Hope you had a wonderful Easter! Ours was very relaxing. We ushered at church and then, along with some friends, walked down the street to Easter brunch at the restaurant where Son #2 works. He was stationed at the Bananas Foster table in the dining room. When he was young, setting things on fire was frowned upon, but now he gets paid to do it. For you non-foodies, this dessert includes rum and is ignited before serving. He started cooking with me when he was around six or seven years old and was creating his own recipes by the time he was in middle school. After graduating from college with a dual major in psychology and music, he planned to go to grad school and took a year to decide what he wanted. During that time he started working at this restaurant, and grad school is on the back burner for now. He genuinely loves what he’s doing. After high school he considered culinary school but changed his mind. Sometimes you circle back to what you love, I guess.
We also spent the day on the patio (with Bond, of course). Hubby is a golfer, so he watched the Masters all weekend. He, Son #1, and some friends even made Masters “brackets”. Hubby’s didn’t pan out. Bond spent the day sunning and inspecting the new bushes we planted to replace those we lost in the windstorm.
If you’re reading Teagan Riordain Geneviene’s Atonement serial on her blog, I had the honor of being featured over the weekend. My three things were catnip, yoga mat, and wicker basket. She even included a picture of Bond (his ego will be even more bloated over this)! Go HERE to read it.
Have a great week!
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Bananas Foster is such a fun dessert! How cool that your church is within walking distance of the restaurant where your son works. I’d be walking there every Sunday! Happy Easter, Teri!
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Sadly, it’s not usually open on Sundays – only for Easter and Mother’s Day brunches. Otherwise, it would be too tempting to go every Sunday since it’s only a block away! And the dessert was delicious. Happy Easter, Priscilla!
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Your son looks like he’s really enjoying himself, Teri. I love that photo!
It sounds like you all had a fantastic Easter, Bond included!
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He really is, Mae. Maybe culinary school should have been his path, but with college he made loads of friends and was able to travel to nearly a dozen countries with the marching band. Seems like he’s back full circle again.
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Sounds like a perfect Easter. Bananas Foster is a great dessert, not just because it’s named after me!!
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I didn’t even think about that, Darlene! You should use that as a conversation starter at parties, lol. It’s been years since I had that dessert, but it sure was tasty.
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When I leave my name on the phone, I always say Foster as in the beer. But I could use, as in Bananas Foster!
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Your son is really glowing in that picture Teri. You see that he loves doing that!
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He sure does, Sophie. Guess he found one of his passions at an early age.
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Sounds like a relaxing weekend
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I’ll take those kind of weekends any time.
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Yes siree. 😁
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Now *that’s* a nice Easter, Teri. Thanks for showing the pictures. Also, many thanks for the mention. Hugs.
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I was thrilled to be included, Teagan – thanks so much!
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It sounds like a wonderful weekend, Teri. How wonderful for your son to be doing what he loves. I need to check out that series on Teagan’s site, as I know Robbie Cheadle was also featured.
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He makes me remember that saying about if you do what you love you’ll never work. You should definitely check out Teagan’s series, Carla – I highly recommend it. I think Robbie was featured 2-3 weeks ago.
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It’s amazing he is doing what he loves. I never tried Bananas Foster but now I would like to.
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It’s been years since I had it, Yesha – which is because if I’m having dessert I can’t pass up anything chocolate/peanut butter. But since he was making it I tried it again – and it was delicious. And I’m not saying that because I’m biased, lol.
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Hi Teri, I am pleased to know your son is making a go of a career in the catering industry. My Michael is also interested in that field. I loved Teagan’s latest episode – she is amazingly creative.
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He loved being in the kitchen at an early age and has always enjoyed cooking for his friends and roommates, Robbie. Maybe he’ll stay in the restaurant industry or make a change later, but he sure enjoys what he’s doing now. It wouldn’t surprise me if Michael also made a career in that field.
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It is a good solid career so I would be supportive of his decision if Michael chose catering.
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I’ve always told my girls it’s important to go with what you love and the rest will work itself out. Sounds like that is exactly what son #2 is doing 😁. And I bet Bond loved exploring those new bushes. I can’t even imagine all the new smells he must be delighting in. Glad you had a wonderful Easter!
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Excellent advice, Tessa. It seems to be working out for Son #2 now. And Bond is putting his “mark” on the new bushes – sure hope they survive. Hope your Easter was just as relaxing.
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Nice that your son was able to have a job where he can do something he’s been passionate about for so many years.
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It’s not what he’d planned, but sometimes life leads us to where we need to be, Tori. Food has always been a passion for him, so I wasn’t surprised.
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It’s often the case that life doesn’t lead us where we plan for it to. I’m glad in his case at least it’s somewhere he’s glad to be though.
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Catching up today. Sounds like you had a wonderful Easter. How nice to be able to walk to the restaurant from church. And the bananas foster… Yum.
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It was so good, Joan. If there’s nothing peanut butter/chocolate, this is my second favorite dessert. If the restaurant was usually open on Sundays, we’d be there pretty often. Mother’s Day is the next brunch – so I’m sure we’ll pay another visit.
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