Fine Dining and More!

Well I have been pounding away at the keyboard like a good little author - almost have book four ready for the editor! 

In the meantime - if you want to read the new series early as they are finished- you can buy them exclusively direct from my website! How cool is that. So far Book one and two are available and book three is almost done with the proofreaders!  Just follow the link:

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On top of the news on my new series, there's more! 

I've joined together with a handful of wonderful authors for a Holiday Giveaway! Anyone can enter to win one of two (2) $100 eGift cards, one of two (2) $50 eGift cards, or one Book Basket with 10 eBooks by the amazing authors!  Click to Sign Up !

And now - we get to sit back, relax with all the new books, and I'll share my weekend dining experience while y'all read! LOL. 

It started out with a friend having a hefty gift certificate to one of the better seafood restaurants in town - anyone who knows me will know that I adore fine dining. I'm not even slightly intimidated by a full table setting (can even be critical if I'm not given a shrimp fork for my, well, shrimp! LOL), and truly enjoy the little details of a slow meal and good conversation and of course the best part - time with good friends. 

We arrive and our table was not ready so we waited for a few minutes. This of course is a fabulous opportunity for an author to people watch - it's also a good chance to remind me that truth can be stranger than fiction and I most definitely do not get out of my house enough! LOL.

The first thing to make my eyes pop was a lovely family. A couple with a 13 month old and Granddad.  My first thought, who brings a toddler to restaurant that will cost at least $100 per person to get out the door? Oh, well. To each his own. Then I looked down at the woman's feet. Beautiful dress, but with sneakers. That struck me as odd. In Texas, I would have been less surprised to see a gorgeous dress and cowboy boots. Well, my friend saw where my gaze had gone and leaned in to inform me they were - ready for this - $700 sneakers. Even if I could afford that kind of money- who the heck spends that on beat up sneakers? (Shakes head) 

The next couple was definitely great fodder for a rom com cover. The guy was in a burgundy velour suit jacket (might have been an old tux, who knows) and jeans. (Probably from the same designer as the dress and sneakers lady). His date: pink spiked short hair, huge colorful rimmed eyeglasses, a black and white leopard dress length jacket, red spiked heels, a huge tattoo of Frida Kahlo on her leg - flowers and all, blue nail polish, and so many other eye catching things that twelve hours later I can't remember them all. After all, it would have been rude to take a photo while they were posing for a photo - wouldn't it? LOL. 

Then there was the lady who had on a lovely dress, a rather fluffy fur jacket, and leopard heels tall enough to reach Mount Rushmore. Okay, maybe I exaggerate about the mountainside, but when I say they were ordinary pumps with a one or two inch platform PLUS six inch spike heels, I may be underguessing! Housepainters might use these instead of stilts! 

I move on to the dinner table - notice under the delicious key lime martinis there's a bright menu?? It's backlit - easiest menu to read I have ever come across! I had the lobster bisque which had yummy chunks of lobster (you can even see them in the photo), and she had the tomato salad - all absolutely delish. Then we both had the seabass - a favorite of mine - but I forgot to take a photo so here's the leftovers the next day, lol, and for dessert I had to swipe a photo from someone else because we were so flabbergasted I forgot to take a photo! 

Needless to say - I'm watching what I eat all this week! But it was SO yummy! 

And this brings me to my last thing for the day - anyone looking for a nice Christmas gift for a friend or family member who loves to read - From my store you can buy an autographed book bundle of two of my Holiday set books! How cool is that? Two books autographed for only $16.99 for the bundle.  That's a savings of Five Dollars! Buy here:  ​

Have a good week!  Catch you on the flip side!