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Angry Kid was out of preschool last week, so it’s been quite hectic around here. I was looking for things to do with him.  I was on the phone with Kelly, and she said, “Cafe Rio is open now, do you want to go?” Kelly has been telling me about Cafe Rio forever.  Seriously, since I met Kelly this Spring she kept telling me about how awesome it is.  A few months ago, we both saw that they were opening a Cafe Rio in Lake Forest.  We had no clue on when it was opening, but we knew that they were building one.

I made plans with Kelly and we met up in the parking lot of Cafe Rio. I didn’t know that it was supposed to rain that day, but the sky was falling. People seem to totally freak when it rains in California. I circled around and finally found a parking spot. It was lunch time and the new hot restaurant in town was quite packed. We ran around and took some quick pictures. The boys were quite crazy and excited to see each other.  They even posed for this picture. Well, I took about five pictures of the same pose, but this was the best one.

We headed into the restaurant and got in line.  I had no clue on what to get. Kelly had to tutor me in Cafe Rio.  I expected an expert would know what to order, right? She told me to order the sweet pork barbacoa salad.  She said that’s her favorite.  I’m easy to please, and we have similar tastes, so I ordered that. Cafe Rio has free quesadillas for kids 6 and under, so I ordered a quesadilla for Angry Kid.  We then had the wild children find us a table. They did a great job finding a table, and even sat down to wait. Awesome! Before completely sitting down, we filled up our drinks.  Kelly reminded me that they have the best ice ever. Kelly is an ice fanatic and well, I love pebble-style ice. Yum, my Dr. Pepper never tasted better!

Even between chasing Angry Kid around and multiple demands for beans, then rice, then chicken…I finally got to eat my salad. It was delicious. Yes, I’m sold. I’m a total Cafe Rio fan now. Where do I sign-up for the Fan Club? Is there one?

Kelly and I are awesome bloggers and stuff like that…so we captured the dining experience on Whrrl. Have you tried Whrrl yet? It’s quite awesome.  Click on this link for the story.

I can’t wait to go back to Cafe Rio soon. Oh wait, silly me. I went back with Angry Husband on Saturday night.

Guest Post from my BFF, Stacey:

Stacey, has some funny stories to tell. I can’t always remember everything we talk about, so I asked her to type this up.  My damn ADD makes me wacky. I should probably change my blog title to, “Inappropriate conversations with a four year old”.

Here are two of the latest stories from Stacey:

My Brother-in-law is an amazing cook. It truly is his passion, and he’s great at it! He’s taken many classes in through community college in the culinary arts and even tried his hand at Le Cordon Bleu culinary program, which he unfortunately couldn’t finish, because that place is really expensive and his financial aid didn’t come through. He had to leave the program after one semester. We were all really sad for him. He’s worked in catering and restaurants since high school (15+ years). Since the end of Le Cordon Bleu experience, he’s had a child and worked random jobs to support his son, but his passion is in the kitchen. I’m so proud of him for recently returning back to community college to pursue his culinary talent! The college held a tasting on campus about a month ago and he was invited with a few select other advanced students to participate in a tasting with investors, local foodies and area restaurants to show off their culinary skills. He made a couple different dishes and decided to make one of his favorites of his tasting menu for Christmas Eve when I was up there. It was an Orzo with 3 different sausages. Knowing that I’m a foodie he asked what I thought. I had no idea which sausages were which. So I told him what I was about to say was going to come out inappropriate, he looked at me oddly (which I’m used to) and said, “I really liked the dish, it was amazing, I love the big sausages, but I don’t like the little sausages”. And yea, a few people walked away from the table with red faces.

On a completely different note but still things that aren’t meant to be inappropriate but somehow are: I was on the phone with Angry Julie the other day complaining about how my iPhone isn’t compatible with Cox (my local internet/phone/cable provider) and, that if I move by her I’m still going to have Cox. I’m just going to have to bite the bullet and change my email address. Well Angry Toddler was in the back seat overhearing her and I talk about Cox Communications and he, oh so innocently asks, ” Mommy, what’s Cox?” I died laughing for a good minute or two and Julie and I both agreed that Cox Communications is the most ill named internet provider out there. I swear that every time I give out my email address …@cox.net, I giggle a little bit in my head, and feel a little like Beavis and Butthead.