“O’ pumpkin pie, your time has come ’round again and I am autumnrifically happy!” ~Terri Guillemets Now, you already know that I spent the month of September judging (and eating) pies. I tasted 43 pies and not a pumpkin among them. Why? Because it wasn’t time for pumpkin pie in September. But of course, now it’s October. And October in South Texas means it’s Bill Miller pumpkin pie season. For those of you not familiar, Bill Miller B-B-Q is a better-than-just-fast-food barbecue restaurant chain that if you’re from where I’m from, it’s a huge part of your life growing up, and possibly still is even after you can afford to…
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Traveling. Because adventures are forever.
Travel…as far as you can, as long as you can, as much as you can. I posted most of this a few years ago, after I had been home a little over a week after a trip to London, Paris and Amsterdam and I was already ready for my next adventure. I was likely already planning the next one (which happened to be a Christmas road trip to see Mount Rushmore and then to cozy up in a cabin in West Yellowstone in Montana). I’ve always loved traveling; I’ve always loved maps and globes and compasses; Christopher has always been my patron saint; I’ve always had that thing called wanderlust.…
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Taking care of people at The Barn Door…
“Having been in the restaurant business, our job in the restaurant business is to be responsible for our customers’ happiness. It’s the nature of the hospitality business. You need to take care of people.”     ~Andrew Zimmern I agree with Andrew Zimmern, and I think he could have been talking about The Barn Door in San Antonio. My goodness, how had I never been to The Barn Door before last week?! What a great San Antonio place! I loved it! The experience may have been just a little bit better than the food (for the price) but the food was really good. I had the lady’s filet mignon…
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Win Lose or Pie
“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” ~Christopher Columbus Okay. Perhaps it’s unfair of me to compare my voyage to the one in 1492 that Columbus took when he sailed the ocean blue. After all, I didn’t have to travel quite as far to find the best pie in San Antonio. I live here after all. And while I did also end up visiting more than a dozen places in search of the best pie, none of them were so far or so costly as to force me to persuade a Queen to support my quest. Although, I wouldn’t have said no to some extra cash.…
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Side dishes are my side hustle…
Well, I am behind again. I’ve been so busy working on my Win Lose or Pie adventure and gathering my notes and thoughts that I haven’t written my weekly “best thing I ate last week” posts. But I will catch up. After all, this is my blog. My blog, my rules, right? 🙂 What I remember most about this particular week is Taco Tuesday at Blanco Cafe and the fact that they serve a side of carne guisada. A side of carne guisada! You can order anything else on the menu and then get a side of carne guisada! Where has this been all my life?! I think that’s it.…
