Adventures « Eliot's Eats

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate everywhere…

By Eliot, on March 10th, 2013%

A pre-Valentine’s Day adventure found us at Canebrake in a marathon chocolate cooking class. . . . → Read More: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate everywhere…

El Rio Verde: Authentic Mexican Fare

By Eliot, on February 26th, 2013%

It is really too bad that Guy Fieri established “Drive Ins, Diners, and Dives” or I would have entitled this theme’s posts in that way.

Too bad…I will have to stick with EE’s Revs and Recs (for “reviews” and “recomendations”).

I had been wanting to visit El Rio Verde for a long time, ever since . . . → Read More: El Rio Verde: Authentic Mexican Fare

My new theme: Restaurant Revs and Recs

By Eliot, on February 22nd, 2013%

Restaurant reviews and recommendations. (Yes, we have been eating out a lot.) . . . → Read More: My new theme: Restaurant Revs and Recs

Some more local festivities….

By Eliot, on November 25th, 2012%

First Draft and Eat Streets . . . → Read More: Some more local festivities….

The new addition

By Eliot, on November 15th, 2012%

We are now a two cat household. . . . → Read More: The new addition

Dia de los Muertos Revisited

By Eliot, on November 3rd, 2012%

We actually attended a Dia de los Muertos Festival on Thursday night. Key word here is festival—it was festive, not morbid, sad, mournful, or frightening.

We went to see some student art work on display and stayed for the music, characters, and joyfulness of the celebration.

I also found . . . → Read More: Dia de los Muertos Revisited

KC Retreats and Eats

By Eliot, on October 10th, 2012%

Please forgive me, but there will be some overlap here from previous posts.

But, these places are so good that I wanted to revisit them.

We definitely make it a point to visit these places almost every time we go to Kansas City.

Here is a brief run down from our last visit which included . . . → Read More: KC Retreats and Eats

Last weekend, we made the short jaunt to Kansas City where we met up with my sister and brother-in-law. They had made the short trek from the North Country. KC is a great half-way-in-between meeting place for us and we really need to do this more often. (I think the last time we met there . . . → Read More: KC and the Blues

Bruce Springsteen and “Man-Up Weekend”

By Eliot, on September 15th, 2012%

I survived Zombies, dinosaurs, and an over-crowded “L” to make it to Wrigley and the concert. . . . → Read More: Bruce Springsteen and “Man-Up Weekend”

Chicago, Dinos, and The Boss

By Eliot, on September 12th, 2012%

Just to update, this is the second installment over the great time I had last weekend. What was so great about the weekend, you might ask?

We found a crazy (in a good way) burger joint in downtown Des Moines (as we were just passing through) called Zombie Burger. (See my last post for more . . . → Read More: Chicago, Dinos, and The Boss

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