B/CS Restaurant Bucket List Update

Our time in wonderful Aggieland has come to an end and so has our B/CS Restaurant Bucket List. Luckily we got to almost everything we wanted to in time.

A little recap, Michael and I have lived in the B/CS for about 6 years (me 5) so we have tried plenty of yummy places, but we had to make a bucket list to make sure we got to all the restaurants we wanted to try instead of always going back to our favorites. By making this bucket list we found a lot of new favorite places that we really liked.

You can go back and read about these yummy places here and here.

Our list is as follows:
La Bodega
Martins Bar-B-Q
Los Molcajetes
Maddens
Koppe Bridge
Lakeside Icehouse Grill
Coco Loco
Pho John
40 Tempura
Top Of The Hill 
Cafe Eccell
J Cody's Bar-B-Q
Sodolaks
Christopher's
Good Time Charley's
Haiku
Hullabaloo Diner
Carter's Burger

BJ's 
The Village 

We added:
Grub

This list is in no particular order, we just add restaurants as we decide we want to eat there and have not been before or if a new restaurant opens up that we want to make sure we go to.

Here are the last few restaurants we were finally able to scratch off the list.

Lakeside Icehouse Grill -- We have probably been to Lake Bryan about 300 times in the past 2 years and have only eaten at the Icehouse one time. My only regret was waiting so long! I had a delicious chicken wrap and Michael had a yummy hamburger with $2 margaritas to finish up the meal. Michael's parents joined us on the nice early summer dinner on the patio overlooking the lake. It was so nice out there and we wish we would have eaten there more often.

Coco Loco -- We had a bunch of friends tell us about this hole in the wall and had to try it. After the Plaza Hotel imploded last week we ventured over for breakfast at 6:45am and were very pleased! We only went for breakfast, but the dinner menu looked really yummy!

 

Pho John's -- I had been pushing this down the list for months and finally Michael said we are going to get Vietnamese tonight no matter what, so we got Vietnamese. For the Dexter fans out there, Michael has been wanting to try pho since the first time Masuka brought it up. Me on the other hand, not so much. Michael's pho is the first picture and I had pan fried egg noodles and beef. I thought Michael's meal tasted like bath water and absolutely loved mine. He thought his pho was good, but loved mine. I would definitely recommend this place based on my meal.

Cafe Eccell -- Yummy brick oven pizza! We had pizza here three times after our first trip. Michael and I love pizza and wish we had our own brick oven, but sadly we don't. The BBQ Chicken pizza here is the best, while the margherita pizza was lacking. Service in the restaurant was not that great the one time we ate, so from there after we picked it up.

 

J Cody's -- Michael and I decided to share a steak the last time we went and it was nice and juicy! We really liked it but did not think it was something we couldn't live without. There are much yummier BBQ places in B/CS.

Sodolacks -- YUM! I had the chicken fried steak and Michael had a nice yummy medium rare steak. And all the sides were delicious! This was very affordable, filling food that if I liked eating southern food all the time I would have eaten there more.

Good Time Charley's -- This was a new restaurant in downtown Bryan that we thought we had to try. We went with some friends and we both agreed it was not worth going back to. It was just ok but there are much better burger joints in town.

Haiku -- We wanted to try a Hibachi grill in town because we love the one back home in Round Rock. My office took us all there for a dinner party and it was yummy! How can you go wrong with fried rice, veggies, and steak! We sat at the end of the table though and got gypped on portions :[ (No link, sorry. They changed the name of the restaurant and I do not remember what it is called)

Hullaballo's Diner -- I already blogged about this experience here! WE LOVE THIS PLACE! Michael actually just ate there again on Wednesday afternoon. Sooooo tasty!!

Grub -- I do not know how this is even possible - we have eaten here about 10 times and somehow I only took a picture one time and it is not even a juicy hamburger?!?! We love this place and tell everyone who likes hamburgers to try it! We have tried all the burgers except the ghost and the mushroom burger and loved all of them. The milkshakes are delicious and so are the sweet potato fries! I'm getting hungry just writing about it.


It is crazy to think this chapter of our lives ended and we will only be going back for hopefully football games and other random events. We only did not make it to sushi and to a really expensive formal restaurant. Which I am thinking is a good thing. When I added sushi to the list I was thinking I would start liking it, but sadly that really just isn't happening. And with building a house, I would much rather spend the crazy amount of money for dinner on something inside the house haha. We loved our time in the B/CS and loved all the yummy places we got to eat :]

WE ARE BUILDING!

AHH!! I can't hold back the excitement anymore!!

WE ARE BUILDING!!!
Well not us exactly, but Kurk Homes is building our home :]

Michael told me to wait till we were for sure, and now we are so I can tell all of you!

We have bought a lot and are in the process of making plans for the future Neisch residence.

Our home will be nestled into a woody .93 acre lot in south Magnolia.
Here are some street views of our future front yard!!

All I do now is dream about what our house will look like and how much the dogs are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE our new home/yard :] 

Now since the news is out there, I will update as things start to happen!

We are MOVING!

That is right! Michael got a job and we are leaving College Station after almost 6 fun years!

Michael starts his new job as a Wetland Biologist on June 4th in the Katy area. About half of his work is in the field so he will not have to be in the office that much allowing us to live wherever we really want. We started looking at homes in Magnolia last weekend and we have decided we would really like to live in that area.

We are really excited about our new chapter we are starting in less than a month!!!

Samson Turns Three!

Happy Birthday Samson!

A little late but Samson turned 3 on April 24th!! We love this little guy so much and can not believe it has already been 3 years!! Michael and I just looked through tons pictures of him and we couldn't believe how many we took of him growing up! He is such a cutie!!

This year I decided to make him a doggie birthday cake! Super easy and I guess super yummy so this will be an annual birthday tradition in the Neisch household!

