Bicentennial, Brie, Big Blue & Bling!

This is my 200th post!

Almost 7 months of blogging and 200 entries.

Guess I have more to say that I thought I did!

A HUGE thank you to all who follow along ~ I am super appreciative and look forward to the next 100 with all of you.

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This afternoon we tried some fantastic new burgers on the newest addition to the family, Big Blue!

We’ve been without a grill since we moved to the Bay Area almost 5 years ago!

Now that we’re back in So Cal, being without a grill is uncalled for.

A good ‘ol fashioned Weber charcoal grill.

That’s what Jay wanted.

They scare me…but perhaps I will learn how to use it.

Looking forward to grilling some pizzas this summer.

But, getting back to the burgers…

Again, these burgers were wandered upon here on this mouth-watering blog.

Brie & Shallot Parisian Burgers

They’re tres magnifique.

I cheated and used 2T worcestershire sauce in place of the beef broth. I also used 90/10 ground beef.

Two ready to go and two waiting for the tops:

Next time I have to figure out how to crimp the edges better, but how good do these look:

Brie oozing EVERYWHERE!

Pardon the iceberg…I forgot the arugula at the store.

I made a little garlic aioli, too.

I also hollowed out the kaiser rolls a bit before toasting. The burgers sat nicely in the little hole and less carbs!

Oh, but I guess the aioli makes up for that….

These burgers are super filling and the 1.5 pounds of meat makes 4 so we’ll have them again for lunch tomorrow.

I served them with Sun Chips and watermelon.

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I heard about the $1 flip flop sale at Old Navy today and was up bright and early to run other errands.

Then I realized I’d be over by O.N. and decided to pick up a couple pairs of cheap flops and try my hand at “blinging” them out a bit.

I then went to Michael’s and grabbed some E-6000 glue and Kohl’s for some little earrings to add-on and embellish them a little.

It’s not much, but they turned out pretty cute:

I like using earrings because you can just poke them down in the little thingy that goes between your toes and then douse with some E-6000 and you’re good to go.

Now that I know how easy it is, I’m going to perk up some Havaianas next!

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