Child Labor - Basic Pancakes with Sugar and Lemon

When I got home from work today, TC had a surprise for me...

She was in the the process of trying out a recipe she sought out on her own...

Apple, Onion, and Leek Stuffing

In keeping with my desire to learn new recipes and ingredients...

I whipped up a relatively easy side dish that I was pretty happy with...

Build-a-Bar Workshop at Eclipse

Remember taking a quick glance at these during our coffee break at Captain Kirk's?

These babies were the fruits of our labor. They are calling our names so we can rip open those wrappers like Augustus Gloop and snarf them down like there's no tomorrow.

Just kidding, they are still ensconced in their protective foil swaddling. The "Build-a-Bar" workshop was a unique chance to play chocolatier for a day and was an opportunity we couldn't pass up...

Sweet 'n savory bites from Eclipse

So without using the flux capacitor or any hallucinogenic drugs, we shall go back in time to earlier that late morning...

when the line was out the door

Fab Shopping on Fern...

You gotta love the bubbles on this sign!

One of the places we passed while heading back up Fern Street to while away a few minutes before checking if we won the big raffle...

Captain Kirk's Coffee

We'd passed by this little kiosk on our way to Eclipse and back to the taco truck...

I never noticed this place before but I couldn't help but laugh at it's name...

Mariscos Nine Seas (formerly Mariscos German)

TC and I headed south on Fern to get something to eat. We kind of did things backwards by having a tiny bit of dessert first at the grand opening of the new Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro...

The mariscos truck we were headed to is housed in the Gala Foods parking lot. You will notice there are no painted lines for parking. It's a free for all here but it looks like people know how to give each  other car space. The lot is also a plus if you want a place to park to get some tacos and seafood...

Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro- Grand Opening highlights

This will be a quick 'n dirty post showing just the highlights of today

in which we attended the Grand Opening of the new Eclipse in South Park!

BeaverTails and ice cream

The word "beaver" conjures up many images such as this old photo of Jerry Mathers...

as, "The Beaver"... (that's from an old black and white show called "Leave it to Beaver" for you young 'uns out there)

Now this photo shows the best and words of both words...

Actually, "bieber" does mean beaver in German...

But what most dirty minded guys associate with the word "beaver" (which has now been mentioned four times) is this...

Happy Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day people!

"I Got You Babe!"

I think Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today because even though the day started off sunny and slightly warm, it got ugly and cloudy by the early afternoon and stayed that way!

More of Ottawa

After snacking on and off at the ByWard Market, we walked around some of the main streets in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada and the fourth largest city in their nation...

I found the fish on the stone coat of arms interesting. There were several variations found as decorative elements on a building we passed by.

The heat was quite oppressive coupled with high humidity...yet we didn't want to miss out while we were in Canada's capital...