First visitor to the UK!!

Sunday FUNDAY walk to the center of town.

My dad wanted to see Covent Garden and do some shopping

But somehow, we ended up at Belgo's for mussels and beer at 2 in the afternoon. Say Whaaaaaaaat?

Alright alright.. I guess I'm not complaining. Salud!! Only in the UK is it totally appropriate to have a drink in the afternoon without any discerning eyes.

For the light weights out there: my momma had the framoise beer. I think it had 3.5% alcohol content or so?

My dad and T had the Hoegaarden Grand Cru, a belgium beer. I ordered a Chimay Bleu and had a sampling of everyone's beer. 

Open faced mussels platter with marinere and mozzerella cheese.

We ordered three kilo pots of mussels: Marinere, Green Thai, and Traditionelle.

Everything was so delicious as always. Even for a non-mussels fan (someone else, not me!!), Belgos was still a hit.

We did make it out to Covent Garden and Oxford street to do some window shopping and walking around.

Please Rudolph don't go!! I'm going to miss all the festive Christmas decorations.

We went to the only place we knew that played the Bears game. Bodeans for light beer and Kansas City style bbq.
http://www.bodeansbbq.com/

Meat platter x2. Oh lordie that is a whole lotta meat.

It was SOOO yummy. Especially with the two meat sauces- bbq and hickory that you could smother all over the beef/pork ribs, chicken, and brisket.

Bbq pictures are always so flattering.. wouldn't you agree?? :o)

We still managed to finish most of the two platters even though we had eaten 4 hours earlier.

I'm so stuffed. I'm not even sure how all that food got in my bellay. Good news is that the Bears won 38-34. We're going to the Superbowl playoffs baby!!

Great news: My friend is flying to S. Africa and has a Heathrow flight delay for 9 hours tomorrow so she'll be able to come see me!! Yippee!! My first visitor and not even on purpose. :-D. Either way, I'll take it!!

Bear down

Yay! Things are definitely a lot livelier this morning. Went on a 5 miler or so (I didn't bring my Garmin Forerunner with me because I have yet to charge it!) around my neighborhood again. Jogging in the cold is a bit of a pain at first but after 15 minutes have passed, my muscles become looser and the run actually becomes pleasant.

After my run, I was greeted with this: Someone went to the golden arches!

McDonalds hamburger and cold french fries. I scarfed down the hamburger and a few potato spuds.

Only I would get excited about Christmas socks that my mom forgot to wrap yesterday. It is my firm belief that one can never have enough socks and underwear :)

 

My dog has completely neglected me. I see how it is. Traitor.

Agenda: Shopping around Covent Garden and then the BEARS GAME @ Bodeans. My first NFL game of the season. It's been waaaaaay too long since I've had some "American football" in my life. Heeellz yea!

Hey! I'm a hitgirl. hehehehe

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