Sunset High School is different from any high school Taylor and I ever attended. That was confirmed this week when a student, who said Mr. Wilson was her favorite teacher, brought him a pickle soaked in warm Kool-Aid as a gift. Mr. Wilson, being a good sport, tried the pickle before she left the class, but couldn't quite manage to finish it. Description: warm, mushy, and oddly sour. Never again haha!
This was the last week for regular season high school football in Texas. We knew our Bison weren't quite going to make it to the playoffs, so we ventured 20 miles south to see Sunset take on Richardson Pierce in the last game of the season. As always, the halftime show was incredible. It was Senior Night and there were tons of parents there to support the band, cheerleaders, and dancers. It was an exciting halftime show and was a great way to end the football season. Unfortunately, the team lost 58-0 :(. That means they ended the season without a win, at 0-10. The head coach is already recruiting Taylor to coach next year, but I think he likes doing strength and conditioning and track.
This was the opposing team's mascot. This isn't a great picture, but it was a really tall, goofy looking red horse!
Before the game on Friday Taylor took me to Norma's, a cute little diner in Oak Cliff. It has the BEST BACON EVER!! I love bacon, and there is none better than at Norma's! Friday night was the best night of the week because Saturday Taylor had to spend the whole day in Teach for America meetings while I cleaned, ironed, and cooked a delicious roast/mashed potato dinner. Then we went to a baptism (which was great!). Afterwards, Taylor said he had a surprise for me and we jumped in the car and headed to an unknown location. The surprise turned out to be a trip to see Skyfall, a movie I've been waiting for all year. Sadly, he didn't think ahead enough to buy tickets in advance, and we drove all the way to our favorite theatre only to find out it was sold out. But he did his best to make up for it by stopping at the Cheesecake Factory on the way home to buy us a piece of delicious Oreo Cheesecake!
TK's Food Reviews
This week the review comes from Norma's Cafe in Oak Cliff. It's a classic diner, filled with checkered booths and floors and features a menu full of massive (mostly unhealthy) portions. The service is everything you would expect from a homestyle diner, with personable, mildly hilarious waitresses. I went simple with the order: a short stack of pancakes. In addition, we got an appetizer of onion rings (Maddie's favorite) and Maddie ordered her Eggs 'n' Bacon.
The pancakes were the best I've had at a restaurant, or very close to it. They were moist and tasted delicious even with a minimal amount of syrup. The onion rings were solid too, and were not too big and not too small. I don't enjoy them quite as much as Maddie, but they're still a solid choice. The highlight of the meal was the bacon, which is thick, huge, and just plain fantastic. If I was grading it simply against other diners, it would deserve in the A- range. But against all Dallas restaurant choices, it gets a bit lower. Overall Grade: B
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