Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Down South...Day Thirty-Nine...Thursday, January 7, 2010...Return to Columbia




Over breakfast this morning, Ed and I decide to go for lunch at the Columbia (my second trip in three days)...Molly is still a little "under the weather", so it's just Ed and me.
We split a pitcher of champagne sangria (really, really good)...I order the 1905 Salad (of course) and Ropa Vieja (shredded beef in tomato sauce). Ed opts for the 1905 and a half a Cuban Sandwich. As always, everything is excellent...there's a reason why the Columbia has been in business for over a hundred years.
Tonight is the National Championship game between Alabama and Texas, so we opt for an early dinner around 7:00PM or so. Our friends, Mark and Faith, have sent Ed and Molly a Chicago Hot Dog "kit"...buns, kosher beef franks, relish, mustard, hot peppers, celery salt, etc. to recreate the "Chicago Dog Experience"...excellent with a batch of OreIda "fast food" fries and a bottle of Spanish Rioja (the best "match" that we can come up with for hot dogs).
The National Championship had promised to be a good one, but things go downhill when Texas' quarterback goes down (and out) in the first quarter. Still...there's some pretty good football in an Alabama win.

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