Ozark_Kid

Yes, January 22. And I am glad to see your in on doing a combined live thread. After just doing one on Allure, I probably would not do another on my own.

We did the UDP last time so I was to full most of the time to eat the pizza. We are on Allure again in January. Unless we can get a good deal again on the UDP, we will probably due the 3 dinner plan and I would probably try the pizza. We cruise with another couple and Chops was always our #1 on the list. Giovanni’s will be our #1 in January.

We were on Allure last month. The shrimp being smaller at Chops was the 1st thing I noticed. Giovanni’s was real good. So good that we changed our 2nd visit to 150 CP to a 2nd dinner at Giovanni’s. On the 1st day we had a good lunch Giovanni’s too.

This adventure sounds nice. Have a safe trip. Thanks for sharing.

I have been playing daytime batchelor.. our DD started back to work so Sharon is babysitting at their house. It gives me an opportunity to do a little experimenting with lunch. Today, while the bread was toasting, I sauteed a chopped up Jalapeño pepper and garlic in olive oil. Then I fried an egg and melted sharp cheddar cheese over it. Also lightly sprinkled brisket mix on the egg. I put some Duke's mayonnaise on the toast, sliced tomatoes bacon and the fried eggs, Jalapeños and garlic.

I hope they invite you to Giovanni’s. Great food.

You could make reservations at Sabors for the time she is supposed to perform. You will not see it but would definitely hear the performance. The noise from the Aquatheater was annoying when we ate dinner there but wouldn't be bad if it was music.

I believe the closest we ever came to missing a cruise was out of Galveston. The second leg of the flight got messed up. Lucked out.

Very wise. Being a Dad of 3 married daughters, it didn't take long to learn to just step back. The most memorable moment of each wedding was the moment I spent with each daughter right before we headed down the isle. If you want to catch an emotional moment of any good man, watch that moment.

That was a great summary Deb. And great pics of the Schooner Bar. I don't think some realize how challenging it is to do a live review. There is a lot to deal with and can take away a little from the cruise. I know that it is appreciated especially from those we have become friends with on "the threads". Thanks again for sharing. Glad you and Andy had a great time.

If you go to Bow and Stern to train bartenders, ask for Joshua. Supper nice bartender. He is scheduled to leave Allure the week before we board again but said he is trying to extend it to the end of January. If you meet him please tell him we said hi and wondering if he is going to be there when we board again. Have fun.

Thankful you made it home safe. Thanks for sharing the cruise with us. You did a good job.

That is what I was thinking. Skip sour cream. When I make poppers the cheese will sometimes ooze out but I like to eat that cheese. I found, at least when I make them, that the Philadelphia cream cheese does not ooze as much as cheddar so when I have more cream cheese than cheddar it does not ooze as much.

Rolling the stuff up in crescent rolls is a cool idea. Did you add the sour cream? I would probably skip the Slap ya Moma seasoning. I wouldn't want to add heat. They say it's OK to freeze them if you have left over.

Congrats! I bet that was cool 😎. Glad to hear it all worked out.

Good to hear you made it home safely. I am happy you enjoyed the cruise. Thanks for taking the time to share the experience. Did you hear what was going on with the flow rider?

It looks like the garlic I'd doing well. I planted a row down each side of 4 beds. A total of 8 rows. I had one bed that was not developing but it looks good today after a good rain this week. I planted 178 cloves. If I have a 80% harvest I will be happy.

@Sea Dog Greg, thought of you when I saw this pic. Have you ever tried it?

Usually I see y'all get our weather a day or two later. Yesterday it got to 82⁰, storms rolled in late last night and today's high 62⁰. I hope your allergies get better soon. Sharon's has been real bad for the last few days. No fever.

I really can't give amounts because I didn't measure anything but I'll try to describe the process. The whole idea was to use up all my small Jalapeños that I picked while finishing out the garden. Also to do it in a much easier way than filling the Jalapeños and cooking in the oven. All was done in the bowl you see and cooked in the microwave. I 1st cut up enough Jalapeños to cover the bottom of the bowl and then microwaved for 3 1/2 minutes to soften them up. They dried up a bit to much so next time more peppers and maybe 3 minutes. Next I microwaved 3 strips of bacon 🥓 for 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Next I covered the Jalapeños with a thin layer of Philadelphia cream cheese (more Next time) and a pile of sharp cheddar cheese. Then I cut the bacon up and covered on top. I then placed it all in the microwave for about 1 minute. This was a lot easier than making the traditional Jalapeño poppers. I hope this helps.

Made up a new recipe tonight. Deconstructed Jalapeño poppers. The 1st layer is chopped up Jalapeños, 2nd philadelphia cream cheese, 3rd sharp cheddar and 4th bacon. It tasted good. Next time more Jalapeños and philadelphia cream cheese. Less cheddar cheese. It was so much easier to make and less clean up.

What is weird is when we all got knocked off and then I was able to get back on with the Samsung browser CC was loading a lot quicker. Now the only time it slows down for me is when I hit the Submit Reply button. Your Samsung browser might be faster right now because it's history cache is not as full as your other browsers. Or you don't have several tabs open in it yet.

Congrats to Meghan! It's exciting when we get to watch our grandchildren experience success like championship games. I bet that was fun for you.

Which model do you have?

So I just found that s21 phones will not upgrade to Android 13 until sometime next month. And that is a website guess. It surprised me they don't update closer together. Not much difference in the 2.