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Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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Posted by annie1992 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 5, 09 at 22:01
| Too bad Texas is such a big state, only Brenda was close enough to meet us for lunch. She picked out a seafood place and brought her DD, DH and granddaughter Aleksi.
Because we had flown and were limited as to luggage, we had no gifts for the adults, but I bought a little purse shaped like a poodle for Aleksi. I forgot to take a picture of it, but she filled it with candy from the front hostess desk, so I think she liked it, LOL.
Brenda was wonderful and friendly:
Her DH and DD were wonderful too:
We got so busy yakking I forgot to take pictures of the food! Well, I did get a picture of my Caldo Xochitl. Don't ask me how to pronounce that, even the waitress couldn't!
In spite of my empty hands, Brenda brought me gifts, which Aleksi helped me unwrap, including this really nice bottle of Texas Olive Oil and a bar of olive oil Chef's Soap, redolent with vanilla and smelling so good Elery said he thought he could probably eat it:
Brenda also brought me three kinds of chili powder, including some "Dallas Dynamite" that Elery is looking forward to, some Vietnamese Cinnamon, and gifts for Ashley and Amanda:
Saturday was the coldest day since I'd been here and the wind was blowing about 30MPH so I think poor Aleksi missed out on her planned dolphin watching, but I hope she had as much fun as I did!
Annie |
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RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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Wonderful gifts, food and photos Annie! Nice to see Brenda and her family too for the first time.
Glad to hear you had fun together! Thanks for posting. SharonCb |
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| What a haul! Everyone looks fabulous. What fun! |
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| Hi Brenda! Annie, glad you were able to connect, looks like you had a great time. Nancy |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Thanks for sharing! I know we all love the be included virtually in the forum get togethers. I am enjoying your trip via your pictures. |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Annie, you could add travel writer to your list of accomplishments! I loved both posts and especially loved seeing Brenda and family too! Wishing you many more happy travels! |
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| How fun!! Aren't get togethers great!! Brenda its so nice to see you girl!! Cheers!
Susie |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Looks like a fun time. Again, I'm sorry to have missed! I've met Branda and she's wonderful... and I really look forward to meeting Annie, one of these days! Glad y'all had a good time! |
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| What fun!!! Glad you two hooked up and Brenda it's wonderful to see you and even neater that we'll get to meet you soon. Just working on out itinerary now but looks like we will be in San Antonio somewhere around May 20th, give or take a few days. Annie, you must be getting close to Jessy's record for forum meetings...or is Sherry the record holder? |
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| Annie, it looks as though you & Elery had a great trip (except for going into Mexico, of course)! Good pictures -thank you for sharing with us. Kathleen |
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| Thanks for sharing :-). Brenda loaded you up with gifts, lucky girl. Sounds like you had a nice little warming up week before you headed home. |
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| Niiiice! Annie, I'm so glad you were able to meet Brenda. Brenda and I were lucky enough to have had a lovely visit when she came to my hometown. She is such a nice person and great friend to have. Brenda, Nice to see you, DH and Aleski. You look like you may be feeling better! |
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| Fun, fun, fun!!! Wish I could put my toes in the water about now. Thanks for posting this. Glad you had such a great trip! Tracey |
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| NOthing better than a lunch/dinner with a friend from the forum. Good to see you and your family again Brenda! Thanks for sharing your afternoon with us. David |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Great photos, Annie! Thanks for sharing them with us! The beach looks as beautiful as it did back in '88 when I was there last. Brenda, it is so nice to "see" you! Your daughter looks a lot like you! So glad you all were able to hook up. Forum get togethers are the best! Linda |
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| psssst Annie now that you are home you can make it up to Brenda with some mailed Michigan goodies. Looks like you got some nice stuff worthy of a swap package! Methinks Aleksi took right to you. Brenda, nice to see you again, GF! |
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| Oh, what fun! I'm so jealous y'all got to meet, but happy for you too. I wish I could have gone, but it just wasn't in the cards. I enjoyed the pictures. That Aleksi sure is a cutie! Sally |
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| Great pictures - thanks for sharing! I wish I could have been there. I've met Brenda as well and had a great time with her, albeit very brief. I hope the next time I'm in Texas I'll get to see her again. My family monopolizes most of my time when I'm there, but I do get an occasional day in Austin, although generally not two, since my parents live north of there on a farm near Temple. BTW, your dish would be pronounced "So-shittle", and so you might not want to say it out loud. Lars |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Oh my, Lars, thanks for the pronounciation. It tasted much, much better than the name sounds! Jesica, Brenda wants me to work on a "copy cat" cherry steak sauce, so we'll see what comes from Michigan..... Annie |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| You all look marvelous and cute! Thanks for sharing the visit with us virtually! |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| I've met both these fine gals and Aleksi too - nyah-nyah. Both of y'all look chipper and stylin'. Hey - where's Ellery? Aleksi is so cute. I'm glad you were able to get over there to meet up with Annie Brenda! |
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| Gina, Elery was taking the picture, of course. Someone had to do it..... I did notice that I was sleeveless, in spite of the 60F weather, and Brenda was wearing sleeves, her DD had a sweatshirt and her DH had a sweater. LOL, you can tell who the person is who was thinking that 60 is still pretty warm. (grin) Annie |
RE: Lunch with Brenda in Corpus Christi
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| Did Annie just call me a wuss? lol! It was a blast meeting Annie and Elery. Jessica, Annie had Aleksi "at hello", of course the adorable purse helped and a guide to the candy bowl worked for Aleksi too. Lars, I do hope you can spare some time your next trip to TX! However, I do understand about family time. I'll be circling May 20th-ish on my calendar and looking forward to Sharon's visit. Annie, thanks for posting the pics, too. Brenda |
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