[Annemieke Roell]

We are currently teaching in Cherokee and took a little time to get to know the town.

Staying at the Cherokee Inn, a very comfortable and clean motel, we had dinner at the Cherokee Station, a fine dining establishment next door to the Inn which is owned by the same people as the Inn. The ambiance is wonderful, the service impeccable and the food is fantastic. The only disappointing thing was that they don't serve alcohol. A nice glass of wine would have been good with our fantastic steaks. The restaurant has a very nice salad bar (none of that yukkie iceberg lettuce) and the pies are to die for. (The cook gave me her recipe for her pie crust .... I could tell you what it is but then I would have to kill you).

After dropping GP off at where he is teaching I drove back to the hotel and noticed about a dozen new born calves in a field across the street.

The second night we had dinner at the smoke shack in Ingersoll (NW of Cherokee on the way to Alva) .... best BBQ I have had in a long time.

On Sunday we are heading to OKC ...... where we will go and find our favorite Chinese restaurant.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by Schousse

We are currently teaching in Cherokee and took a little time to get to know the town.

Staying at the Cherokee Inn, a very comfortable and clean motel, we had dinner at the Cherokee Station, a fine dining establishment next door to the Inn which is owned by the same people as the Inn. The ambiance is wonderful, the service impeccable and the food is fantastic. The only disappointing thing was that they don't serve alcohol. A nice glass of wine would have been good with our fantastic steaks. The restaurant has a very nice salad bar (none of that yukkie iceberg lettuce) and the pies are to die for. (The cook gave me her recipe for her pie crust .... I could tell you what it is but then I would have to kill you).

After dropping GP off at where he is teaching I drove back to the hotel and noticed about a dozen new born calves in a field across the street.

The second night we had dinner at the smoke shack in Ingersoll (NW of Cherokee on the way to Alva) .... best BBQ I have had in a long time.

On Sunday we are heading to OKC ...... where we will go and find our favorite Chinese restaurant.

It would be really easy to hate you!

[amyjohi]

I love Cherokee, it is such a neat town. I would move there in a heartbeat, but I sure would miss the hubby!

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by karibear

It would be really easy to hate you!

I know, K .... I know.

Would it make you feel better that I am mostly stuck in a motel room with 2 hyperactive Jack Russells, working and steadily gain weight?

Would it make you feel better if I told you that the trip to OKC on Sunday is to appraise 3 foreclosures. This is usually a really filthy job. So instead of planting peas and beans I am dodging the Goddess only knows what ........

[karibear]

Originally Posted by Schousse

I know, K .... I know.

Would it make you feel better that I am mostly stuck in a motel room with 2 hyperactive Jack Russells, working and steadily gain weight?

Would it make you feel better if I told you that the trip to OKC on Sunday is to appraise 3 foreclosures. This is usually a really filthy job. So instead of planting peas and beans I am dodging the Goddess only knows what ........

Not at all.

I still haven't had any BBQ or onion burgers, though what I have had was very good. But as usual, I was eating a bowl of cold cereal [my all purpose 'don't feel like cooking anything' fallback] while I read about your steaks and anticipated Chinese. I can gain weight just by THINKING about food!

As for the really filthy part - of course, you'd be all nice and tidy working in the garden, right? No dirt gets on your hands? No frantic bugs trying to either get away or bite if they can't? And the dogs wouldn't try to help you dig at all, would they? Phooey. I've already heard and used all those excuses.

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by karibear

Not at all.

I still haven't had any BBQ or onion burgers, though what I have had was very good. But as usual, I was eating a bowl of cold cereal [my all purpose 'don't feel like cooking anything' fallback] while I read about your steaks and anticipated Chinese. I can gain weight just by THINKING about food!

As for the really filthy part - of course, you'd be all nice and tidy working in the garden, right? No dirt gets on your hands? No frantic bugs trying to either get away or bite if they can't? And the dogs wouldn't try to help you dig at all, would they? Phooey. I've already heard and used all those excuses.

Garden dirt is one thing. Filth from foreclosed upon houses is an entirely different ball of wax. Trust me on that (in lieu of a barfing smiley).

Anyway .... as soon as we are working in your neck of the woods we'll come and take you out for dinner.

[_redbird_]

Scuse the off-topic question, but what is your favorite chinese place in OKC?

[karibear]

Originally Posted by Schousse

Garden dirt is one thing. Filth from foreclosed upon houses is an entirely different ball of wax. Trust me on that (in lieu of a barfing smiley).

Anyway .... as soon as we are working in your neck of the woods we'll come and take you out for dinner.

I know about the filth, really. You should see the inside of my other place - on second thought, you shouldn't! Years and years of party debris. But at least I know now where the storm cellar is, and glory be, someone else has offered to brush off the area around the door and bug bomb it, just so they can use it too, if necessary. And I've seen a barfing smiley, trust me, you don't want to use one.

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by redbird4848

Scuse the off-topic question, but what is your favorite chinese place in OKC?

You know, I don't know the name of it but it is in NW OKC and next to a big Asian market. All I know is that we'll be there for lunch tomorrow.

GP will know the address ..... I'll ask him to post it here tonight.

[lasomeday]

Is it Grand House? They have the Dim Sum on Sundays for lunch.