Texas Vacation: Day Seven

Well, this is the last day of our trip. :( We were very sad to leave. If we could have moved-in to Ft. Worth, we would have! We could have had our belonging and dogs shipped there....but sadly, we had to return to work. Why can't we work only one week of the year and vacation the rest, instead of the other way around?????

Well, Sunday morning started with brunch at Taverna Pizzeria and Risotteria. It was delicious!!!! Ken had the eggs benedict with crab meat (what I had when Michelle and I vacation here in June). And I tried a pasta dish with shrimp, mussels, clams and scallops. They also brought us complimentary "chef's focaccia". Its not just bread....its this amazing flatbread with olive oil and garlic that they cook in their stone oven. It was SO amazing!!!! And, I also had a couple of their $1 mimosas! I just LOVE that bigger cities have Sunday Brunch! And its not the buffet style like you see in Oklahoma....you still order from the menu, but there's just a different ambiance.

We headed back to the hotel to take advantage of the pool and gym. I went to the pool and Ken went to the gym, before he joined me at the pool. Their pool is FABULOUS!!!!! Its a salt-water pool and it was just amazing! We both wished that we had spent more time there, but NEXT TIME! :) I decided to give my husband a break from the camera...so this is the only picture we got...right before we left the hotel.
We loaded up and were headed home by 1pm. On our way home we saw a sign for "Babes" in Sangre! I was SOOOO excited to see this sign b/c I wanted to stop there so badly. I first heard of this place at the Going Beyond Conference in Tulsa from Priscilla Shirer. She is from Dallas and I figured if her family loves it for its good southern fried food, they we would love it too! So, we exited and found this great little treasure! Now, when you walk in, they don't have menus. They sit you down and list off what they are serving that day. Our options were fried chicken, fried catfish, chicken tenders, pot roast, and there was one other that I can't remember. Ken stopped listening at the mention of fried catfish. :) And I chose chicken tenders. The first thing they bring out are the most amazing homemade biscuits like my grandma makes! Oh my word, were they ever good!!!! They are served with butter and there is honey and molasses on your table. Next you get salad. There's only one dressing. It was a poppyseed vinegarette. It was good, but a little sweet for me. However, I have never seen my husband eat so much salad! He LOVED that dressing! Then the main course arrived! You get your plate of whichever meat you choose, and then the sides are served family style! And they are AMAZING!!!!!! Everything was like grandma makes (and full of the butter too! Paula Deen would be so proud!!!). Creamed corn! Green beans! And the creamiest, butteriest mashed potatoes I've had in a long time!!!!! FABULOUSNESS on a plate!We were so thankful that we stopped there and that we just happened to come across it! It was the perfect way to end our sweet, little Texas vacation!!!!!