Brunch at Copeland's is the SHIT!

So, I love to eat. Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE to eat. I actually enjoy the whole dining experience. The sitting down, being waited on, eating, having a drink. The whole experience is great! So I drove up to Cobb Parkway and meet my movie group for a Christmas brunch! Copeland's has THE best brunch in town. It is so yummy! And filling! 

Here's a shot of the menu. Its ALL you can eat!

I enjoyed it so much, the food was good and the Jazz was amazing. Its nice to eat in such nice ambiance! 

I started with lunch foods! So good!

French toast, waffle plate! 

I had fresh fruit and whipped cream for dessert.

My food was great. If you are ever looking for a great lunch experience. Head over to Copeland's. The do it BIG!

I wore another wonderful dress from Gwynnie Bee! I looked and felt great!

Thanksgiving 2013

Greetings Turkey day has came and went. And man oh man,  I'm still stuffed. I gotta recap yall on my Thanksgiving celerbration with my family and me now and I already knew I wanted to make duck. I wanted a different meat, turkey just isn't all that to me. So the week before I went to the Dekalb County Farmer's Market and bought 6 duck thighs.
I love to bake,  my grandmother taught me how to bake when I was a young girl and every year this was our time to shine. We would bake our asses off. So this year I decided to make a Sweet Potato pound cake and a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. So let's dive right on in.
So, Wednesday when I got home from work I decided to marinate my duck. I wanted to find a recipe that would make the duck taste good and roast the grease off. The recipe I found sounded good. It wasn't.....

The marniating process

So, it smelled great and it looked great, but the recipe had the temp too low. Here is the link to the recipe, beware. http://londonpaleokitchen.com/2013/03/24/orange-balsamic-roasted-duck-legs. For real, dont bother with that recipe. 

Now the sweet potato pound cake came out great. It was beautiful and tasted great.

Isn't she beautiful?

I killed it. Here is the pics of the Chocolate Bourbon pecan pie.

This pie got rave reviews

Overall, I enjoyed the food BUT I was dissatisfied with my duck. I was destroyed. Otherwise, i had a ball with the fam as always

Weekend in Savannah

So, early November "Making Moves" went to Savannah. If your not familiar with "Making Moves" its a social group on meetup.com. We also do some light traveling. If you would to join the web address is www.meetup.com/making-moves.
We decided to do a River boat cruise and I was so excited. I love Savannah, its like I don't even know what the appeal is but I love that city. Anyway we arrived Saturday afternoon and it was hot! But we had to rush because the Riverboat dinner started at 7, but we wanted to board the boat early. Here are some pics.

Looks real pretty in the night!

Now the boat was fun, people were dancing and partying and drinking. It was a good time. Let's talk about the food though. I thought the food was going to be better. I was expecting a lot of seafood and my expectations just weren't met. The food was good, but not great. There was prime rib, chicken, veggie pasta, squash casserole (yummy), new potatoes, and lots of other stuff. And UGH! This terrible cheesecake, it was warm and UGH! I had a Pink Long Island to drink and it was SLAMMIN. 

These candy apples were so good. Reeses' and Apple Pie!

Making fresh pralines.

Overall, it was a nice relaxing getaway. I loved being in Savannah, food was good. With a good friend! Until next time.

Regina and I and the sites of River Street

P.S. On the way home we had Cheddar's. You know how we do!

Better than the others!

My brother is getting old

Sorry it's been a minute. Needed a minute to collect my thoughts. Work has been a bitch.

So my little brother turned 23 on the 20th if September. We celebrated on that Saturday, and where did we end up. At Cheddars Cafe in McDonough. So again I cannot stress enough to go and try Cheddars. The food is great, the prices are amazing, and the drinks are hella strong. Here is my food though.

This was really good. Filling too.

So I wore one of my Gwynnie Bee dresses. Then I quickly shipped it back. But here is what it looked like.

Not the best picture but I was full. Anyway that is all for now. 

Happy Birthday Brother!