A Mega Millions Lunch

Stardate 65713.4

13:45 - Traveling through the grand state of Delaware will leave anyone hungry. I mean thirty minutes of driving can do that to a person. Seriously, you can drive through Delaware in thirty minutes. As short as the time period was, I was famished. Many of you may know, a little brewery resides in Delaware by the name of Dogfish Head Brewery. Long time Focus Foxies know that I am a fan of this establishment and even more so their restaurants. On the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Rehoboth Beach, one of their restaurants sits as a beacon of awesome, a lighthouse of amazing. With a bit of coaxing, I got my Mom to stop with me.

Being a Friday, we opted for their fish dishes; my first choice was their salmon club. I paired it with their annual Sah'tea brew. Sah'tea is another beer from their ancient ale line. This brew recipe hails from Finland, but Dogfish Head first brewed Sah'tea right there in the Rehoboth Beach pub. Trying to keep with the traditional way of brewing, Dogfish Head heats the wort with hot rocks. With hints of juniper berry, black tea, and cinnamon, this beer goes well with the salmon club. You cannot find flavorful light beers like you do in Dogfish Head.

I would have to say, lunch was our only win that day. We bought Mega Millions tickets earlier. No winners of money here, but we did have a Mega Million lunch! 

Cherry Blossoms

Stardate 65691.9 

17:45 - Every year thousands of tourists descend upon DC to see one thing: cherry blossoms. You can't blame them; they are amazing. These blossoms came to the United States from Japan in 1912. First Lady Helen Taft presided over the ceremony that planted these amazing beauties in the ground. The original gift consisted of 12 different varieties of cherry trees, amounting to 3,200 trees total. With all of this historical significance and great weather about, I sundressed up, and I became one of those tourists.

Josh Abbott Band and Pat Green

Josh Abbott and I

Stardate 65654

20:45 - We have a great deal of unique things about Texas. Rarely highlighted is our own unique blend of country music, which combines folk, outlaw country, and alternative rock intro songs mostly to do about Texas. Outside of Texas, Texas country does not get radio time. Hell, Texas stations do not give it its proper due. Sometimes, if I close my eyes, I can hear Texas country playing. I can see them dancing at The Hall, and when I dream, I dream I'm back in College Station.

I haven't floated down the Ol' Frio or had a kolache in awhile, but on March 8th, Texas came to me. Two stars of Texas country music, Josh Abbott Band and Pat Green, made a tour stop at the 930 Club in DC. So Rob took me out to the dancehall. After all, he hadn't met my Texas yet.

Josh Abbott Band

It was some kind of miracle to have Texas country music in my life. Having mostly heard it on the radio, the live version could not disappoint. That night, we were gonna set the world on fire. We sang along to all the songs, and in the end, I met Josh Abbott himself. Texas made a grand showing that night with her charm shinning through it all. After the concert, Rob got to know that I am a bit more like Texas than he realized, and he likes me for it.

Pat Green

Capital Q BBQ

 Stardate 65650.6


15:45 - Finding good Texas BBQ in this fair city can be an extreme task. Sure there are plenty of North Carolinian BBQ joints around stinking up the place. You can search long and hard and only come up with these NC places.  A Texas BBQ diner is the jewel of the Potomac. As hard as it can be, we found a new place in the heart of Chinatown, named Capital Q BBQ.  This joint pays homage to the best type of BBQ: Texas BBQ.
Everything about this place speaks to its Texas origins. The owner, a Port Arthur native, built a temple to Texas with pictures of Texas representatives on the wall, collard greens and spicy corn in the food bins, and beef and pork slopped on buns. The greatest testament their Texas roots is the sauce. A tangy, spicy condiment, a BBQ sauce should not be sweet or vinegary. Tangy and spicy is the goal, nothing more, nothing less. This sauce lives up to a Texas sized reputation. I lied; the greatest testament is this little dollar bill. Thanks and Gig'em!