Mother Daughter Date Night

Ahh girls night, the time when there's nothing a good gossip sesh or glass of wine can't fix. Luckily, my beautiful mother was in town this week, so I skipped out on yet another Thirsty Thursday to enjoy a relaxing even with her.

We started our adventures by taking a walk in Sabino Canyon--one of the most beautiful places to walk in Tucson when the sun is setting. This also helped us work up extreme appetites, something I now look back on as foreshadowing for the feast to come.

We made our way to Whole Foods next (a new one just opened in Tucson that is WONDERFUL, they have a full salad bar, BBQ, a desserts section, a fresh produce section, sandwiches, salmon...etc), for what we assumed to be a "light salad night." Oh how were we mistaken. After filling up two large brown boxes with salads, Mom encouraged me to go get a piece of salmon because she heard me "craving" it earlier. Salad, salmon, check. A bit of brown rice sushi for an extra filler, why not?

But it wasn't over. As I tried to head for the cash register, Mom insisted we move south towards the BBQ aisle--big mistake. There we found the most succulent and juicy piece of brisket I've ever seen in my life, I think I actually know what heaven smells like now. Of course, we had to buy a piece to split, accompanied by two sides of BBQ sauce. I tried to leave, but naturally Mom had other plans.

One of the most delicious meats I've ever tasted. We polished this off easy.

French fries. She wanted unsalted french fries. Next came the kettle corn, two bags of it to "see which one we liked better." And then the chocolate bunny ears (a marvelous invention by candy companies because really, who eats the rest of the bunny anyways?).

And there you have it, our Thursday night feast; a simple dinner for two, snuggling in front of the TV with satisfied stomachs and smiles on our faces. Did I mention we split a bottle of wine as well?

The cashier looked appalled.

-KIM