I’ve recently found out how to knit. Well.. at least I can do some basic stitches now and I have some yarn and some needles!! I have to make my Mom a scarf since I said I would. I am also going to have to make one for my sister and I’d like to also make one for my Kat since she made me one.
Above I have two pictures, the first is from my first knitting session with Charaya. The second is the bundles (skeins) of yarn I now have.
Sarah, you should let me know if the multi-colored one is good enough color to use for your scarf…
Alright, I think I may have mentioned Mimi’s before when I went with Kadie but I feel I must mention yet again my awesome visit to this great place.
After really craving some Fazolli’s, not being able to find my wallet, then finally finding my wallet Adam and I took off to Knoxville for food. Instead of going to Fazolli’s we went to Mimi’s Cafe in Turkey Creek and I’m pretty sure I can speak for Adam when I say we made a good choice.
The first thing we saw when we entered around 9PM was a huge plate of all the deserts they have… and man they all looked amazing. We were seated by the manager who then sent the server to us. Our server was very friendly and gave great suggestions for starters, main course, and dessert.
Since last night was the end of Mimi’s “Seasonal” menu Adam and I both decided to get the Lamb Shank and a starter of Fried Pickles. The pickles are pretty much what you would expect, breaded slices of dill pickle that was dropped in a fryer with some ranch and thousand island dressing for dip. The lamb was sooo yummy and just fell right off the bone it was beyond amazing. It did come with broiled asparagus which wasn’t bad, but it is asparagus which I don’t really like so I tossed mine over to Adam.
At the end of our meal we had to give in and get some dessert (it was yummy when I went with Kadie so I really couldn’t turn it away this time). Instead of getting the “Trio” dessert I got the full brownie and Adam had the Bread Pudding. As you can see from the picture above the brownie is HUGE! I actually couldn’t eat all of it and took half of it home to eat (as I’m writing this even).
As if that wasn’t a great visit the Manager came over to our table and gave us 4 rather large muffins to try out and suggested we visit more often. We actually got the first muffin from the new “Seasonal” batch that starts today!
Oh, as a side note: Mimi’s Closes at 10PM on Wed and we were there well after close (I think it was about 10:30 when we left) So we were those guys and they still gave us great service and let us leave with some extra awesome treats.
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I recently had the pleasure of visiting my friend Charaya’s new apartment and for a nice new years party. We had party hats, balloons, blow out thingies, sparkling grape juice and music! The only other thing you need to have a good party is friends, since we are all conveniently friends so we were set!
A few hours before midnight I got a super awesome surprise too! Kat and Charaya worked together really well to sneakily get Kat to Cookeville for new years and surprise me! It was quite amazing and I was speechless when stepped through the front door. I’m pretty proud of myself for saying “hey” but apparently that wasn’t super appreciated, who would have guessed?
Anywho, I ended up staying in Cookeville for the weekend and I think everyone involved had a pretty awesome time. We even managed to get a few photos on Charaya’s camera and on our phones. I’ll toss a few on here for your viewing pleasure!
So a quick Merry Christmas to everyone (though it’s a bit late). I got to spend my Christmas at my Mom’s with her boyfriend, my sister and my brother in law. We had a pretty good time, the typical talking, eating, watching movies, opening of gifts visit you would expect from a family visit on Christmas.
One of my gifts was a Panini Grill, and I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit. I’ve made a few sandwiches pictured above because well.. I was excited. It’s super easy to use and clean and makes amazingly yummy food. With a quick warm up time of a minute I’m able to plug it in, make my sandwich, and toss it on the grill. Close the lid and come back in about 2 minutes to a nice grilled sandwich.
If you guys eat panini’s or have any ideas for some stuffings leave me some comments and I’ll try ‘em out.
Just noticed that again I’ve been neglecting the site so I thought I’d toss out an update.
Image thanks to Neala Schwartzberg
Kat was super awesome and made a trip to see me in mid November. It was a pretty productive visit compared to her previous visits. We actually left the apartment for more than just food! Impressive I know…
Quick points:
- Kat got to physically meet Charaya, a mutual friend of ours.
- We visited the International Friendship Bell
- Kat actually got to meet my Mom and Sister
- Got to eat lunch with Sarah in a Japanese restaurant that had a drive through…
- We watched UP! Though we had to buy it twice..
- She made me a man’s meal! (haha, Manwich.. good stuff)
- Kat put on a musical performance
- Walked all over Oak Ridge
- Had some relaxing time together
I think that covers most of it. I’m actually pretty impressed I was able to remember that much after this long.
