Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Weekend Fun With Clam!

Happy hump day!!! I can’t believe it’s been so long since my last post!! I’ve just been busy with other things the last few days and we had our friends in town this past weekend! We were so excited to see Clam and so thankful they came down to visit us from Virginia! Friday night we took them to two of our favorite restaurants, that’s right two!! We had to take them to this wonderful little place that serves the most amazing bacon appetizer that I have ever tasted. It’s called The Oak Table and is located right in the heart of downtown Columbia. The bacon is seasoned with Thai spices, maple syrup sugar and a special cayenne. It is to die for and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it!


The Oak Table is also located directly across from the statehouse so of course we had to take a picture!


After dinner we went to a rooftop bar and had another drink, the weather was perfect and there was even a fireworks show that we were able to see! All in all it was the perfect evening!


Saturday we took Clam out on the boat, the weather didn’t want to cooperate but we were all troopers about it! There happened to be a large music festival going on which was so great, there must have been over 100 boats out there! Of course that didn’t stop anyone, it was still very warm out and the music was great!
 






I made the most delicious sangria to drink out on the boat as well. I just googled various recipes and ended up using what I had at home! Here’s what I included:

2 bottles of pinot noir
1 cup brandy
1/2 cup triple sec
2 cups lemon lime soda
2 oranges sliced
2 limes sliced
2 lemons sliced
1.5 cups frozen raspberries and strawberries

It turned out so yummy and good! I should also mention that I let it sit overnight so the wine really soaked in the tangy lemon, lime and orange flavor!

We ended the weekend doing what we all love best, brunchin'!! We took Clam to our favorite spot Arko’s where we feasted on shrimp & grits, eggs, bacon, breakfast burritos and bottomless mimosas of course!


We had so much fun with them and they really loved Columbia and what it had to offer! We cannot wait to see them in October for a friends wedding!


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