Filet at "The Coutry"

That is the beauty about staying in a place where you have friends: You are being taken care of. And, for great hospitality, Noeha pulls all strings. To start, there are iced towels with lavender oil to cool off in the pool (yes the pool is not so cool itself here in Dallas), then, she prepared what she calls a simple meal. Call it what you want, for a carnivore like me it was right on spot: Filet from the grill, oven fries and a nice mesclun salad. If only she had a recipe against mosquitos. While we had dinner, we were dinner for them too. No amount of Off or Antibrum could keep them away.

PS: I am proud to have completed my first run on this trip today (and a little bit embarrassed, that I always used the heat as an excuse, I did just fine today in the Dallas heat).