Yours Truly sends you Happy Holiday wishes! Hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas and plans for a HAPPY New Year! It was a little blue in Memphis for Christmas since I was separated from my children and family but West and I made the best of it and had a fun time!
We started off by spending a quiet Christmas Eve at the Casa Del West Downtown. The plan was for me to make us a lovely lasagna for CE dinner and just have a quiet night. During the Kroger shopping extravaganza earlier that weekend, I forgot to purchase a bell pepper. So, West and I decided to take a little walk North on Main to the City Market in hopes that they might have one. Our first stop along the way was to the Center for Southern Folklore. They are a private non-profit organization dedicated to documenting and presenting the people, music and traditions of the region. They have a shop and sell all types of art work, music, trinkets, etc. They have bands that come in and play as well.
The City Market was a SCORE and I secured a rather sad looking bell pepper but a bell pepper none-the-less! Got a little aluminum pan too since there was a tragedy in my Pyrex cabinet the night before and I lost 2 pans!! Now that was weird. They were SHATTERED like maybe Big Foot had stepped on them or something! I really think it's the vibrations from the Amtrak station across the street that shifts things around and it was just a matter of time before they fell or did whatever caused this tragedy. But, it's all good.
Lasagna got prepared, baked, and most importantly....EATEN!!! We settled in for a long winter's nap. Christmas morning came bright and early. We opened presents, all of which were very nice and well received! I got West some ORANGE camo New Balance shoes....oh yes, every bit as sexy as I know you think they sound!
I was treated to some of the things I love most....perfume, lotions, bath gels, and makeup!!! I also bought West a wonderful print from a gallery right down the street, D'Edge Art Gallery. You can check it out on FB. They have several artists who display their artwork but my favorite is George Hunt. West had seen this print recently and really liked it. It's made a handsome edition to what we now refer to as our "Memphis Collection" of art work!
Since it was just West and YT for the morning, we had made plans to go to Christmas Brunch at the Madison Hotel Eighty3. This was a really nice little restaurant. It was adorned with some really amazing artwork - all graffiti-like in nature. Beautiful colors and textures! After perusing the menu, we both decided to have the Christmas plate special. Man....what a treat! Turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, candied carrots, and rolls. Then for dessert....blueberry bread pudding! It was quite possibly the best bread pudding Yours Truly has ever had! It was moist, creamy, and had the best caramel sauce on top....delish!!!
We made our way back home and needless to say....I fell into the bed for a long nap! I awakened to find that West had conducted the traditional de-decking of the halls on Christmas Day! Our next destination...the Folks and Family Christmas! This was YT's first Christmas with the West Clan and was I in for a treat!!! Marilyn outdid herself and the dinner was DIVINE!! Beef tenderloin, salmon, ham, spinach and strawberry salad, her to-die-for cheesy potato dish....then fabulous desserts! Gary made a beautiful coconut cake, there was pecan pie, and I made my Mom's Better Than Sex On The Beach cake....it was just all so good!
Next came presents! This was so much fun! I'll not go into details but I'm very happy to report I have added several new cookbooks to my arsenal....particularly pleased that I received several Barefoot Contessa books! After a fun filled evening, we headed back downtown in the cold rain just praying it would not all freeze up by morning!
So, the blues didn't last too long and now we are looking forward to ringing in a NEW YEAR in style!! Here's wishing that everyone enjoys the rest of 2012 and remember...be nice to people....tell the ones you love how much you truly love them and until 2013....keep it safe out there!! Until next time - Love, Yours Truly 
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