Valentines

Brett got after me for not having posted these pics from Valentine's yet... I know, I've been bad about blog postings this past couple of weeks. Between being sick with "the bug" that's been going around, being cranky from the lingering sinus issues (headaches, clicky/popping ears, less sleep, etc), working on other projects (more electrical in the basement - woo hoo!! knitting up a new pair of socks - woo hoo! scooping Doogie poop from the yard - not-so-woo-hoo...), I just haven't spent much time at the computer. I'll try to make up for it. Promise!

Annnnnnyhow - this past Saturday was Valentine's, and while we always say we shouldn't go overboard for the holiday, we Do try to do something nice. So we each had a card and some form of chocolates for each other. Brett, saying he was worried I was going to do something too special this year (because I'd said I had plans for the day), decided to try and one-up me and had some fun... He picked up a super cheap used Burger King video game that we'd recently played/loved at Sharon & Andy's place, along with two other used cheap Burger King video games (they had 'em dirt cheap for a promotion a couple years ago), plus another used video game that I'd mentioned wanting to play... But instead of just presenting them to me, I was finding them around the house all morning. One was in front of the boxes of cereal in the pantry, and another was in front of the milk in the fridge. Those two were easy. A short while later I found one tucked in the dishwasher, along with the clean dishes I'd washed the night before. And then I found the last one in the tub with the pair of socks I'm working on knitting (plastic project tubs are GREAT when you have cats and a dog that want to help work on your project when you're not around!). Silly Brett! I have to admit, that was a lot of fun for under $20, aaaaand I'll continue to enjoy them for quite awhile!

So my surprise for Brett was just that I wanted to take him out to lunch - back to metro Burger, which we'd gone to recently. He loved it, and I didn't have the best experience but was open to trying it again. Since he'd said he'd love to go back again, I figured this was a good opportunity - it's certainly not cheap, but worth it for a special occasion like Valentine's!

Here's what I got:


That's a 1/3 lb burger with caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, cheddar cheese and shredded romaine (shredded romaine? interesting. not sure I'd care to do that myself - it loses some of it's crunch!), with a side of A1 peppercorn spread (just off the bottom of the picture), all on a egg bun, with a side of fries (more on this in a minute).

And here's what Brett got:


His was a 1/3 burger with pepper jack cheese, salsa, shredded romain, a fried onion ring, and I thiiiink there was something else in there - I forget what now. And he had a roasted red pepper mayo spread to put on his. You'll see he got regular fries with his burger.

These are the sweet potato fries I ordered with my burger - you can't really tell how ORANGE they were from this picture... The fries in the pic above are the EXTRA side of regular fries we got, which came with beer cheese dipping sauce. OH. MY. GAWD! The beer cheese dip was SOOOOO FREAKIN' GOOD!!! Seriously!

I was dipping both the regular fries and my sweet potato fries in it. Let's be honest - as good as the fries were, they were just a transport for the cheese sauce. We weren't sure if they made it from scratch at the restaurant, or if it was just something they ordered in already made, but it was some seriously good shit! If you hit metro Burger, definitely get the cheese fries!