Georgetown

We got a tour of Larry and Mary Ellen's beautiful new home.  It is a Texas beauty, open and welcoming, and absolutely gorgeous.  After several aperitifs, we made our way to the Hardtail Bar and Grill, a nearby biker bar for sensational burgers!  I had my second thoughts as they told us we were going for some of the best burgers in Texas, especially since we had fairly recently had the best green chili cheeseburgers in the world at Bobcat Bite.  I have to tell you they were awesome!  Cooked to order, no problem making them rare for all of us when so many places give you that crap about, oh no all our burgers have to be cooked well done.  Anyway they were huge, juicy, delicious hand formed burgers with all different toppings for each of us.  Sensational, and only a couple miles form their house!

The next day we went for lunch at The Noble Pig, a place we had seen on Diner's, Drive-in's, and Dives.  It is a sandwich shop for the most part, but makes it's own sausages, pates, and head cheese, yum yum.  It is a tiny place in a strip mall that was absolutely packed, lined up out the door, and stayed that way the whole time we were there!  I think Guy really hopped up their business.  We had a Tongue sandwich with smoked green onion, red pepper relish, and aioli, a pork belly sandwich , a pork shoulder with kimchi pickles, and the namesake, "Noble Pig", a spicy ham, pulled pork, provolone, and bacon sandwich.  They were fantastic!

Jan, Mary Ellen, and my apologies, half of Larry!

You know how much that first dent, scratch, bump hurts with a new car?  Well our first booboo was yesterday on the interstate.  We're cruising along minding our own business when we notice something coming through the air at us, it ricocheted off the hood of the car, but initially from inside we couldn't see anything.  Well, once we stopped we saw it shattered our air deflector, dented the hood, and then scratched its way up and over the roof!  So much for our virgin Jeep.  The good news is the brunt of the dent will be under the new air deflector that I just ordered.  Who knows, maybe one of those dent guys can remove it.

So as if we hadn't had enough great food, off we went for dinner at the Ho Ho Chinese BBQ, a place we had visited when we were here in the spring.  It was just as good, except Jan wanted roast duck. As we waited for a table, the ducks in all their glistening glory were hanging under heat lamps right near us, so it really had our mouths watering, unfortunately once we got seated, the ducks were all gone for the evening!  But we made do with other wonderful dishes, including BBQ pork and chicken, Shrimp in Black Bean sauce, Shrimp and Scallops in a spicy garlic sauce, and crispy Pork Chops!  Wow, it was gooood!!

So off we go now to see what other adventures await us on our last day here in Georgetown.