wonderful bbq we have been eating and all of the wedding planning I have done so far, plus some of the fun parties and events we have attended. I need to get well, this asthma is making things though for me, I didn't work out for three days and it killed me, so I decided that my lungs won't get any stronger laying in bed and I've worked out the past two days and intend on getting better by the end of the weekend....wish me luck!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Vegas Hangover Or Spring Fever?

Gosh since we got back early Tuesday morning from Vegas, I have been WORN OUT! Tuesday waking up was a given, I thought I might make it to Trekking class, but no way! I felt like I was in a daze most of the morning, but thought I might catch at Kickboxing class that night...but nope! Decided to be lazy. Wednesday morning I would be fine I thought. Well my alarm went off at 6:30am for my track workout and I thought I might 'just close my eyes', well that lasted until 7:45. I missed my track workout that I love to go to. So I rushed in my slow motioness and made it to 9am kickboxing, but barely could do much there, I was just so darn sleepy. I am taking Claritin, but it takes a while to kick in. Everything is blooming and its doing everything to mess with my allergies I guess. I did make it at my normal time for Bootcamp this morning, but still felt a little sluggish. I need to catch up so I can be my normal 'full' of energy self! We barely slept in Vegas, and surely I am caught up..no??...