Island Bar and Grill

April 30, 2013 by KTgreen

Local Places, Local Faces

Let’s go on an adventure. To Ozello. A wonderful windy drive in a sports car or motorcycle. And a beautiful view. While we are on our adventure, let’s stop for a late lunch. Normally, we’d stop at Pecks Old Port Cove. Yum! But this time we were with friends Paul and Sue—in their van—and they like to try obscure bars and restaurants. Kind of like that show on the Food Network “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives”. So we went to the Island Bar and Grill on Ozello Trail. Fun!

Now a reporter would have got the whole story about this place. But I’m just an observer. So here’s what I observed. Crazy fun décor. A very cool tiki bar in the middle of a former convenience store. Friendly server, cook, and kitchen guy.

Terry had wings. Yum! He loved them–especially since they were dry rub. I had jalapeño poppers. Double Yum! Both Sue and I also got the deep-fried fish sandwich. (I can feel my arteries clogging!) Paul had the shrimp basket—fried, of course. And island bar beer is only $1.00 all the time. Seriously. They even have free wireless.

So my advice, next time you are looking for a culinary adventure and a fun drive, stop at Island Bar and Grill. Maybe Guy Fieri will be there!

Just another morning in Perfect

April 29, 2013 by KTgreen

Besides a few biting flies, life is Perfect.

Maggie’s ready to go!

For those of you who went on our pre-wedding walk/run, this is the other side of the property where you turned around. You should buy this and build a beautiful home here and be my neighbor. Look! You already have a dock!

And you would live right down the street from these people with their great big house! Once again for our walkers and runners, this was the house that you couldn’t see behind the little walls.

Think about it. You know you want to come back!

JesAndy Jubilee, The Cake Story

April 27, 2013 by KTgreen

During one of our wedding planning committee meetings, Jes said she wanted a stump for the cake stand. Perfect for a rustic wedding. Terry was assigned the task and he immediately called our tree guy Eli from JLH Tree Company. Eli said he’d find one but by the beginning of April we were a little concerned about getting a stump. Especially when the cake maker said it had to be at least 18″ in diameter.

Michelle found one on Etsy for $60! Zowie! We needed to redouble our efforts to find a free stump!

One day while out on our bikes we spotted some pieces of tree and asked the owner if we could have one. We took one of those plus Terry took a slice of a large stump that was still in the ground.

Nine days before the wedding Eli showed up with the perfect stump! Yippee!

Michelle and Ellen designed and created the cake.

According to Michelle: “Jes asked for the ‘light stucco’ style icing. Mom was all “It was so perfect and smooth until I had to rough it up.” We used gum paste leaves, and real berries with buttercream icing (a little extra butter in that buttercream – tasty ) on the outside. The cake itself was lemon scented white cake. Inside was a whipped cream style icing with the blueberry jam filling. Yes, the same jam from the favors. Simply lovely.”

The other two stumps didn’t go to waste. They served as platforms for the manatee photo board and then helped out in the fire pit late Sunday night!

Okay. That’s it for this wedding week. New adventures ahead!