{"id":9828,"date":"2019-01-05T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=9828"},"modified":"2019-01-05T19:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T03:01:17","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=9828","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving ~ Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes! The title, in that order. This makes me thankful and ever so happy this New Year.<\/p>\n

So I went away (from the blog) just before Thanksgiving. It was on purpose.<\/p>\n

You see, we were planning a trip to Florida for Christmas.<\/p>\n

And there were many guys in the family (my brother, dad, nephew and more) who had the beard swagger going on. My brother has had a beard for years, but my pop was sort of doing it for me. That’s another story, not for today. But I finally got to see pop with a beard. That was really special.<\/p>\n

I had never seen the hubs with a beard.<\/p>\n

I like beards.<\/p>\n

Beards are not the hubs thing.<\/p>\n

But he decided to grow one and surprise the family for Christmas. See where this is going?<\/p>\n

That said, back to Thanksgiving. I stopped the blog just before this post. The hubs was looking good with his beard, but didn’t want any spoilers before surprising the fam.<\/p>\n

This was our special little selfie before we left the house for our Thanksgiving date. The hubs beard was not even a month old.<\/p>\n

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Another special selfie.<\/p>\n

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Onward to our little Thanksgiving dinner for two. We decided to try a (new to us) fancy place that we’ve heard good things about. So Vintana Wine and Dine it was.<\/p>\n

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This is a fun little vignette near the entrance.<\/p>\n

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From the menu – We Had several choices to choose from. From the first course to the dessert, our dinner was amazing.<\/p>\n

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This bread…let me tell you…or popover as they call it is something I’ve never had. This Yorkshire pudding popover was goodness I will never forget.<\/p>\n

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They are crispy on the outside, with an airy, tender and slightly chewy inside. So Yummy! And with a dollop of the sweet warm butter, made this a winner.<\/p>\n

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The hubs started with the lobster bisque<\/strong>, no photo of the goodness, but he enjoyed.<\/p>\n

I started with the farmers market greens<\/strong> candied walnuts + blue cheese + marsala dried figs + pickled red onion + toasted walnut-champagne vinaigrette<\/p>\n

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Next up, the hubs had the diestel farms organic roast turkey<\/strong> buttermilk mash + cranberry apple relish + wild rice chestnut stuffing + lemon-herb root vegetables.<\/p>\n

I went non-traditional Thanksgiving. I didn’t have turkey, shocker! \u00a0I had a craving for the\u00a0macadamia and coconut crusted sea bass <\/strong>served with crispy sea beans + roasted pineapple salsa + mashed sweet potatoes + lime + ginger-lime beurre blanc<\/p>\n

Delish!<\/p>\n

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For dessert, I had the pumpkin cheesecake<\/strong>. The perfect Thanksgiving touch. No photo to share the amazing visual of the sweet goodness.<\/p>\n

The hubs enjoyed his key lime tart<\/strong>. It looks amazing! It agreed with him too.<\/p>\n

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The views were magnificent from the 3rd floor.<\/p>\n

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But this guy was the absolute best part of my day.<\/p>\n

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Our meal ended with full tummies and a happy note. Our evening was spent digesting, kicking back, watching a movie and chilling.<\/p>\n

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It truly was a Thanksgiving to remember.<\/p>\n

This post will not be complete without a Happy New Year! Finally, now that we are home from our Christmas trip, I can start blogging without the concern of leaving the hubs out.<\/p>\n

Cheers to getting on with the New Year!<\/p>\n

Blessings – Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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