Free Coffee and A World Tour

Marathon Training Week 8 - Day 5

We had decided to do yoga to stretch out and be ready for our 11 miles tomorrow.  Randee overslept and I gladly went back to bed.  So now here I sit, sippin' coffee, blogging and no workout.  My arm fat flappin' as I type.

Once she got her butt out of bed, today started off pretty darn good for Randee.

The person in front of her in the drive thru a Starbucks paid for her coffee.  She returned the favor by paying for the person behind her!

Last night we registered for the Too Hot to Handle 15K on July 16.

We could really use a few more miles, but I'm itchin' to race!

Oh yes, and we finally booked our Chicago plane tickets!

Race registration confirmed, hotel reserved, plane tickets booked...I guess we really are going to run this thing!

Now to rewind a couple of weeks....a quick review of the tasty food and wine we had on our "World Eating Tour of 2011." 

Rules of the tour:  The restaurant had to be BYOB! The restaurant had to have good YELP REVIEWS.  The restaurant had to be CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE.  And...each night had to be a DIFFERENT TYPE OF CUISINE. 


Get your passport ready as we zoom around the globe!

Thursday Night

Restaurant:  Al Wadi Cafe

Cuisine:  Lebanese and Greek

Yelp:  3 1/2 Stars

Bitchy Family Reviews:

Two  thumbs up from Mom and Trent.

Two thumbs up from Audrie and Daddy.

Wine:

2007 Pax Syrah Cuvee Christine.  See the Cellar Tracker review here.

Friday Night

Restaurant:  Cafe Sicilia

Cuisine:  Italian


Yelp:  4 Stars

Bitchy Family Reviews:

Doug and Angie two thumbs up...plus both big toes.

Trent two thumbs up / Audrie one thumb up due to lack of gluten free choices.

This Chicken Rollatini was died and gone to heaven good.  I think there might have been an entire gallon of cream in the sauce, but so worth every calorie!

 Wine:

2006 Domaine La Roquette Chateauneuf-du-Pape.  See the Cellar Tracker review here.

Saturday Night

Restaurant:  Everything German

Cuisine:  German


Yelp:  3 1/2 Stars

Bitchy Family Reviews:

Trent two thumbs up.  Audrie one thumb up due to limited gluten free choices.  Everything on the menu was marinated in beer.

Doug two thumbs up.  Angie one thumb up due to limited choices.  The German potatoes were very good and very salty.  Apparently all of the sodium went straight to my left boob.

We did all enjoy the gluten free homemade cream and warm berries for dessert.

 Wine:

2005 Chanson Pere et Fils Beaune 1er Cru Champimonts.  See the Cellar Tracker review here.

Sunday Afternoon

Restaurant:  Villa's Grill

Cuisine:  Brazilian Steak House


Yelp:  4 Stars

Bitchy Family Reviews:

Audrie two thumbs up!

Trent, who appears to be choking to death, and I both gave it two thumbs up.

Doug gave it two thumbs and one toe up.  He loves his meat!  (TWSS)

It looks kinda gross, but this grilled pineapple with cinnamon was delish!

 Wine:

2002 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain. See the Cellar Tracker review here.

Overall a great world tour!  I'm pretty sure the calorie count was somewhere right around 23,000,456, but it was definitely worth it!

It's Friday! Friday!

Has anyone every paid for your coffee in the drive thru?  Have you tried any hole in the wall BYOB places in your neck of the woods?

Whine and Wine Wednesday!

Let's just get right to the whining shall we.

Whine:

I have looked like this all week.

Grumpy.  Moody.  Some might even say bitchy. 

Blame it on the raaaainnnn.

Dang Texas storms did this to my parent's house on Sunday morning.

It also caused us to have to run a half marathon in the rain.  Well, almost a half marathon.  It also caused them to shorten the course by .6.  We also had a race delay.  I know, I know.  A race report would be nice.  I'll get to it soon.  I plan on getting my waterproof camera developed tonight.  That means possible race report tomorrow.

Sunday's race was hell for me.  I could not breath.  90% due to being sick.  10% due to the humidity. 

From the first mile I was having issues.

Why the hell am I so hunchbacked?  I might could breath if I stood up straight.

I was definitely the bitchy runner after this race.

Everyone else was talking about how "great" they felt.  How much "fun" they had.  I wanted to slap all of them.  Shut up and get in the car!

So Monday and Tuesday we had temperatures in the 40's.  In Texas.  In May.  Stupid  Thankfully it looks like Spring is returning and the weather is looking better.

Trent and I will be running the Mom Run 5K on Saturday.

This was us at last year's race.

Trent's race plan:  Sprint.  Stop.  Repeat.  It's exhausting to keep up!  I'm trying to talk him into letting me pace us.  We will see what happens.  Last year we got 3rd place in the Mom/Child division for his age group.  He got a trophy and thought that was super cool!

Ahhh, and I'm getting a massage and facial on Saturday afternoon from Cynthia!  I can't wait!  Happy Mother's Day to me.

Wine:

Last night I had a glass of Reg Guitar Tempranillo.  That is some darn good stuff.  The purple section of the wine cellar is getting low.  I might have to break into the good stuff.  Shhh..don't tell Doug!

Tears of sadness when this happens.

Oh yes, and I get to go on a date Friday night.  Yes, with Doug.  We are going to Empa Mundo for a BYOB wine gathering.  Sounds fun.  Only issue.  They only serve Empanadas.  I do gluten free.  Empanadas are full of gluten.  I'll have wine, and maybe try to sweet talk the chef into whipping me up something special.

One last piece of adivise.  Drop everything and order this book immediatly.

I'm just getting started, but it is greatness. I do believe Dawn is a bitchy runner! 

What is your whine and wine for the week?