Nicole and I have a low key weekend planned. Last night we spent the evening with our best friends The Snyder's. We tried a burger joint in St. Paul called the Blue Door Pub which is a hole in the wall off Fairview and Selby. It is very similar to the Nook but only smaller. If you like loud, crowded and great burgers it is a good place. You certainly have to be comfortable in tight quarters. We waited nearly 1 hour for a spot to sit, but spent some time at a vintage "antique" store next door. The place was huge and we actually lost Courtney for a while. Brent and I were walking around looking at what we thought was mostly "crap" and the girls were looking at some vintage jewelry and clothes and the store was closing. So Brent, Nicole, and I made our way to the front entrance and waited for Courtney. We waited and waited and waited, and then Brent started to get nervous. He really was, then I got nervous too so we spread out to find her. It was nothing serious, she was just enthralled with all the clothes, very similar to a kid in a candy store. You put Courtney in anything that relates to fashion and that is her element. Her and Nicole have a lot in common in that regard. After everyone was safe and sound we headed next door to the Blue Door. I ordered a ridiculous burger called The Breakfast Blucy which was 1/2 pound Juicy Lucy with Bacon and a Fried Egg on Top! Had to be 2,000 calories. Nicole had the standard Juicy Lucy which she said was very good, Brent had what is called the Luau which was mozzarella stuffed with pineapple and canadian bacon on top. Courtney ordered a PLAIN HAMBURGER, her favorite, yeah that's right, NOTHING ON IT. She said she could taste pickles on her burger so they must have put pickles on and then taken them off, she wants NOTHING on her burger. Funny!
I had read about this place and also had heard about it from some guys at the office and last year they won Best Burger in the Twin Cities by City Pages. I pasted the burger of the year below (yes we tried one) I ordered it and had them cut it into 4 pieces. It tasted just like you think it would, a burger with peanut butter on it. Weird! No, Courtney would NOT eat it! The rest of us tried it and thought it was fine, but we certainly wouldn't need to order it again.
Jiffy Burger - $7.75
You’ve got to try it to be a believer. We cover our burger with peanut butter, a little mayo, pepper jack cheese, bacon, and a few pickles – just like Mom used to make! Awarded Best Burger in the Twin Cities by City Pages!
Afterward we made it back to our house to watch The Hangover which was good for a few cheap laughs.
Saturday we had planned to start Yoga at the YMCA. Brent has recommended Yoga to us for flexibility in our golf games and the Y has a class that is called Heat Strength Yoga where you are in a heated room and you really "sweat it out". Well, Nicole was called into the hospital this morning so I have been home doing laundry and watching the 1st PGA Event of 2010, the SBS Championship. It is held each year in January at Kapalua's Plantation Course in Maui, HI. Nicole and I played there in November so it is fun to watch the pros play the same holes that we struggled on.
Saturday night we are going to a Pizza, Games, and Football party at our next door neighbors Brian and Dina Gagnes'. It will be Men Vs. Women and I'm sure the game will be Pictionary (Women are going Down)! The NFL playoffs also start tonight with Philadelphia playing at Dallas.
Stay warm everyone!
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