Quick Trip to Dallas!Easy Weight Loss

Jeff and I went to visit Allie and her boyfriend in Dallas over the weekend - they moved in December but this was our first time to see their new place.  We helped with some final touches in setting up (I was called a kitchen wizard by Allie's boyfriend...let's face it, I've had a lot of experience in getting a kitchen organized in the last year, LOL), we watched some movies, tried not to freeze to death because holy moly it was cold and windy and wow was it ever cold, and of course, we ate out.  They had several destinations planned for our meals, beginning with my favorite, Scotty P's:

Allie and Andrew.

The Preston Trail chili cheeseburger - it's always amazing.  In the interest of balance, I didn't get fries with my burger but I swiped some from Jeff's plate.

Friday night movie:  Ant Man and the Wasp (yes I'm still working on seeing the Marvel movies before the newest Avengers movie opens in April).  Great movie but that ending, ugh!  I hope things are not what they seem to be...please, Avengers: Endgame, have mercy...

Saturday morning:  we planned on running but it was misting, windy, and cold.  So we stayed on the couch - no regrets there.

Allie and Andrew planned out for Saturday to be our Asian day:

For a late breakfast, we went to Sweet Hut, which is a Chinese bakery.

You picked up a tray and tongs and walked around choosing items from the cases, which was interesting.  Some things were unknown flavors to Jeff and I, like red bean paste inside one of the pastries.  We all split everything, and in the interest of balance, I didn't finish all that I sampled.

We had to get this one since it's the year of the pig - the bread was soft and sweet, and there was some sort of filling inside; not my favorite so I only had a bite.

Proof that you can't take me anywhere - I'm wearing powdered sugar topping.

Later on for dinner we went to a Korean BBQ place, where you choose meats from a buffet and cook them on a grill at your table:

I've never done this before - it was fun to try different kinds of marinated meat (I mostly did chicken and pork) and see how they grilled up.  I was the only person using a fork...shame on me but hey, I wear enough food as it is, never mind trying to use chopsticks!

After we ate, we went to a Japanese grocery store that was so interesting - we probably spent close to an hour there looking at everything.  The oversized boxes of curry on display in the produce section were cute, especially because I have a smaller box of the Vermont curry in my pantry at the moment:

This shelf was above my head, but you can get a bit of scale from the sign hanging there.  I really should have had Allie stand below the boxes for a true idea of how big they were.

Saturday night movie:  Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.  Japanese anime, very well done, captivating story.

Sunday morning movie: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse.  We went to the Imax theater to see it, which was great - the perfect movie for such a big screen.  I never thought I'd like a movie like this but I did, very much.  It was funny and clever and I can see why it won the Academy Award for best animated film.

Then we went to Red Robin for lunch:

Waiting for our table selfie.

Their original gourmet cheeseburger is my favorite - plus steak fries with campfire sauce.  In the interest of balance, this was it for the day with eating.

Then we drove home.  Three hours up, three hours back, and a whole lot of fun in between!

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