If you watch Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, you might have seen the “Fire in your Hole” wings challenge episode he miserably failed at.

That challenge took place at Munchies 420 Cafe in Sarasota and ever since Dave and I saw that episode, we’ve been dying to get Dave’s friend Lou to do the wing challenge. He’s done a few food challenges in the past and is proud of his glutton status… and can definitely handle the hot stuff. I’ve seen this guy eat wings that the smell alone made my eyes water. We knew he’d be up for this.

We called Munchies just to make sure they open and still did the challenge. Then drove an hour and a half to Sarasota (we didn’t have anything else to do). We get there, Lou orders the wings and they tell us they are all out of the sauce. You think they could have mentioned that to Dave when he said “I have a fat ass that wants to do your wing challenge” (that’s really what he said) on the phone. I guessed it slipped their stoner minds.

So we figured since we drove all that way, we might as well eat something. Besides the Fire in your Hole challenge, Munchies is known for their enormous sandwiches loaded with all kinds of weird shit. We each ordered one. Mine had steak, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, and french fries on it topped with onions and peppers. Talk about blowing any diet I was on.

It was ok for the first couple bites, but after that not so much. With every additional bite I kept asking myself “why the hell am I eating this?” It wasn’t anything spectacular…in fact it was loaded with the exact same crap you could buy in the freezer section at a grocery store, so I was pretty surprised that the food here was on the list of Travel Channel’s best places to eat.

All in all, the night was a bit disappointing. I didn’t get to watch Lou battle hot wings and drove and hour and a half to eat sub par food. We all said we’d go back, but only to watch the wing challenge. That is, if they ever get the sauce!

I’d consider myself a tomboy most days. I like action movies and sports. If you see me, most of the time I’m wearing jeans and a t-shirt and have my hair pulled back into a ponytail.

I’m not a girlie girl.

That’s not to say though, that I don’t like girlie things. I enjoy makeup and playing with my hair. My favorite color is magenta. Occasionally, I like “girl drinks” such as margaritas and strawberry daiquiris. Despite all my girlish tendencies, I have very few girl friends.

My experience with most girls is that they are dramatic, whiny, gossips, while my guy friends are the exact opposite. I’ve never had a guy friend stab me in the back, try to sleep with my boyfriend, or hold grudges against me, while half of my (former) girl friends have done at least one of the 3. Out of the few girl friends I have, there’s only one that I would consider myself really close to and due to the fact that she has a family and life of her own, we rarely see each other.

Those days that I want to go shopping, drink a Cosmo and have chit chat, it would be nice to be able to call a few females. Sometimes, I just want to indulge in my girlie side and I’m tired of my guy friends making fun of me for wanting to watch So You Think You Can Dance. As lame as it might sound, I want to go shopping, share each others clothes and be able to have a shoulder to cry on that doesn’t smell like men’s cologne.

Where are “my girls” at and why can’t I seem to find them?

This weekend was packed full with football, old friends, and some good food!

Friday night Dave and I went to the Tampa Bay Storm game. If you haven’t been to an Arena football game, you should check it out! Non stop action and tons of fun. We had a great time and the Storm kicked ass! Afterward, we walked down the street to Channelside for dinner. It was great to get to spend time alone with Dave. With his new teaching job, he’s been so busy we barely get to see each other.

Saturday night we headed to a birthday dinner for my good friend Chris at the Cheesecake Factory. There was lots of food, laughs and of course, cheesecake! It was great to get together with some of my favorite people from college. Hopefully we’ll get to do it again soon!

Sunday was Dave’s Dad’s birthday. We went to Crazy Buffet, one of my favorite restaurants in Tampa. I even got Dave’s Dad to try sushi! Fun times…and way to much food!

And now…pictures. These were my two favorites from the weekend.

Tori, Grant, Dave, me, Heather and Chris outside of Cheesecake Factory. Dave is actually smiling!

Chris, me and Grant. This describes us to the t. Grant’s being ridiculous, Chris is enabling it, and I’m about to pee my pants from laughing so hard. Yep, that’s us.

I hope everyone’s weekend was as awesome as mine! I can’t wait for Friday to get here!

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