Ok, so I'm way behind on posting. I promised a couple more things from our Key West trip, but that would be so irrelevant 4 weeks retired from the vacation.
To round it out we had a pretty sweet bar/restaurant crawl the final night and our fishing trip was both good and bad. The days that the inspirational author, who resided in Key West, wrote of at sea, are long gone. The 1000+ pound marlin that Hemingway so elegant, but simply wrote about in his books and captured on many of his own trips, are now few and far between. In the last year I've fished Key West and The North Drop in St. Thomas, both during the full moon phase and both of which have historically been the prime spots for blue marlin. Not even a bite, from a marlin that is. Both trips have provided interesting catches, a 70 pound wahoo in St. Thomas and a fun filled day of dolphin schoolies in Key West totaling around 30, plus a couple cuda and an amberjack. But that longing feeling of landing a massive blue is still prevalent every time I step onto a fishing boat.
Anyways. Since I last posted many things have transpired. Most notably Labor Day weekend. This was a joyous weekend filled with much debauchery and fun for all. My beautiful belle and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary in grand fashion. Friday night we attended, along with my father, the slaughtering of 100 year old rival TCU at The Case. Granted, the score does not indicate a slaughtering but that is due to our defense deciding to lay off the gas in the 4th quarter. But up until that point it was obvious who the better team was, and which coaching staff was far superior. The stadium was louder than I've ever experienced and it was truly one of the greatest college games I've witnessed.
Saturday Jessica and I had reservations at 135 Prime, a Waco steak house. I put together a quick bib-and-tucker; blue khakis, white oxford, pink and navy bow-tie, and seer-sucker blazer to celebrate the occasion and to bid farewell to the end of spring/summer clothing. Now, to whom this may concern, Diamondbacks is not the best steakhouse in town. Next time the parents come to visit and your father asks what time he should make the Diamondbacks reservation for, you say, "Why don't we try 135 Prime?" It is a little bit off the beaten path and away from our bubble, but is well worth the drastic risk of driving ten minutes down the road. Also for anyone visiting our great city, please do check it out.
The atmosphere of 135 Prime is a very nouveau riche "home on range" feeling. Dark, earthy colors and animal hides are juxtaposed to crystal chandeliers and framed pictures of early movie stars. We were sat immediately. We each started with a cocktail, Hendrick's gin and tonic for me and a cocktail made from Waco's very own blue corn whiskey and muddled fruits for my stunningly beautiful date. After our relaxation and menu perusing we placed our order. We decided on the Chateaubriand dinner for two. For those who don't know how this works, it is very similar to, dare I say it, what many of today's sodium rich chain restaurants are trying to do to draw in more customers. It is comprised of a salad for each (blue cheese wedge for me, Caesar salad for Jess), an 18 oz. center cut prime tenderloin cut table-side and served with a sauce Bearnaise and two sides (we elected the mac-and-cheese (typical, I know) and the sauteed spinach), and finally a dessert, all at a set price.
The meal was outstanding. Our salads were both very enjoyable. Just the right amount of blue cheese on my wedge accompanied by sweet and spicy raw red onion was the perfect start to the meal. Then came out the steak, which we paired nicely with a smoky Pinot Noir. I know, typically a cab is the way to go here but they were featuring this particular pinot and it just felt right, luckily for us it was perfect. Anyways, the beef was heavenly. Our waiter sliced it up table-side into about six pieces. The only problem with sharing the same side of beef with Jessica is that I like mine bloody as hell and she likes hers burnt to a crisp (Pulp Fiction reference, athankyou), so we met in the middle. Very juicy and flavored just right with a perfect crust. The mac-and-cheese was pretty basic, but that is coming from someone who is very sensitive about his mac-and-cheese. They did make the classic mistake of over salting the sauteed spinach. This was my only complaint of the meal and had this minor mistake not have been made, the entire experience would have been 10 out of 10. We finished with their seasonal creme brule (I'm always pleased to see seasonal menu items). It was a blueberry lemon creme brule and was divine. After dinner I enjoyed a cigar and a glass of Blanton's on the front porch and that, as they say, was that.
We spent the rest of that weekend relaxing. Jessica had kept me in the dark as to what she had got me for our anniversary and made me wait until Saturday. To my utter surprise I received an iPad 2, something I had just ever so recently become interested in. Needless to say I spent a good bit of free time on that during the weekend, especially with college football beginning and the need to get my line ups in for 3, yes 3, different fantasy football leagues. But I also grilled a good bit of venison on Sunday. You can't not grill on Labor Day weekend. Four venison burgers and a couple packages of link sausage filled that void.
So that was that weekend. I know I've been quite behind on postings and may have lost any casual readers, but between 16 hours of class, football season in full throttle, dove season just starting, fraternity rush, my new toy, the 3 books I'm currently casually reading (Liar's Poker, still working on Decision Points, and A Moveable Feast; all 3 great books) along with all my university reading, trying to keep up with the stock market and current affairs, as well as trying to get in my fair share of college life before graduation, I've been a little preoccupied. But dammit I love it! So, this is a nice little update and I hope to keep up with my blog better in the future.
Headin to Dallas this weekend for Addison Oktoberfest, so maybe something on that. Also the movie Moneyball is coming out soon and I'm very eager to see it, so look forward to a review on that in a couple weeks. And a couple of non-conference home games for the Bears, nothing really to shout about, should be easy wins, just waiting for that illusive final game against the farmers before they ship off. Sic Em!
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