Madison And Anthony Finally Meet

After nearly a year of online dating, Madison finally got to meet her boyfriend, Anthony, as he and his father flew in from California for a five day visit.  I cannot imagine what it must be like for them in this situation.  Obviously, Madison wanted to spend every minute with Anthony that she could, but she also wanted to feed him well and she had a specific menu - his parents don't get home from work until late and he feeds himself pretty much the same thing every day.

The first day, Anthony just recovered from his red-eye flight and the first meal was our usual crappie in lemon/butter/caper sauce.

The second day, they went to the mall for the day and a local corn maze at night with supper in between - it was Fire Roasted Chicken Cordon Bleu.

The third day, they went to Pigeon Forge, primarily to visit WonderWorks and that night supper was Oysters Rockefeller and coconut shrimp.

The next day, they went to Pigeon Forge again and for supper, it was BBQ ribs and Buffalo wings using my normal process for both.

Thursday was Halloween and they spent the day relaxing then getting ready to go out in their costumes.

We had only seen Anthony sitting down via Skype and he is much taller than I expected.  He is a very nice young man and a pleasure to be around.

We had Cuban sandwiches before they left.

On the last day, they just visited, hugged, carved pumpkins, hugged, went for a walk to the lake, hugged, posed for pictures, hugged, all followed by a tear filled good by, as expected.

I think they had a wonderful time together and we made everything on Madison's menu except homemade ravioli, as we were cooked out by the end of the visit.  As a bonus, we got to spend several hours getting to know Anthony's dad. 

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

10/27 – 11/01/13 event date