Free food.....if you are a cow

Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A!

 Calling all cows! Today, win a free food at Chick-fil-A if you dress up like a cow. Here's the deal:

"Wear a partial costume and get a free entrée"

"Dress head to hoof and win a free meal!"

The Columbia 100 Chick-fil-A manager told us Cow Appreciation Day is always a fun day in the store. They never know what crazy cows are going to walk through the door.


More great news-
Take pictures of you in your cow costume, send them to Chick-fil-A and enter to win a $100 gift certificate, a catered Chick-fil-A party or other prizes!


Send us your photo if dress up like a cow today and we'll post them too. Good luck!

Beverly Hills Brownie Company - Los Angeles

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We stumbled upon the Beverly Hills Brownie Company in Los Angeles, their new flagship store.

They offer 14 different handmade brownie without preservatives such as Classic Walnut, Red Velvet, Chocolate Mint Chip,  Caramel Blondie, Simply Classic, Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip, Pure Platinum (the one and only all vanilla brownie), Peanut Brittle, Poppy Seed, Mocha Latte), Platinum Almond, Gingerbread, Pumpkin Cream Cheese and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. ( creative much?....I think yes)

We thought these ribbon tied brownie gifts            
were very clever and a unique way of marketing
their product.

Here is Charles tasting the Red Velvet and the Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip brownies at the store window counter.









 The red-velvet brownie was terrific in every aspect. It was filled with a creamy vanilla center surrounded by an outer layer of rich tasty red velvet topped with swirling vanilla icing. It tasted just like the mini version of the cake. Both brownies had a soft and creamy texture that made it utterly delicious.

Red Velvet Brownie and Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Brownie 

 The best part of this store is you don't have to go to Beverly Hills to get their brownies. THEY SHIP ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!






To check out the Beverly Hills Brownie Company go to their website here. 

The Lobster - Santa Monica, CA

The Lobster, obviously named for its seafood heavy menu, is located right at the entrance of the Santa Monica Pier. Since it is very close to the ocean, it is renowned for its seafood, especially lobster. We learned about this restaurant in the airline magazine on our flight to California. So, we decided to give it a shot.

Bread with herbed oil brought to
our table when we first sat down

We arrived via the parking lot elevator on the ground floor. The outside of the restaurant is deceiving because it looks like a generic building but once we got seated, we couldn't believe the fantastic views of the Santa Monica Pier and the Pacific Ocean -  courtesy of floor to ceiling windows in the entire back of the restaurant. It was amazing! We also noticed that they had outside seating however we decided to eat inside because we had been in the sun all day.

Swordfish 

Our meals came out fairly fast. Our father ordered grilled swordfish with sautéed broccolini and polenta. It was fork-tender, well-cooked, and delicious - we all had to taste it and instantly liked it.

 Our mom ordered the American Lobster Salad-
avocado, little gem lettuce, winter citrus vinaigrette & fried leeks. She said that the lobster meat was "magnificent" and "buttery".






Charles selected the Espresso BBQ Sockeye Salmon Sandwich
with Apple Smoked Bacon, Tutti Frutti Crispy Onion Rings, Lettuce & Mayo with Truffle Fries.

Charles wasn't crazy about the pumpernickel bread but he thought the combination of salmon, bacon, and crispy onions was a clever match.

Thomas ordered steak with the truffle fries. Ordering steak in a seafood restaurant may not normally be a good idea, but Thomas just wasn't in the mood for seafood. We got lucky because this steak was excellent.  The meat was seasoned, juicy and tender. The truffle fries carried a punch of garlic and a small kick of parmesan cheese that was different but in a really awesome way!


The Lobster was definitely a great find. We highly recommend it to anyone visiting Santa Monica.

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Our Best of the Beach Eats - Delaware beaches

Summertime means beach time.

If you are headed to the beach soon here are some of our favorite beach eats in the Delaware Beach area:

Arena's Cafe - Rehoboth Beach (plus other locations)

Arenas Cafe is more than your ordinary cafe. It's the ideal breakfast, lunch, and dinner paradise for individuals and families.

We always have to eat here at least one time while we are at the beach. The tasty food, the fun decorations, and the consistency of the restaurant makes it truly a fantastic place!

Below are some photos of a Sunday breakfast where they offer an all-you-can eat option complete with omelet station or order from the regular breakfast menu. Lunch and dinner are just as good. 

Mickey's Crab House - Bethany Beach

In our opinion an awesome crab house. They also offer other foods (seafood, fried chicken etc.) if you don't want crabs. The restaurant doesn't have a website but here's the address: Jefferson Bridge Rd & Rte 1, Bethany Beach, DE 19930 and phone # (302) 539-5384

For more information click here to read our Mickey's Crab House blog post. 

 The Bake Shoppe - Rehoboth Beach 

We've been to some amazing bake shops in New York & New Jersey and this ranks up there with the best of them.   A huge variety of pastries, cookies, tarts, cakes, pies, donuts, croissants, egg sandwiches and so much more. 

Summer House - Rehoboth Beach

This is another of our "must" go spots at the beach.  We always make sure we visit Summer House when we are at the beach. 

With its sports bar theme complete with several large screen televisions, it feels homey and has a great diverse menu.  Our favorites are ribs and fried calamari. 

Fried calamari -
 one of the best we've tasted. 

 Summer House has fantastic BBQ ribs that are served with shoe string french fries. They are actually so good we try to go on BBQ Rib night when they are all-you-can-eat.

Salad with cranberries, nuts and sweet dressing

 They also have sandwiches, salads (our mom goes crazy for the Summer House salad), steaks, seafood, pasta, hamburgers.....and some cool root beer.

Fins Fish House and Raw Bar - Rehoboth Beach 

This place is pretty famous at the beach. They are known to have the best seafood in Rehoboth. We can say we agree.  We've eaten both lunch and dinner here. 

The lunch menu has a ton of seafood sandwich options....

Fish tacos

Thomas and his grandpa

Swordfish sandwich

Salmon burger

Dinner has more options....

Fish and chips

House salad with cranberries and almonds

Grilled scallops salad with goat cheese, nuts and arugala (our mom loved this!)

Crab cakes 

Swordfish with their famous mac and cheese

Baked flounder stuffed with crab meat with mac & cheese - our  Grandpa LOVED it)

Leave room for desserts. You don't want to miss trying one of their many cakes. 

You can't leave the beach without having ice cream.  Our favorite is Kilwin's Ice Cream, Fudge and Chocolate  because the ice cream is delicious and there is so much more to choose from including fudge and chocolates.