Monday, August 8th, 2011

So right now I'm getting very excited to move back to IOWA!!! I have less than 3 weeks left of work in Buffalo Grove, and we're busy trying to hunt for jobs & apartments!  We were in Des Moines over the past weekend looking for apartments, and I have an interview coming up on the 13th.  So exciting!!  If all goes well, we could be living back in central Iowa at the start of September in time for Cyclone football season!  It's a little stressful for us since neither one of us currently have a job lined up, but we are still really looking forward to being closer to friends & family :) 

So over the weekend when we were not looking at apartments, we were able to spend some quality time with a few friends and enjoy some delicious Des Moines fare.  Saturday for lunch we tried some chicken wings at Jethro's BBQ, and then on Sunday we had broasted chicken and some bacon-wrapped tater tots at the Highlife Lounge.  Oddly enough, both of these places have been featured on one of my favorite shows (Man vs. Food), but that was not the main reason we went to each.  At the Highlife Lounge we even ordered the same thing that he does on the show. 

Bacon-wrapped, deep-fried tater tots.  They have a bit of jalapeno in each one.  Healthy right?

My two-piece broasted chicken with mashed potatoes & green beans. 

Breast, leg, corn, and mac & cheese that Elizabeth enjoyed.  

So in my last two blog posts I've described 3 different Man vs. Food restaurants that I've recently tried.  Obsessed with food much?