Have you ever heard of the Famous Leo and Susie’s Green Top Bar-B-Q? If not, it is located in Dora, Alabama. It normally sits in a cinder block building right on the side of Highway 78 as you are approaching the Walker county line. But an appliance caught on fire a few months back and…
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We are empty-nesters enjoying life's adventures.
Orange Beach Wrap Up
I’m going to wrap up our Orange Beach vacation. I threw in a couple of Christmas posts since my last Orange Beach post. We stayed at a new to us place this visit. We rented a condo at Phoenix West II. We had a beautifully decorated, spacious condo with great views of the gulf. Our…
The Battery
We recently checked a restaurant off our to try list. We met one Saturday at The Battery in Homewood. We were going to start with the Beer Cheese Queso and guess what…..they were out of Beer Cheese. So we decided not to have an appetizer as nothing else on the appetizer menu appealed to us…
Christmas 2022 Recipes
I made a few new desserts that I promised in the last blog that I would share the recipes for. I found them all on Pinterest. First I’ll share the Five Ingredient Hot Cocoa Mix that I found at https://www.sixcleversisters.com/the-best-homemade-hot-cocoa-mix/ 3 1/3 cups of Dry Milk 1 1/2 – 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup…
Christmas Baking for a Change
This year I took some time off around the holidays, which I don’t normally do. I got in a baking mood and decided that I wanted to bake some homemade cookies to take to the family gathering. After picking out the recipes I went to the store for things like plain flour, candy canes, dark…
Sunset in Orange Beach
I love to watch a pretty sunset. If you have vacationed in Orange Beach, then you know that during the summertime the sun does not set over the water. It sets over land, and with all the high rise condos you can’t really watch it or get pictures of it. So when we vacation there…
Pete’s in Orange Beach
We recently spent a few days in Orange Beach, Alabama. This is a place we visit often so we are always looking for new spots that may have opened up since the last visit. On this trip we were staying across the street from this building that was not there on our last visit. We…
Golden Rule Bar-B-Q
Golden Rule in the Irondale area of Birmingham is one of those places that if you’ve been there then you know it’s good. When we worked in the area this was one of our go to lunch spots. It wasn’t often that we’d eat there and not get a slice of chocolate pie. This visit…
My Last Birthday present!
You remember that a few months ago I had a milestone birthday. One of my gifts from Jeff was tickets to go see We The Kingdom and Corey Asbury at the beautiful Alabama Theater on Friday, November 4, 2022. Well it finally got here!! We had the best seats, like 3rd row from the stage!!…
Cajun Steamer
Do you have a restaurant that you have been to numerous times and it is just a given that if you are close by then it will be a suggestion when deciding where to eat?? For us, one of those is the Cajun Steamer. There are 2 locations in the Birmingham area. One in Trussville…