Dinner to Remember

I don't think I've laughed so hard at a single dinner ever - let alone a working dinner.  While in Boston we hit up the Barking Crab.  My co-worker Rachael and I saw how busy it looked our first night around the town and so we figured everyone must know something... and that it must be a good sign.

Monday night we thought we'd hit it up, but I was so darn tired after sightseeing that we postponed it for a night.  So Tuesday the four of us walked from the hotel to the restaurant - maybe 1/2 a mile or so.  We put our name in at both restaurants and waited to see where we'd be called. 

Well it turns out the bar was "calling" us! 

(L-R: Fred, Me, Rachael)

We decided to grab a few drinks while waiting for our table.  Well after about 20-30 minutes one of the bar tables opened up so we thought we'd take our chances eating in there.  About the time we placed our food order with the bartender... one of our two pagers went off. 

So we went to take our seat only to find out they wouldn't let us sit there since we'd already ordered our dinners from the bartender.  DOH!  So we went back to our little bar corner to kick out the girls who took our place - pleading they sent us back because we'd already ordered food.

Um yeah... we ordered food alright!

It's hard to tell here, but in the back left corner is a 2 lbs lobster and 4 lbs worth of crab.  No that's not my plate!  Oh and that's not even the biggest order on the menu. That claim to fame goes to a 10 lb lobster and 4 lbs of mixed crabs in a bowl.  You may have seen that on Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel (he's Dave's personal hero).

Yeah this would be Mike who is trying to finish his monstrous order....

And he did - he ate every last bite... included the coleslaw he added on.  Needless to say he didn't realize just how much food it was going to be. He sure offered up a few great laughs on the walk back to the hotel.  Especially all the little pit stops we had to make because he was too full to walk!

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

It was a date night at home for Cinco de Mayo this year.  The couple - Drew and I (Daddy ditched us for the night for softball - the 7pm game that stretched into the wee hours of the morning).

So to celebrate we had to start with some cervezas - for me, not Drew.

My date was busy avoiding me at first - playing with his letters.

Finally dinner was ready.  Well it was dinner for me - Drew is not into enchiladas. 

Instead Drew settled on a Lunchable.

Not bad for a Cinco de Mayo celebration for two.

Not By the Spit on My Chinny-Chin-Chin

Oh, the things Drew will do to avoid eating dinner if it's not a jelly sandwich, pizza or chicken and french fries.


No, he's not grown a goatee, rather that's what happens when you blow bubbles for about 10 minutes consecutively in an effort to avoid eating your veggies and meat.

While we're making headway on Drew's eating habits, it's a long battle. He's now moved to eating PB&J's and grilled cheese, but won't touch any other sort of meat or fruits and vegetables. Of course if he doesn't eat what we serve him, that's it. No snacks and no dinner substitutes.