Two weekends ago, Scott and I took a quick trip to Baton Rouge, LA to visit with some of his Dad's side of the family, as well as buy LSU merchandise. Seriously!
As soon as we got into town, we headed straight for the campus!
Mike the Tiger (The Fifth) has a new cage on campus (right by the stadium), so we went to visit him!
Come on Mike, you won't even say "hello" to your biggest corndog fan? He really wasn't up for visiting because Baton Rouge was suffering from an extreme heat wave.
We headed to find some LSU merchandise! Scott was desperate to find a new sticker for his truck and I was ever-so-kind to find Haley a pretty cute seer-sucker LSU dress. I mean, I GUESS I'll let Scott have ONE Tiger cub!!
Scott was on the search for a Fleur-di-lis. OF COURSE, he had to pick the most obnoxious one out...EYE OF THE TIGER!
I mean, come on. I like a pretty, black, gold, or silver one...but Eye of the Tiger? Ha!
Scott's cousin was so gracious to host us for the weekend! We met him at a little hole-in-the-wall bar/restaurant called, "Sammy's". Now, for the Birmingham locals, when he told us to meet him at "Sammy's", I was a bit concerned. See, Birmingham has an oh-so-famous "gentleman's club", by the same name. So, when we rolled up and saw bars on the windows, we peeked in the window, and to our pleasure it resembled the "Cheers" type of establishment!
Wow!!! Sammy's Grill was incredible! Check the link out HERE! The homemade fried cheese...YUM! And I could have drank their house salad dressing....Parmesan Vinaigrette!!! Oh man...I mean, I tried to buy this recipe! It was SO good, that Scott and I went back for dinner that night!
We also ventured over to a little sports bar not far from the new baseball stadium called "Walk-Ons". Check it out HERE! We didn't eat, but we were able to watch some Alabama baseball (YES!!) and enjoy talking. Scott even discovered his new drink of choice..
..Rumple Minze.
If you like drinking peppermint Colgate, this one is for you!
We also went by the Mall of Louisiana to browse some more! I was tickled when I found these....
...Bahaha. (1) At least they know they smell like corndogs and (2) I LOVE that LSU fans have a great rivalry with Alabama! RTR!!!
We ended the trip by going back to see Mike the Tiger and much to Scott's liking..he was up!
Cool random fact about Mike the Tiger - one of my Dad's nurses when he was in the hospital trained 2 former Mike the Tigers! Small world!
I must say, Baton Rouge is a cool town! They have some incredible houses and great shopping! And of course, great eating! I also enjoyed watching Scott get so happy to be in a town he loves for so many reasons! We are looking forward to going back for some Alabama vs. LSU football and baseball games in the future! And, I'm looking forward to sporting some Crimson in the Bayou!!
