For the sake of our waistlines, we simply cannot have any more guests! :) Our friend Lyle flew in from Texas on Wednesday afternoon. My parents had just left for their drive to Bethany's earlier that morning. Lyle was the very first friend I made in Cincinnati. He, too, was a new member of the CCM horn studio and I was so desperate to make friends that I agreed to swing by his apartment one afternoon to watch Star Trek.
Flash forward almost 11 years later. (Yikes!) On Thursday for Pi Day, we picked up 3 slices of Mike's Pies: 2 Key Lime and 1 Pecan. Mike's Pies is a locally owned business here in Tampa, but they ship all over the country. Definitely check it out if you ever have the opportunity.
Later that evening, my friend Mandy came over to watch Abby while Robert, Lyle and I went to Tampa's famous Bern's Steakhouse. Lyle ordered a 13 oz. (!!) chateaubriand that had been aged for 8 weeks! It was interesting to try his steak, my filet mignon and Robert's Delmonico to see just how versatile -- and delicious -- steak can be.
In Cincinnati, Lyle used to have people over for the best barbecues so it was only fitting that we had another one while we were back together. Robert and Lyle went to Whole Foods and came home with a ridiculous amount of food. Just MEAT, really. Robert fired up the grill -- er, charcoaled and mesquite woodchipped up the grill -- and we had a feast.
What's that they're grilling, you ask? Why, it's 1 chorizo sausage, 1 lamb sausage, 3 steaks, 4 bacon wrapped jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and brisket, 3 skewers of bacon wrapped barbecued shrimp, and 3 twice baked potatoes. Oy.
I think Lyle enjoyed meeting Abby, too. I'm loving her new spring clothes. Look at that cute little pink skirt!
Here's to old friends! Come visit again soon, Lyle!
