I swear, I’m alive and well. I have no idea where the days go but they fly by too fast and there is just never enough hours in the day.
Despite being on track last week and talking myself out of eating out many times, I had a small gain. Ugh. My head is just not 100% in the game these days. I have no idea where my oomph went but I hope I find it again soon.
My parents and some friends joined me for Mardi Gras in downtown Caldwell visiting various businesses along Indian Creek Plaza. We had tons of fun! If you collected five stamps you turn your passport card in for a chance to win a table for eight at an upcoming Tuesday concert on the Plaza. We ended up visiting seven businesses, which should have earned us an extra chance to win. Regardless of winning or not, we really enjoyed visiting the downtown Caldwell area.
We started at Flying M Coffee for king cake. Mom and Dad arrived earlier and also enjoyed an order of beignets, which they said were delicious. The king cake was a little too sweet for me and tasted like a frosted cinnamon roll. The king cake we had in New Orleans was a lot better.
Our next stop was Indian Creek Steakhouse for their $10.99 burger and fry happy hour deal along with some boneless wings, cheese curds, and a hurricane shot (forgot a photo).
We crossed the street to Mesquite Creek Outfitters for their $4 pint special. I had a Baltic porter which was super dark but good.
Wanda had her heart set on a king cake shot and since we ventured a few blocks to Shi Sushi, a cute new sushi restaurant. The shot was pretty good and I loved the cute Mardi Gras sugared rim.
We hoped to have an ice cream and beer flight at The Stil for our last stop but it didn’t open for an hour. We passed time by visiting White Dog Brewing for a pint.
Where we then went to Chop Shop BBQ to share some shrimp étouffée and a margarita. OMG we will be back. This dish was delicious and the BBQ smelled amazing.
We ended our Mardi Gras jaunt at The Stil where my parents and I shared a beer and ice cream flight (again, no photo).
Originally we planned to stop into Creekside Mallow Co. for some s'mores but I didn’t realize it was across the street from sushi place so we ended up not back tracking and called it a day.
When I arrived home I checked the app for our house lights and was pleasantly surprised to see they had Mardi Gras pre-sets. It was a festive day for sure.
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