I repeat what I said in the title. BEST. FATHERS’ DAY. EVER. Honestly, epic! Many, many pictures to follow: Hopefully you can handle the awesomeness…
I started with a mini-Monsta. This had about 2 cups of spinach, a little soymilk, frozen cherries, half a banana and some lemon juice. I had to have an appetite for lunch!
First, I had to give my pops all of his loot. He was very, very spoiled :).
We have (from the top left, going clockwise) chocolate tortilla chips, a Guinness mug, a grill pan from Williams Sonoma, a stationary bottle opener, and some authentic British pub mats.
For lunch, we headed out to… INDIAN FOOD! I had two gigantic plates: don’t judge! It’s a weekend of celebration. I can get back on track tomorrey. (I say and spell the word “tomorrow” like tomorrey. Deal with it.)
I had gigantic servings of saffron chicken, daal, vegetable korma, LOTS of naan, and for dessert, carrot-butter pudding and one of those doughy-syrup-covered balls. YUM!
After lunch, we walked around for a bit and ended up in a furniture store. Woohoo…happy fathers’ day :P.
Then, we wandered over to Dargan’s, the local Irish pub, and had some drinks.
My pops had a Black Velvet (Strong Bow cider and Guinness), my mum had a Strong Bow cider, and I had a Bass Ale.
We were COMPLETELY stuffed, but we somehow managed to fit in some potato skins :). HEY! It’s a weekend for celebration!
There happens to be an amazing used bookstore on Main Street, that I must stop in every time I’m in Ventura.
We saw a new pub that we’ve never tried before, called Bernadette’s – LOVELY Bernadette, the owner, showed us around and made us feel entirely welcome, and Allison helped us with everything we needed – I sense a new Sunday tradition! They had live music, so we decided we had to sit for a spell.
I’d like to introduce you to Black Carl. Seriously, go to their site and listen. They are incredible!
That’s the drummer using a beer bottle as percussion. BOOYAH!
Everyone needs to go to their site and subscribe and follow and listen and LOVE them! Tell them the Bexter @ HikeBikeEat sent you :). I bought their CD onsite and got a bunch of awesome pins and matchbooks.
We all seemed to enjoy the music. <– Video goodness!
There were lots of feet bouncing to the beat: rhyming makes me happy :P.
My pops, trying to read the Black Carl button. “BLACK CATS???”
We get along very well…
…Most of the time :).
Tattoo courtesy of Paciugo, baby!
I found one of my new favorite drinks, recommended by my cousin Allie who is currently traveling all over Europe! Magners = deliciously crispy, dry, and not too sweet!
My dad definitely had a great time. My mom enjoyed it once the music got started, teehee!
After an amazing day, we headed back to have some awful, awful dinner…
White Castle burgers and Franziskaner – my dad wanted it, so I had to have some – it’s Fathers’ Day!
…And cuddle with the Buddha!
(No, I’m not actually strangling her) She gets VERY possessive over her chips! I almost lost my entire hand after this picture.
And now I will leave you, having forced many, many pictures unto you, and watch the rest of The Next Food Network Star. I finished The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud: meh. I have a feeling the movie will be better, at least based on the trailer. It was a good/okay book, but wasn’t anything too memorable.
Happy Fathers’ Day to all the dads out there!
oh how lovely to find another actress food blogger! makes me so happy; i'll definitely be following. thanks for finding me on foodbuzz!
Looks like your Dad had a good time!
I took my Dad on a tour of Yuengling Brewery which was pretty cool, since it's America's oldest brewery. The tour was awesome and at the end gave us free beer! 🙂
On the way back home we stopped by Cabelas (They have just about everything and anything for hunting, camping, fishing, etc) and walked around. It’s so big they even have a place to eat. So we had to try the BBQ food they had. The store is so big! I should have taken a picture or two of it!
After a long drive back, I took him out to a restaurant and finished the night drinking some beers. We tried out Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, which was pretty good. Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂
I also found Franziskaner, so I’ll give that a try this week.
@Justin
Justin, sounds like an amazing day! I love brewery tours – there's only one close to my house and I haven't had time to visit it yet.
Let me know what you think of Franziskaner, and if you have any beer recommendations yourself, I'm all ears… or eyes.. 🙂
Pingback: LazyChiveFace | Bites 'n Brews
Pingback: Celebrating Freedom | Bites 'n Brews