 

It was too big for just Samson, and Bella would have had a heart attack watching Samson eat all this on his own, so we cut it in half and shared.

3 minutes later for Bella and about 7 minutes later for Samson and they were licking up their crumbs!

Happy Birthday to our sweet boy Samson!!!

Beautiful Brazos Valley Weekend

What a beautiful weekend in the Brazos Valley!

I have been out of the blogging world lately - Michael was out of town for a week, the following week was filled with anticipation of a chance to move to Washington (we will not be moving there, well right now at least), and this week I hope to get back into the grove!

Friday night was relaxing for a change! We tried a new recipe and I forgot to take a picture, my bad. We hung out, caught up on some tv shows, and played with the pups!

Saturday, Michael’s parents came into town. We walked through the Memorial Student Center (MSC) for the first time in 3 years. Saturday was the grand re-opening of the MSC and it was amazing!! They added 71,000 sq feet and is now 400,000 sq feet. It was amazing to see how much of the old they kept in the new. The flag room looks almost the same, the feel of walking down the main hallway is the same, the marble steps are the same, and the same study areas Michael and I used our first 2 years are still there. But at the same time so much has changed. More study areas for students, more hangout areas with pool tables, foosball tables, televisions, and more conveniences all in one place. It was so nice to walk around and enjoy this wonderful building before we leave College Station one day soon.

We then went to a late lunch, early dinner at Lake Bryan. We have actually never eaten at the restaurant but have been to lake at least 100 times. And I wish we had not waited so long! It was delicious! Plus $2.00 frozen margaritas made it even better!

Came back to the house and I made a Dewberry Cobbler. Thanks to Andy and Michael for picking all these berries for me during my afternoon run on Thursday. With a few scoops of Bluebell this made a perfect spring dessert!

After we finished our yummy dessert we headed to campus for Aggie Muster. We got there about 10 minutes early and were turned away! Can you believe that?!?!! Reed arena, 12,500 seats, was FULL! It is amazing and upsetting at the same time. Amazing that so many Aggies came out and sad we could not participate in this yearly Aggie tradition. We then came back to the house and sat outside with the pups enjoying the beautiful weather!

Sunday we started the morning off with a nice long run at Lake Bryan. Came home got ready and met some friends at Hullabloo Diner, another off our bucket list (2 in one weekend!). Oh My Gosh, DELICIOUS!! After a little wait, worth every second of it, we got to step back in time as we walked into the old fashioned gem! Michael has been here a few times but it was the first time for the me and the other couple that joined us.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing, playing with the pups, doing some housework, and getting Michael ready for tomorrows interview. I will keep you all updated on how it goes! After all the eating out we did this weekend we had a really yummy salad for dinner.

What else was up this weekend:

Bella went into heat :[ so her panties are back! And they are so cute, if only she liked them and would keep them on.

Samson is in love with her! He is acting completely different than normal, he is playing with toys that Bella plays with, kissing all over her and the weirdest part is Bella is loving it. Luckily we have another week to 10 days of easy time till we have to work super hard to keep them apart.

Since Bella is in heat she is sleeping in her crate, which she normally does not. She stays in her crate when we are gone in the kitchen but since she sleeps in our room at night we drag the crate to our room and have to move the beds to fit nicely so Samson has a HUGE bed that he is definitely taking advantage of.

Oh and no weekend would be complete without some cop action at the neighbors, did I say I CAN NOT WAIT TO MOVE!!

Praise Him

This week at bible study we started a little differently. We praised God for what He is doing in our lives. This was a great way to change up our routine. We normally start or finish by talking about things in our life we need praying for or praise if someone wants to share.

I think it is easy to forget to praise God for what He does in our lives. I think we get caught up in all that is happening and only ask God for things instead of saying thank you for what He has given us.

A few weeks ago in church we sang “How Can I Keep from Singing” and it has been stuck in my head all day. I find myself singing this song in my head and closing my eyes and praising Him for what He is doing in mine and Michael’s lives. 

I am so thankful for where we are and the people we surround ourselves with. Since we got married we have become more involved with our church and joined a small group with people in the same life step as we are. We are loving the new fellowship we have found with these wonderful people! I can honestly say they are helping us on our spiritual journey and I could not be happier!

It was nice to hear all the great things happening in our friends lives and it was nice to personally think of all we have to be thankful for because of Him. 

Have you thought about what you are thankful for? Have you told Him?

The Best BBQ Out There

We found another hole in the wall that is AMAZING! Fargo’s Pit BBQ is a little gem in Bryan, Texas! There is no website to look at, but that just means you have to go there and try it for yourselves!

Michael and I have been wanting to try this place for a few weeks and finally did this weekend. If only we had tried it a few weeks back so we could have been back a trillion times! Michael’s parents were in town so why not try it with them and we are so glad we did.

Fargo’s is a pick up only restaurant. There are no tables for you to sit at, just a few chairs to sit in if the wait is long. When we got out of the car the smell of the BBQ smoke filled the air and I could not wait to go inside. Once we were reading the menu I wanted to order everything, but luckily the men knew how to order. We got our food and tried really hard not to dig in while we drove back to the house so we could enjoy it. 

The food was DELICIOUS! The BBQ was tender, fall off the bone, moist, what all BBQ strives to be. The sauce was perfect, not to thin, not too thick, not too smokey, and not too sweet – just the right flavor where no words can actually describe it. The sides helped make the meal perfect! The mac n cheese was creamy, the potato salad was fresh and chunky (even Michael liked it so that means a lot), and the baked beans were the best anyone had ever tasted.

Fargo’s is not even 2 miles from my work so I know we will have many more trips there!

Thank you to this blog post that pushed us to try Fargo's!