PLAYING CATCH UP- MEMORIAL DAY

Hey Folks,

I'm never gone too long am I? A lot's been going on, but let's just get into it shall we? I hope to be back on track with updating weekly now that I've gotten a handle on things. This will be quick and to the point!

As I mentioned in the last posting, JJ's family came into town for Memorial Day weekend. His entire family was in tow- mom, dad, brother and sister. They all seemed to have a really nice time. We had sunny and warm weather the entire time they were here. On Saturday morning, they all surprised me during my writing session with AB at Panera to say "hello"! After my writing session, I met up with them at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. It was my first time there since college, so it's been a hot minute. After leaving there, I met back up with AB and had dinner at a delicious Mexican spot in Little Five Points called Sabroso Mexicano. I THOROUGLY enjoyed my food. So much so, that JJ and I went there again this past Friday for dinner. Hey, I'm not called Rerun for nothin'! I'm known to run things I like in the ground! Anyway, AB and I sat outside and it was very nice.

On Sunday, JJ played host some more with the fam, taking them around to various places in the city. I made some Chocolate Chip cookies with a new recipe, that I liked much better than the last one I did. This dough, was SO much easier to work with! The only change I will implement next time is to add Molasses to this recipe (per AB and TM's suggestion) the recipe I used didn't call for that, but there was a little imbalance between the richness of the chocolate chips and not enough flavoring for the dough. I bet the next time I make them, they will come out perfect! I may try this weekend, if all goes well, I will post the recipe next time I blog.

I made the cookies to take with me to the Vegan BBQ that AB and TM were having at their house on Monday. I went solo and then met up with JJ and the fam at Little Five Points upon leaving the BBQ. AB and TM were such great hosts and the food was GREAT! AB made some KILLER, SMACK YOUR WHOLE FAMILY vegan chocolate mint cookies. Can I just tell you that these cookies were the BOMB.COM!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!! I honestly have not had a cookie that good in a long while! She put her foot in them! She also made some GREAT peanut butter cookies, but the choc mint ones, mmmmmm, I can't say enough! I was able to take a doggie bag home and best believe, I ate everything.

I met up with JJ and the fam and walked around Little Five Points with them, then to the Undergound and by the Jazz fest for a bit. Then off to Atlantic Station for the fam to get some grub, and then it was back to the crib for me.

Unfortunately, I don't have any vegan dish offerings or excitement from this past weekend. I hope to be back in full effect this weekend!!

Check out a few pics from Memorial Day below:


Choc Chip Cookie Dough


Choc Chip Cookies- missing a little Molasses

Vegan BBQ Spread

JJ making some shots at the Underground

Until next time folks!!