Baby Cakes Cupcakes

1616 Liberty Road

Lexington, KY

(859)317-9619

After Pinkalicious where would you go...a really good cupcake shop!  Cassie has a really good friend that keeps telling her about these awesome cupcakes.  So we ventured out in  search of awesome cupcakes.  SUCCESS!

Little Miss Pink herself kept giving my Pomegranate cupcake thumbs down (just because it was better and prettier than hers).  I give it a two thumbs up!

Michael had lemon which he said was out of this world.

Emmy's butterscotch was to die for!

Alaire enjoyed the pink sprinkles on her strawberry cupcake.

  We didn't get a peek at Ellis and his chocolate one.

 

And Cassie inhaled her hummingbird cupcake before I could get a shot.  I hear that they are legendary!

Mellow Mushroom

503 S Upper Street

Lexington, KY

(859) 281-6111

 

huge menu

 

And all kinds of very entertaining things to keep you busy while you wait.

 

There is nothing ever too serious for this bunch.  But I would like to get a good pic sometime.  But hey, this is just how we do it!

 

Greek Salad

 

Ring O Fire

jerk chicken, sausage, mozzarella cheese and a light sprinkle of crushed red pepper with a pesto sauce base.

Holy Shiitake Pie

EVOO and garlic base, shiitake, button, and Portabello mushrooms, caramelized onions, mozzarella and Montamore cheeses. Drizzled with garlic aloli and black truffle oil. Garnished with fresh chives and shaved Parmesan.

 

Red Skin Potato Pie

Olive oil and garlic base with sliced red potatoes, Applewood smoked bacon, caramelized onions, cheddar cheese and Mozzarella cheeses.  Garnished with chives and a drizzle of sour cream and spicy ranch dressing.

 

Jerk Chicken Hoagie

jerk chicken, onions, mushrooms, green pepper and pineapple all grilled.  Topped with pesto, mayo, Roma tomatoes, spinach and Feta.

Pepperoni Pizza

Bread

And the great thing is...we have two of them not far from home!  And I am ready to go back.

Exit 62 Restuarant and Truck Stop

Emmy was in charge of our eating establishments on our World's Largest Yard Sale Adventure.  She doesn't like to eat at chain restaurants...always an adventure with her that's for sure.  We looked and looked for a place to stop.  Good thing we have Betsy and all of her snacks with us or we would have starved.  She literally had everything known to man...we were going to live for weeks if we had been stranded along the way.  Betsy went in and got a menu so we could check it out!

This place was packed!  So it must be good!  I didn't quite make the cut or the Senior Menu.

We were all so hungry that I almost missed getting any shots of the food.

Nothing better than a good fried bologna sandwich with mustard on fresh white bread.

But I will have to say that Betsy's lunch looked the best and was the best!  That's what I am getting next year for sure.

Emmy's Fourth of July Dinner

After a hot day of being outside and fishing while eating a bunch of snacks, it was sure nice to come thru the door and smell dinner cooking...Thanks Emmy!

watermelon salad

Mexican street corn

(queso, cilantro and chile)

pork tenderloin

smokey cherry salsa

pork fajitas

brownie pie

If you would like any of these recipes (and they are all really, really good), follow Emmy on Pinterest.  

Look under her board...Fat Girls Gotta Eat!

Mark's Donut Shop

Pappy has stared a new tradition.  It might just be a little copied after a tradition Emmy started with the little kids when we were in WV years ago.  In WV the idea is to get up and go to Jolly Pirate Donuts on Rt 60...in your pajamas!   The kids all sit at the counter and eat donuts and drink chocolate milk.  It is the greatest thing ever!

We recently discovered that we have the best little doughnut shop not far from the house in Day Heights...which is in Milford on Rt 131.  Thank you Mr John and Luke!

Mark's Donut Shop

1154 Rt 131

Milford, OH

That is Denise, our newest friend, behind the counter.

So many choices...it is so hard to decide!

"Hey Wammy, somebody put doughnut holes in my bag with my sprinkled doughnut."

And just so you know the proper way to eat a doughnut is to eat in around the edges going in a complete circle until you get to the hole in the middle.  Crazy I know!

"Why do you always have to have that camera?"

'Who cares about the camera...are there any more doughnuts?"

Cruisers Diner

We were cruisers on the way home from Unity Woods Cabins in West Union, OH when Mark realized we were all starving.  He said he knew just the place.

Cruisers Diner

155 Stern Road

Seamon, OH

(You can see cars on Rt 32)

Alaire had to decide between a grilled cheese and a hamburger.  Grilled Cheese always gets the nod....with a half a bottle of ketchup.

Michael is between the kiddie menu and the adult menu.  He was starving so he got something off the adult menu.  And tht was better than alright with him!

Ellis was too busy telling his Mom and dad all about our fishing trip to Unity Cabins in West Union.

Had to try the deep fried pickles.  Yummmm is what I am talking about!

Buffalo chicken sandwich

This was actually a two thumbs up but an airplane got in the way of the shot of the second thumb..  

Pile on burger

The said grilled cheese before it was drown in ketchup.

Just a regular old cheeseburger was just the right thing for Ellis.

I got a little too hot to eat so I jsut ordered a hamburger.  It was so big that I had to take half of it home.

Cruisers Diner is a fun spot.  It is decorated in all 50's stuff.  The food was good and the waitress that greeted us was really great with the kids.  They kept our drinks filled and didn't seem to mind that we were a little loud.