Windy City Grille, David and Laurie, and Our Coach

Our ole friend, Kathy, has long enjoyed exchanging Christmas gifts with us and not knowing what to get her and not being a shopper, but knowing she likes to eat out, I came up with a solution.  For the past two years, I have been giving her five free lunches at the restaurants of her choice, which she almost never wants to pick, and I get a twofer as I’ve committed to Bev to take her out more often as well.  So, for this meal, we went to Windy City Grille where Kathy and I have both been but Bev had not.  For a variety of reasons we have been having trouble getting together with Kathy this year and I believe this was only lunch number three of five clear up here in late August.

My Cleaned-Out Freezer, Gourmet French Toast, And Cindy Knee

Over the years, I’ve gone on several campaigns to clean out our longer term freezer but I’ve never been as successful as this time and it’s partly due to a new philosophy for freezer use.  This is about as empty as it will get as all of the old items are now out and I was amazed at the stuff that I discovered over the last few months - it’s organized by shelf such as pork and chicken on a shelf or beef and precooked items on a shelf.

Fresh Tomato Focaccia Pizza & Pups New Cut

These next two pics are from the web but they look just like Teddy Bear & Bodie's normal look.

The Greenbrier Hotel And Resort Wrap-Up & Cindy Knee

On Friday Morning we again ate breakfast in the main dining room as our final meal at the Greenbrier and again we ordered from the menu (link above).  This is a shot about 2/3 of the room, the drapes and a chandelier.

Marinated Tomatoes Along With Grilled Salmon And Summer Color

Since we are now harvesting plenty of cherry tomatoes, I’m on the lookout for ways to use them and this recipe for Marinated Tomatoes from the Two Peas And Their Pod blog seemed to fit the bill perfectly.  Since Cindy just got home from her knee replacement surgery, I thought I would treat her to salmon as she is a fish lover and I served the marinated tomatoes as bruschetta.

The Greenbrier Hotel And Resort Part 3 & Gustard’s

On Thursday, my back was hurting me bad (from the bed I think) so I skipped breakfast, the croquet game, and exterior history tour done by the others.  Here are some pics from Bev and Steve.  

The Greenbrier Hotel And Resort Part 2

We began the next day with breakfast in the Greenbrier's very elegant main dining room which had a buffet.