Dallas: Great Food, Games, & Friends/Family

Last weekend, we headed north to Big D (Dallas) for a family and friends weekend!

The weekend started off right with a culinary delight from Chef Dad! As you might expect from the Greek immigrant, we had lamb (my favorite). For grins, he threw on some cedar-plank grilled salmon. Note: if you are not grilling salmon on a cedar plank, you are missing out! I do not have Dad’s recipe, but here is one from Food Network.

Saturday was a busy one… We took my brother John out for a Vietnamese lunch (Jenny’s idea) and spent the afternoon relaxing had his house with my two favorite dogs, Lexi & Sandi.

Saturday night, Kev & Angela took us for steak and lobster at Steve Fields’ Steak and Lobster Lounge. Jenny had their Chilean Sea bass and I had their surf and turf. You cannot go wrong with anything on their menu, but you must save room for Chocolate Caramel Buttercream Cake.

Afterwards, we met up with Annie at Barcadia (Bar + Arcade). This cool little joint with tons of vintage 1980s video games. When is the last time you played Galaxia or Frogger?

Our good friend and musical genius, Michael A., hooked us up with a few CDs that we have been listening too ever since. I would highly recommend checking out: