Alright enough of this slacking. \u00a0I’ll type up an accurate, detailed, and thorough account of my past weekend. \u00a0It will be just as boring as the brief overviews, but longer. \u00a0Friday, naturally, was the revered happy hour at the Brooksider. \u00a0It was absolutely melting hot out, but we toughed it out on the patio. \u00a0In case I wasn’t sweaty enough already, I headed home and grilled some chicken quarters after that. \u00a0Whew.<\/p>\n
Saturday I had a good chunk of work to do, so that ate up my morning and afternoon. \u00a0When I got finished, we loaded up the car and started the long journey towards the ‘Dotte, where we planned to attend the KC Wine Festival<\/a>. \u00a0To break up the tedium of the long drive, we stopped at Hayward’s BBQ<\/a> for a late lunch. \u00a0While I’m sure I’ve had their ‘que before, it’s been a long time and I am pretty sure I’ve never been to the restaurant. \u00a0I was pretty hungry, but I opted to stick with the small beef sandwich, while Doni ordered the Luncheon Special, also with the beef. \u00a0Both were very good plates. \u00a0We both liked the beef a lot, and I’ve always liked their sauce. \u00a0One of us should have probably gotten beans to give them a try, but we ended up with fries. \u00a0While quite tasty, I couldn’t help but feel the lunches were a bit overpriced. \u00a0Coulda just been my inherent cheap nature sneaking in there. \u00a0After lunch we continued out to the ‘Dotte, and checked in to a hotel at the Legends. \u00a0From there it was off to the Wine Fest. \u00a0That was a great event, we both really enjoyed it. \u00a0The only snafu occurred when, in one of our typical bouts of over-researching, we somehow came across this FAQ<\/a> page. \u00a0Looking back, I really don’t know how we found that page, I can’t find the link to it again to save my life. \u00a0But, find it we did, and if you skim through it, it clearly states: “For men, clothing ranges from suits to polo shirts paired with khaki pants or jeans.” \u00a0Very unfortunate, considering it was about 105 degrees out. \u00a0But, I didn’t want to show up as the only guy in shorts, and if you browse through the photos of past events (which I did, still looking for an out,) everybody is definitely dressed semi-nice. \u00a0So, I put my khakis on and headed out there, and as you well might guess I was one of about five guys actually wearing pants, vs. about 5,005 wearing shorts and tee-shirts. \u00a0Sigh. \u00a0Oh well, I bet they felt under-dressed when I walked by. Yeah, I bet.<\/p>\n Sunday we headed back to KC, where again I was scheduled for work. \u00a0The good news was, I was in a nice 68-degree underground cave all day, and as an added bonus they brought in Big T’s BBQ for lunch. \u00a0(Doesn’t look like they have a website, so no link.) \u00a0In retrospect, I should have ordered a sliced beef sandwich so I could do a head-to-head comparison with Hayward’s while both were fresh in my mind. \u00a0But, I saw the burnt end platter on the menu and it called to me. \u00a0So, while I can’t do a fair food comparison, I can say the prices are much more reasonable: \u00a0$10 for an enormous plate of burnt ends and fries. \u00a0It’s sort of near our office so we eat there pretty regularly, if you’ve never tried it I would recommend giving them a shot. \u00a0After work, I made the somewhat questionable decision to drop by the ‘Sider to see if anybody was watching the Chief’s game. \u00a0Well, of course everybody was there, and of course they were sitting on the patio. \u00a0Wow, it was just BRUTALLY hot. \u00a0I sat out there like a numb-skull and watched the rest of the game though, sweating like I was about to pass out.<\/p>\n