Wondering, relaxing, Alchemy, STCing and cooking

Last week was a good one filled with a lot of relaxing and a lot of nothing but what we wanted to do but we had a little wondering thrown in too.

A for real fire at 201 last week but apparently it wasn't too bad because the firemen were there for a very short amount of time and we were back to work within an hour.

K had to go to Nashville for work one night so J and I took that chance to chill in the big bed and catch up on some reading.

K and I headed over to Alchemy Friday night and it was just as great as the first time we went but with even better people watching this time. There were some real freaks in that place and we had a prime table right behind the bar where we could watch everything.

We stuck with some of our favorite dishes from last time like the chorizzo and rock shrimp mac&cheese and the pepper jelly glazed wings but tried a few new things including the dusted oysters, fish tacos and lobster raviolo. We were happily satisfied with our experience again! We got home and had a few drinks before calling it a night, we had big plans of being incredibly lazy for the rest of the weekend so we needed to rest up!

We started our lazy day off with a huge breakfast of scrambled eggs, boudin, hashbrowns and toast. We were so full after eating all of that, the only thing we could do was watch a movie.

I was pleasantly surprised by Secretariat. I did not think a "horse" movie could be so good but it was a great story with a wonderful cast. The rest of the day was spent playing old and new games on the iPad, including this kinda silly game of Planet Fish that I came upon accidentally.

Total geek!

That evening, K and I stayed busy hanging out by our firepit, listening to music, drinking some wine and whiskey and cooking and smoking some meats.

I hardly ever make fried okra at home, even though I love it, because it is so messy to clean up but K came up with a wonderful idea for us to be able to enjoy it without worrying about the mess! My husband is so incredibly smart :)

We finished the night with "O Brother Where Art Thou" and a bad ass dinner of smoked shoulder, smoked chicken, homemade baked mac and cheese and fried okra.

We finished Sunday off with more of what we did Saturday, lounging on the couch, watching movies, playing with the pups and playing games on the iPad. What a great weekend we had recharging!