Today is John's birthday. We went to IHOP for breakfast. I ordered the International Passport breakfast. I chose Swedish pancakes. They were kinda rubbery. John ordered the Big Country breakfast. The other food was good. The service wasn't so good. Our waiter spoke English with such a thick accent I wasn't certain what he was asking me most of the time. He also gave us the "bums rush". We had barely tasted the food when he dropped off the check and said he would be back to pick it up. Then he was reaching across both of us to grab the empty plates etc.

Day after Thanksgiving. We were in Pearsall and stopped by the Cactus Bowl Restaurant. The place was packed with people. We came in hoping to try their chips/salsa. But they had run out. Rather than ordering Mexican food we all ordered their 'tasty' burgers. They were very good but service was very slow. At one pointa cattle truck passed by. We jokingly said that maybe the beef had just arrived. Hopefully they have already dug upthe potatoes.

Sam's Deli Diner

This is one of the best places to get a burger. We enjoyed it when they were on the other side of the freeway. Now they have moved to the southside of the Katy freeway we can almost walk to it. We could walk to it. It is getting back home after being stuffed is the problem. I always order the burger basket. They have an all day burger that is huge. Only attempt this burger if you haven't eaten all day.

We stopped off at Max E. Mo's to pick up a pizza. We ordered two pizzas. One was the meaty (pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage). The other was Mama's Mediterranean (cheese, sausage, tomatoes, onion, olives, etc) Both were delicious. The toppings were piled on generously.