happiness is a warm meal

[threeplusfire]

Alan's parents came down today, bearing a big box of kolache, and we ate lunch at the County Line over off 2222. It's very beautiful and has the best barbecue sauce ever. I see why people get married there. It was a lovely afternoon all in all, and his parents are such lovely folk. His mom hugged me and whispered, "We like you."

Total and utter relief and happiness because every step I take makes this feel more and more like the right decision.

Called Hana at last to tell her the good news, and she was absolutely thrilled to hear it. At first she thought I was marrying Gene and we laughed when we realized the mistake. Going to introduce her to Alan sometime soon after the boys go back to school. She is vastly amused by how perfect it is that I'm marrying a Texas Czech.

Alan's father and I bonded over our shared Longhorn-ness and he knows a little bit of Czech. His mother and I discussed pies and baking. I think I'll fit in well here. Now we just have to hope my family adores him as much.

We're thinking December now. There's a big box of kolache on the counter. I'm in love.

Comments

[a311renegade.livejournal.com]

I love the County Line. I miss it.

[theotoky.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. This post made me grin *so wide*.

So what's kolache?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yay.
See told you it'd be cool.

[rawumber.livejournal.com]

Awwww, good relations with the future in laws makes everything so much easier!

What sort of venue are you thinking about? I have a book with all sorts of cute ideas for when one has to reserve space with only six months or so, though I imagine things arent' quite as insane in Texas as LA. Then again....

{G}

the kolach!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

First a definition of kolache.

Information about the Kolache Festival in Caldwell Texas, and a picture of many yummy kolache

More yummy kolache and cute Texas Czech folk. Have them email you the recipe!

[seitvonzu.livejournal.com]

YES! December is the best :)
i wanted to be married in december, in red... somehow that got translated into may in poofy white... *sigh*- still perfect though! :)

i miss bbq :( salt lick, county line, heck- that place off barton springs road (green mesquite?)... i'm not feeling terribly picky. and oh lands, KOLACHE. where did they bring them from - west? if you like the ones from west you should try kolache shoppe out by the crummy mall with the ice skating... oh ... i can't remember, this is really embarrasing... anyhow- near houston's (i know you know where that is!...well, less there is more than one). i like the sausage ones, but if you must have fruit- go cherry :)

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

You need County Line goodness! And then to set something on fire.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Quite. How fun it is fun to be correct. ;)
I can't wait for you to come to Texas.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to sort out my id situation so I can, but now I am motivated, so that helps massively.

NY in Oct, TX in Dec. Yay.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

We're going to check out some of the bed and breakfast places around the Hill Country area, the Guadalupe River Park, some of the pretty places in town... we don't have anything specific in mind, so we've just been taking suggestions of places where friends have been married and such like. I'm hoping the off season wedding will make finding a place a bit easier.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Mmm December in red. That sounds beautiful.

Mmm barbecue. And the kolache came from Caldwell I think. Oh yes, Northcross Mall! Hee. And we have cherry, apricot, poppy seed and cheese. Mmmmm!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Rock. That will be fun! And it won't be broiling, so we can drive around with the windows down and eat ice cream and such.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Awesome. You will be in the throes of wedding crazies. But hopefully I can come down long enough to actually see a bit of sights.

[egosumquisum.livejournal.com]

I loves me some sausage and kraut kolaches from the Czech Stop in West, on I35 a little south of Dallas. I dig the way they have signs up around the store in czech telling you the words for things like beer and snacks. Whenever Im on the way to DFW, I have to stop there for a box of kolaches and and a Big Czech, which is their version of the Big Gulp that has a picture on its side of a tall slavic looking fellow wearing some kind of liederhosen.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

And by sights we mean that one building that's like 20 stories tall and our impressive clock tower... heh. It manages to be very pretty in the winter and I'm sure the novelty of green leaves on the oaks in December will be grand.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Can't help but love the Czech stop. They have even more delicious kolache in town too, if you find yourself in downtown West for some reason. Mmmm. I love that place.

Must go eat another kolach now. They're so addictive.

[neflhim.livejournal.com]

Damn, but I miss Chicago for the kolaches you get at the Polish delis and stores and such. We have one place here, a donut shop of all things, that sells a passable kolache, but not a really great one.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Man how much do I want to be in a Polish deli right now, for kolbasa and kolaches. Dude, go to the Czech fest site and get them to email you a kolache recipe!

[tinywarrior.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy to read that everything went well! Yay!! : )

[fauxfille.livejournal.com]

Glad that everything went well with the family. :)

I love kolaches! Wish I had one now. YUM.

Re: the kolach!

[theotoky.livejournal.com]

YUMMMMM!!!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

*does the happy bounce around the living room*

It is soooooo great.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Me too! It's such a good feeling, and I'm glad my worrywart self was proven wrong.

Mmm kolache. You just can't go wrong with them.