Duck Duck Fanta

The end of summer seemed so abrupt today as it was kind of chilly and did not stop raining. Unfortunately I think the whole week may look like this. As much as I was tempted to spend my day off indoors, I didn’t let the weather stop me running our errands. On the good side our grocer in Chelsea, Trader Joes usually has a long line around the perimeter of the store but was pleasantly empty today. Laundry on rainy days is where I draw the line. I can’t bring myself to pay to have clothes washed and dried before I then take them out into the rain where they will only get wet again.

Last night at work I trained a new hire upstairs which means one good thing for the trainer, training meals! I usually order the steak and shrimp (most expensive entree) but this week we have a bacon wrapped duck special on the menu that I sampled and loved. The pig covered bird comes with almond green beans and red skin mashed potatoes, yum! It’s pretty dark in our restaurant at night so the pic is a little overexposed.

I also wanted to take a pic of the thirty bourbon brownies prepped in the kitchen. They just looked so cool in identical rows but our weird head chef was giving me looks so I didn’t. lol. The brownie’s were about to be taken to our party on the patio which were winners of a Brazilian Fanta trip to the U.S. They bought out the entire French Quarter Hotel for the week and had a Fanta film crew tagging along to document everything. For marketing I assume. They were all quite good looking but a little rude and didn’t like to eat much other than white bread, salad, and Fanta of course. Of the almost thirty brownies I would say five of them were eaten. They were prepaid but still, what a waste. I practiced great self control and didn’t have a single bite. I didn’t want to spoil my duck dinner.