I went to Little Rock this weekend to visit wonderful friends. I stayed with Kelly and Eric. I have known Kelly since I was 2 years old. When I was single, I used to visit them all the time. Now that I have kids, it is hard to get way and see them. It brought back a lot of good memories to travel to Little Rock on Saturday. I feel so at home with Kelly and Eric. Kelly is a great hostess!!!!!!!!! This is their daughter Lauren with the two dogs.
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Kelly and Eric have some fancy taste. They are both gourmet cooks. When I visit Kelly it is a bit like country mouse going to visit city mouse. I wanted to show you in a couple of pictures what I mean:
This is Kelly's honey. (fancy) Check out the tea set. She served me red tea. I had never heard of such.
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This is my honey.(common)
This is Kelly's cheese. Kelly asked me if I wanted cheese on my asparagus. This is what she did, grated real parmesan cheese.
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This would be my parmesan.
They cooked scallops on a salt plate. They were incredible!!!!!!! Ever heard of a salt plate????????????? It was just a big block of salt. Kelly also made risotto from scratch. I think I have made that for my family compliments of Rice a Roni.
Kelly and Eric's food never disappoints and I always learn about something new in the cooking world.
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Logan competed in a Chess tournament on Saturday and got 3rd place! Way to go Logan.
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Here is Kelly, master of the kitchen. I love the fun colors in her house.
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Kelly and I saw The Blindside. That makes my third time and I STILL LOVE it!
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Another treat of the weekend was to go to church with Josh and Hillary. Josh is a youth minister in Little Rock. They are always just delightful to be around. Hillary gave me some ear candles. Ever used those????????? I introduced Hillary to them several years ago. (I think I was the one)
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The fun couple!
Best part of my weekend: Steve kept the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sooooo loved my mini retreat.
Comments
Next stop, Atlanta.... It's going to be a blast!!
I'm laughing at your comparisons - they are the same as mine!