This is for the food (and drink) people.
An entire post devoted to our final meal in Virginia. (That’s 2 in 3 days so no more complaining!)
(On a side note, it was Bogart day last Sunday and the husband and I did nothing but eat, drink and watch the classics.
The Maltese Falcon. Key Largo. The Caine Mutiny. African Queen. And my all time favorite movie … Casablanca. I cry at the nightclub scene when they drown out the Germans by singing La Marseillaise… every damn time! Good stuff.)
But back to food.
After spending 8 hours in an antique store that day I was in dire need of a cocktail.
Or eight.
And when I saw a sign for Eddie Romanelli’s?
I may have squealed.
I didn’t think this was a chain, but there was one in Wilmington, North Carolina we used to make a pilgrimage to every other month when we lived down south. Their Crabmeat Cannelloni in Carolina Shrimp Sauce?
To die for.
We sat at a high top in the bar area because of it’s… ya know.
Proximity to the cocktails.
Prickly pear margarita?
Come to mama….
Sadly the crabmeat wasn’t on the menu, but the fresh baked bread with herbed olive oil was wonderful.
As was the Caesar salad.
And the sparkling Tuscan lemonade. Fresh, crisp and quite delightful.
Husband had a juicy charbroiled steak with garlic sauteed spinach…
While I indulged my inner Italian with some pasta…. drenched in garlic Parmesan cream and loaded with grilled chicken, mushrooms and peas.
Were there more cocktails?
Maybe….
And damn that waitress for not clearing them as fast as I could drink them.
I’m going to blame the cocktail consumption for this last picture I took on the way back to the resort….
Because I have no idea what it is…
Or what it was supposed to be….
But trust me, it was fabulous.
River's world..... 
Perfectly cooked steak 🤤
I always get overdone when I ask for between medium rare to medium. I think it’s a chef way of teaching people not to ask for anything other than medium rare.
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Nothing worse than overdone steak…
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You said that wrong…
Its supposed to read as “Nothing worse than out of alcohol”
But I’m not a drinker so I’ll go with the “steak” comment. – it’s so not like you though.
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You’re right, of course. I don’t know what I was thinking!
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My all time favorite movie scene!
Gets me every time.
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I love the Maltese Falcon! I love classic movies period! Anyway that food was a ver well deserved dinner for being in an antique coma for 8 freaking hours! You deserved these cocktails for sure. 😎
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I did.
I really did….
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Okay I am not complaining BUT the drink pictures do not count as food!!!
“As was the Caesar salad.” Obviously, the dressing was from a bottle as were your mushrooms in the pasta was from a can!
The steak looked good!
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If you’re going to start picking apart the meals…. I’m going to stop posting food pics altogether!
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So, when you watched Casablanca, did Rick get on the plane? I keep waiting for the time when he does.
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It wouldn’t be the same movie then. Unrequited love is always a better story!
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Classics? I didn’t see Napoleon Dynamite on that list.
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You and I have slightly different definitions of the word classic!
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I can’t believe there is some in the bottom of the first cocktail glass yet. I thought you even inhaled the FUMES!!
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Pure ice melt. I sucked the alcohol out completely. Trust me. …
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OK…just seemed like a lot of color yet…..I worry.
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No worries… I always slurp the excess melt until it’s tasteless.
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ok, then I’m good.
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