The good things

I'm copycatting Erin's "Weekend Update" with more words than pictures... I forgot to take pictures of two yummy meals this weekend and was bummed out after I realized it with a cleaned plate sitting in front of me. I am still getting use to this whole blogging thing. And let's be honest, I love to talk.

Regardless of the missing pictures, this week was full of good times with friends, family and of course food. The boy was in town for work so he was ready to have some of his old cravings and I didn't hesitate to tag along.

Our first stop was Formosa. 

My Eel roll

Jon's Vegas Rolls

I have to admit, I did end up getting one of those Vegas roll on Jon's plate. I definitely had eater's remorse. 

The next day I met up with Jon, his coworker Brice and some of our friends while they got some boots. Now if you have ever seen Beerfest, these are the boots straight out of the movie.

 I had a few good laughs when people got splashed in the face by "the bubble". 

Like usual, time flew by and it was time for Jon and Brice headed back to Chicago the next day. Luckily  my parents were just getting in a few hours after the guys left. My mom was in need of fulfilling Short's burger craving, which you can't blame her. Once you've had one of these bad boys you can't really resist. So I met up with my rents to grab some Shorts for lunch. Although my tastebuds were watering for the Dundee (a burger with cheese, bacon and a fried egg...amazing), I knew that wasn't the greatest idea for a pre-game meal so I went with the chicken sandwich with peppers and onions. I do have to say it did not disappoint and I didn't hesitate to eat up all of my fries too. 

After the game I met up with the rents and g-rents at another favorite Iowa City joint, BackPocket Brewery. Its a little micro-brew with brick stone oven pizzas. Small fact about me, I could eat pizza for every meal and have finished multiple pizzas on my own...not personal size. But I have to admit I am quite the pizza snob and these pizzas live up to the criticism. They are on the smaller side so we got two to share. We decided to go with the Produce Pie, which is just a bunch of vegg on some gooey mozzarella and the Tatonka, a buffalo chicken pizza with bleu cheese and a little celery for crunch. Let me tell you, I am beyond upset that I forgot to take a picture of these bad boys because they are just so damn good.

Sunday morning the rents came over to make a some breakfast before they had to head back to the great state of Texas.

We looked for turkey sausage at the grocery store with no luck, so my mom decided to go with chorizo. My ma cooked some eggs sunny side up (my favorite) and layered it onto of the chorizo which was on a piece of ezeikel bread. It was so good, I love chorizo and love even more the smell that lingers when you cook chorizo. yumm.

I didn't have much action in the kitchen this week, however I am totally okay with letting other people do the work and just having to devour the food. I would love to try a new little place daily but I don't think my waistline or my wallet would enjoy that as much as I would. 

That's it for the good things this week!