You Ate What...?

A few days after our road trip to Houston, I took a short trip to Washington to visit some family. I had coffee and treats, did some grocery shopping, and had a great meal in a food court of a grocery store. The number one thing that this Okie girl always has to have on a trip to Washington is some excellent coffee. Coffee shacks are prevalent there, very similar to our snocone stands here. My absolute favorite (out of the 50 around where I stay there) is a place called "Brew It 4 U." Last year John and I drove up to Washington to visit our family and took it upon ourselves to visit the many local coffee shacks. This place stood out as the best we tried, so I try to go there at least once a year. We chat with the baristas working and tell them a bit about Oklahoma and they tell us about coffee culture in Washington. Yay cultural exchange! Brew It 4U, their signature drink The Flying Dutchman, and a yummy sugar cookie. For those of you not from Washington, coffee is o...

I apologize for how long it took to get this out. There are lots of pics that I had trouble getting moved over, along with starting a new job and the things that go along with working in education. But here's the Houston post I promised so long ago. Recently (like 2 months ago) John and I took a trip....down to Houston...in July. It was a very quick trip to go watch some people I like on YouTube who were doing a US/Canada tour, and it was my birthday present. Obviously the 15 hours we were going to be in the car required snacks, as we don't often like big meals when we are traveling. I didn't think to do some of this until the way back, so there are not so many pics of the snacks. Mexican Vanilla is essential in my family. Homemade teriyaki beef jerky (that I made with my mom) This was not at all as I expected. Since the people we were watching live in South Korea (even though they are Canadian) and we were staying in the middle of Chinatown in Houston, I...