The Bad Luck Bar and Sake Brewery, Charlottesville, VA
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| Many Japanese restaurants have white cats with one paw raised to bring good luck The Bad Luck Bar has black cats: a great place for a post-graduation dinner. Coincidence: I just read about the cats and sake last week. |
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| A glass of premium sake. |
At Graduation Parties
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| Friday afternoon: a party at Miriam’s friends’ special rooms on the lawn at UVa. We went to several other parties, but didn’t take photos. In the background you can see the vast number of chairs set up for the weekend’s graduation ceremonies. |
Carter Mountain, Charlottesville
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| Apple pie, donuts, cider, and strawberry lemonade with a view. |
Sunday Brunch at Guajiros Miami Eatery, Charlottesville
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| Avocado toast with cream cheese, cucumbers, pickled onions, and an egg. Delicious! Also very good orange juice and coffee. |
Sunday Afternoon: Driving through Shenandoah, National Park
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| I didn’t take a photo this year when we stopped for blackberry cobbler in Shenandoah National Park, but here’s the photo from 2019. (This year it came in a cardboard dish, not a nice little oven dish.) |
Dinner: Takeout in Fairfax
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| “Sassy Shrimp” |
Blog post and photos © 2023 mae sander
Hello,
ReplyDeleteLooks like some delicious meals and fun times. I am hoping to visit Shenandoah soon, their cobbler is yummy. Have a great new week!
What a wonderful series of photos! Kanpai Mae!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a delicious weekend, especially the sushi!
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
You had a lot of yummy food Mae. And did some fun things. I hope your Granddaughter had a wonderful graduation, and you had a wonderful visit. Happy T day. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteFun restaurant´s name and moving story.
ReplyDeleteAnd ohhhh, so much yummy food!
Great name for a ramen bar. Slurp indeed. Enjoyed reading the sign, too.
ReplyDeleteHow nice you got to attend your granddaughter's graduation ceremonies.
WOW, you gave is a plethora of drinks and delicious looking food, too. Those eggs and rice look delicious. It's how I like my eggs, too.
I'll eat shrimp any day, any way. Your Sassy Shrimp looks delicious. Thanks for sharing all that food and all the wonderful drinks you shared with us for T this Tuesday, dear Mae.
Let me just say that you do eat well! All the best - David
ReplyDeleteMae! I so wish I had been with you as all that food looks and sounds awesome. Fun names and atmospheres too. Yum!!! Happy T-day. Hugz
ReplyDeleteMae you certainly had some tasty looking meals, italllooks wonderful
ReplyDeleteHappy TDay. Jan S
Shenandoah Park looks gorgeous. And Carter Mountain. You are visiting Virginia I gather. What a great visit.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have been eating your way through VA and celebrating too. Love the Bad Luck Bar. I have a collection of white cats but never seen the black ones -- I like that!
ReplyDeleteI have been craving avocado toast!
ReplyDeleteA foodie trip! It all looks delish Mae! A road trip is so much fun.. I was reminded of that on our little road trip last month.. Happy T day! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeletemmm this is making me hungry. Such delicious looking food!
ReplyDeleteI love the story about the cat. I didn't know that.
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
The picnic at Carter Mountain looks wonderful to me! And I bet the avocado toast was delicious. What is "sassy shrimp"? That sounds like something I would order.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great weekend- Brunch looks especially delicious! Happy T Day, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteYou always find the most excellent food, Mae. Oh, that cobbler.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute restaurant! All your food looks delicious, and you had such pretty scenic views. Happy T Tuesday
ReplyDeleteWow this looks like a great place. The food really looks good. Thank you for shring it.
ReplyDeleteWe drove thru shenandoah nat park years ago. saw our first deer and drove thru snow - also a first! Love the black cat - had to laugh at the bad luck to come :=)
ReplyDeleteOoh it looks like you had so lovely days! Congrats for the graduation of your daughter ! This picnic was great. The Bad Luck Bar may be a good place to stay. All your meals looks delicious, specially the avocado toast, and I´m sure you had a magnifique T-day.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing those beautiful photographs, they are wonderful.
Wish you a great Friday and weekend,
Big hugs, Caty
Well that all looks delicious Mae! I would love that black cat, I only have a small one in that colour. I did a post about them a while back for AJJ, all the colours mean different things, black is to ward off evil. https://empireofthecat.com/2021/05/25/you-will-always-be-lucky-if-you-know-how-to-make-friends-with-strange-cats/
ReplyDeleteHappy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx