White Rock Local Market

The weather was perfect today for checking out

White Rock Local Market

This one is located in East Dallas

Off Buckner @ the Green Spot

(on the corner of Northcliff)

This is in the parking lot of one of my favorite italian restaurant's, Alfonso's

Check out this band-

not sure of their name,

but they were like 12 years old

Ryan's 1st time @ a farmers market

(isn't he a such a poser?)

There were bikes for sale

One of Ryan's friends bought one

Yes, that is a man dressed up like a bee

He was selling honey of course

Not sure what the girl with the pink hair was selling

(wait, is that a naked mannequin bust? did not know I was taking a picture of that)

I think hair accessories...

Here's what I got

25 roses for $20

+

$5 for 10 tulips

bottle of white wine "three white chicks" from Brennan's Vineyard

a loaf of pretzel bread (yum-o)

kalamato olive bread

loaf of wheat bread

and oh yeah

I got this cheese

...and speaking of cheese...

Ryan on a girly bike

Don'tcha just love him?

All my purchases will be served at tomorrow's Mother's Day Italian Lunch!

Ryan's Mexican Chicken

This is one of the first dishes I learned to make.

It has become my son's favorite

So much so that he learned to make it while he was away at college

Being the awesome guy that he is

He offered to make it last night

(notice he only put jalapenos on his side thinking it was too hot for me)

Mexican Chicken

Ingredients
4 cups cooked chicken (shredded)
1 can chunky rotel tomatoes
1 cup chicken broth
8 oz sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
3 cups cheddar cheese (grated)
yellow corn tostada chips
Optional: sliced jalapenos or salsa

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place chips on the bottom of 13X9 pan (enough to cover)

Mix chicken, tomatoes, sour cream, broth & soup together

Mix in a cup of cheese

Pour over the chips

Top with remaining cheese

You can also add jalapenos or salsa on top


Cook for about 25 minutes

Let set for 10 minutes before serving

Ancient Ovens - Saint Jo, Texas

Our 3rd stop on our Girls Gotta GetAway Road Trip

Spinach Dip & Bread

Italian Teardrops

(wonton wrappers with cream cheese and olives)

Pizza

More Pizza

Chocolate Hazelnut Calzone

The famous woodburning stove

all this for only $20

Brief Intermission

After we left Arche Winery

We had time to kill before our 6:30 reservation

@ Ancient Ovens

So we decided to go north on 677

just to see where it would take us

and lookey here

within 10 minutes

we ended up in Oklahoma

Believe it or not, we made it back right on time for our dinner reservation

Arche Winery - Saint Jo, Texas

Our 2nd Stop on our Girls Gotta GetAway Road Trip

Arche Winery

Teeny tiny grapes

The tasting room was small & quaint

They had 2 red wines for us to taste

2009 Nouveau Montague

&

2008 Ryan's Red

Montague County Syrah

It was recommended that we take the Nouveau Montague with us

to dinner @ Ancient Ovens

I bought 2 of each because that's how I roll...

Not only was there wine..

 but gorgeous roses too

Texas Kings Hotel - Saint Jo, Texas

Our 1st stop on our Girls Gotta GetAway Road Trip

Texas Kings Hotel

So, apparently, Saint Jo is very quiet on Saturdays

We drove past the hotel because it looked deserted

almost like a ghost town

but boy

can looks be deceiving

it is totally darling inside

My pictures do not do it justice

 love the Christmas tree in the lobby

which isn't a real lobby

it's just for looks

  

 Ok, I know this is an antique and all
but it really creeps me out

Saint Jo is in Montague County

It's about 1 and 1/2 hours from Dallas

Between Gainesville and Wichita Falls

These stairs led us to our room. 

We stayed in the Bunkhouse room

It had a very rustic American Eagle feel to it

We loved it

Our room had 2 of these beds

(our version of roughin' it)

Here is the self serve saloon

behind the beautiful built-ins were a frig, microwave and an oven

Very cool

Flat Screen TV & Pool Table

We met 2 couples staying there

We were all going to the same places

Arche Winery

&

Ancient Ovens

Tune in tomorrow

for Stop 2

of our road trip

Arche Winery

Pink Champagne Cupcakes

These were perfect for our Girls Gotta GetAway weekend!

Click here for the recipe

OMG

They were super moist and delicious!