While the fajitas look great in the photos, sadly they were just okay. The chicken was not seasoned and just kind of bland. I have had them before and they were much better. I did order cheese dip, and that was great. (Have you ever had bad cheese dip?)

The cheese dip is the “glue” in the creation of the fajita. Sure you can try using refried beans but I have found the cheese works better in the taste equation. A touch of sour cream and guacamole really make it tasty too!

I will keep searching and keep reporting. 

Give me any suggestions you would like to see. Thanks for reading!

Technically they don’t call them fajitas, but it’s a whole bunch of grilled chicken with tortillas (handmade). They bring you chips and salsa and pico de gallo, so, I just throw the pico into the salsa and it made it all so refreshing! 

On this platter, there is chicken, a hotdog cut in half and has cheese melted on it, also, a jalepeno pepper stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon. You also get charros beans, scrumptious! Next time I will try the steak, it smelled heavenly. 

Go and try it, let me know what you think. Muy bueno! 

SKYVIEW Atlanta turns one today! 

Exciting news. In celebration, they are giving away $100.00 bills and Braves tickets and toys. I am so excited.

Hope I see you there! I will have new photos later, but here’s a favorite of mine.

Starting a new division of Staycation, Quest for the Best. I am just getting started today but I wanted some input as to where your favorite place is for Fajitas.

This one is from Uncle Julio’s. Yes, it was VERY good. I love the tortillas, homemade! I am going to be checking out Nuevo Laredo, La Costilla, plus some more Buford Highway Mexican restaurants. Are there other standouts I should know about?

Thanks!

Republic Social House is across from Oakland Cemetery. We were sitting upstairs, on the deck.Bloody Mary, yes please and it was super yummy!

Then we started with Spicy fried green beans, especially scrumptious!

At this point when our meal came I was so excited I forgot to take a picture but we both got the chicken wings, southside style. They were Hot, Crunchy, Juicy, really very good. Oh wait, I got some of them to go.Overall, winner winner chicken dinner! 

My friend Alan and I went to Kaleidoscope, a few years ago and I had a dish that was so craveable. It was a piece of fish, I think Mahi, on green chili cheese grits. So, ever since then I have recreated and added to my grits, but todays was the winner. So very good, I had to share.

I have two kinds of grits, one is basically instant, and the other takes a while. I went with the Organic Arrowhead Mills Yellow Corn Grits. I used one jalepeno, chopped it, and chopped a shallots, put them both into a small sauce pan with a tablespoon of butter. I took one link of chorizo and cut the casing off and fried it in a small pan, then set it aside, to drain on some paper towels. 

The grits call for two cups of water, I had some organic Half n half in the fridge, so I used one cup of that on one cup of water into the small pan with the jalepeno and shallot and brought it to a boil. Then I added 1/2 cup of grits. They cooked covered on low for 6 minutes, then I added in the chorizo and 1/2 cup of grated cheddar cheese and tah dah they were done and they were awesome.

Let me know what you think!

Stone Mountain Park is going to host the Dock Dogs World Championship Qualifier on July 25th – 27th. Dogs from around the country show off their speed agility and ability to take high leaps into a lake during a variety of athletic events. I don’t know if you have seen this on TV, it looks really cool!

Admission is free with paid park admission.

(These dogs featured will not be competing, I think it is mainly Retrievers and Labs, these dogs just think they are big dogs)