Yesterday, about 30 minutes after I arrived in Jacksonville, my family and I headed out to celebrate my sister’s 24th birthday. Leslie requested a seafood dinner, so we decided to try a new restaurant called Old Florida.
The restaurant is located on the water and we were lucky enough to grab a seat outside on the deck overlooking the marina.
When we arrived, we couldn’t help but notice a bunch of cats hanging out in front of the restaurant.
They are clearly seafood lovers, too! Someone told us that though they are stray cats, they are all spayed and neutered. Bob Barker would approve. Apparently you can tell that they have been spayed or neutered if one of their ears has been clipped.
The cats didn’t follow us onto the deck, but we had fun watching them enjoy the last bit of sunlight outside of the front of the restaurant.
One we were seated, we dug into the fresh cornbread while we took some time to look over the menu.
I knew I wanted seafood, so I opted for a seafood cobb salad topped with steamed clams.
Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals, but managed to save room for dessert. We knew a killer birthday cake was waiting for us when we got back to my parents’ condo.
My mom made my sister an Oreo ice cream cake and it was a hit! Leslie and Ryan share an intense love for Oreos (my mom made the same cake for Ryan’s birthday once before) and I know Ryan was a little jealous he wasn’t there last night. He was missed!
We ate cake while Leslie opened her presents. It was such a nice night and I’m glad I was able to celebrate my sister’s 24th birthday with her!
Happy birthday, Leslie!
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That cake looks amazing! Would your mom mind sharing the recipe?
I’m actually making a cake this weekend for my brother’s birthday… A cookie dough cake!! Sadly I can’t partake because of allergies, but it will be hard to resist. It just looks so yummy! Here’s the recipe I’m looking at in case you want to drool 😉 http://www.somethingshinyblog.com/2011/10/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cake.html
Happy Birthday to your sister! The cake looks delicious! You both look beautiful.
Love that those cats have been TNR’d (trapped-neutered-returned)- ears are clipped when they’re under in order to let other people trapping feral/stray cats know that they’ve already been altered so if they’re caught again to let them go.
So,,,I”ve eaten entire 2 L tubs of oreo ice cream before….
the Nestle…vanilla with HUGE chunks of oreo cookies in the ice cream…
the entire 2 L tub to myself. Female. Not active. Not overweight ….(yet)
Oye. So addicted to things.
Completely unrelated but I went to a U Crave frozen yogurt in my town and there was a slides how playing in the back TV and you were in one of those pictures! I blurted “I know that girl!” To my sister and she was like no way!
That cake looks delicious! And I’m sure Leslie is so appreciative to you for posting that picture of her. What are sisters for? ;=)
That Oreo ice cream cake photo makes me so want to eat ice cream now 🙂
mmm! can you post the recipe for the cake??
Yowza! I had no idea that’s what the clipped ear was about. I thought it was a common cat fighting injury. Seems harsh, but I guess the reasoning is sound!
Can you share the recipe for this cake? Looks amazing!
Glad you had a good meal there–we’ve not been so lucky. We have given it three strikes–it’s out of our considerations now!