Tailgating Part 1

I went to College of Charleston, which I don't regret for one moment, however there were not many (a.k.a any) tailgating opportunities. This is probably the one complaint I have about the College but at the same time, I loved that it was not a school centered around football. I loved that CofC wasn't a ghost-town on non-gameday weekends. And that I didn't have to hear team chanting in every bar/restaurant that I went to (I like to hear myself think!). I love that it's the oldest college in the state!

That being said, I'm a southern lady and I like to entertain, in a major way! What's more fun than a party at my house? A party at my car of course!

(Fun story: All through college, on Halloween, my friend Anna and I would dec my car out in Halloween stuff. I'm talking spiderwebs, streamers, witches, ghosts, you name it. Anyway we made my SUV the "Haunted Car" and we would ride through campus at the mid-day class change blasting "The Monster Mash". I like to be silly, can you tell?)

Anyway, back to my point. Let's tailgate!

I love going to football games (or baseball) and tailgating before we go to the game!

Here are my tailgate essentials:

We're still ironing out the dates we'll head to Columbia, So I'll save more details (and my menu) for Part 2!

Here we go!

Last night we cooked some chicken on the grill and K made my favorite marinade:

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That's buffayaki y'all.

My friend Brittany and I fell in love with Buffayaki at Gene's. (Has anyone heard that Wocka Flocka song? Well, we changed it to say Buffayaka Flocka. It's amazing how many laughs we still get out of singing our little buffayaki song. Wow, Am I really rambling about this right now?)

Before the meal we had sesame crackers with Tomato basil cheddar.

I bought a bottle of my favorite wine:

I really am more of a beer girl, but I love this! New Zealand wine country is one of my top dream vacations, I would definitely make a stop by this vineyard.

This is sort of an awkward post.

No, no, I'll show you awkward:

Dang! You'd think she'd just say "I don't want to do any meet and greets" and spare these poor people!

Anyway, Here we go!

Saturday Recap

This past Saturday was a great day, from start to finish.
I woke up to K carrying in a plate of homemade Eggs Benedict and orange-mango juice for breakfast in bed! Except I took it to the table as hollandaise sauce can be a little messy, for me at least. I eat like it's my first birthday party.

After my yummy breakfast I hopped back in bed for a snooze. Now, I should probably have prefaced my Saturday story with my Friday night story, as it became somewhat of a blur for me. Let me explain. Things started out mild enough, went for dinner at Opal, a new restaurant in Mt. P. K got the Flounder and I the Duck Ragu. Good food. Things took a turn when I ordered "Death in the Afternoon" at Club Havana for my night cap. This was a $12 drink and I was lit up like a lightbulb after forcing it down. I had to chase each sip with a swig of beer, that's how strong it was. My buzz led me downstairs into the Tinder Box where I bought a pack of Lucky Strikes and pretended to be in the trenches of World War I for the remainder of the night. Ok, so back to my Saturday snooze, yes I was a bit hungover.

Once I got up I made Pistachio Cake for a birthday dinner that night, and K and I headed over to the pool for about an hour (too hot), and then it was time to head to dinner.

K grilled yummy pork marinated in teriyaki and rosemary, and we had asparagus and scalloped potatoes, pistachio cake for dessert. After dinner we went to Blockbuster (aka ghost town) and rented The River Runs Through It. Ok, this is starting to ramble on...

All I want to say is how much I love my boyfriend and that I can't explain how special I felt when he gave me this, late Saturday night, for no occasion at all:

This was his grandmother's ring and it's the most wonderful gift I've ever recieved. It's dainty and beautiful and it makes me think of K everytime I look at it. I'm so in love.
Gag, I know.

So what's the best gift you've ever been given??