Weekend with the Parents


This weekend was pretty busy with my parents in town and we also had our first taste of Fall weather which was perfect for some outdoor fun. On Friday night, K and I wanted to take my parents to somewhere new and different for them so we chose Izziban Korean BBQ and Sushi restaurant. They have a cold bar with different salads, seafood and sushi and then you pick different meats to cook on the grill in the middle of your table. It was a nice time catching up with them and we left overly satisfied and ready to crash.

 
On Saturday the four of us headed to Epcot's Food & Wine Festival. Unfortunately the lines were insanely long for most of the good food and drinks so we opted for the shorter lines and had some drinks in Norway, Canada and Africa.


We saw the Reflections of China movie which my parents really liked.


 And then listened to a really good band in the UK that played songs from Oasis and several other bands.



Since my mom's side of the family is Canadian, they enjoyed exploring Canada and of course had a drink there. If you follow me on Instagram (emilyalisonb), you might have seen my photo from the telephone booth in Canada. I guess they're not just a British thing!


Then we went to the Eat to Beat concert featuring Starship which was perfect for my parents since their music is from the 70's and 80's.



  Finally we settled for some dinner at Chefs de France which was amazing! We had some escargot as an appetizer and shared a bottle of red wine over our meals.



On Sunday, we headed to Wekiva Island. After my mom saw the pictures of our recent trip there with Kate and her husband, she wanted to go check it out for herself. We also took Lola along this time since we figured out it was a dog-friendly place. It was a nice Sunday afternoon relaxing by the river.






Joining the lovely Biana for her Weekending linkup.

25 comments

  1. So awesome that you were able to show your parents a great time - and even more fun that your mom specifically wanted to go to a place you highlighted on the blog! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  2. Looks like you had a fabulous time with your parents, Korean BBQ is where it's at for sure. I love the places near us, yum yum! I'm glad you had fun at the Food and WIne festival, looks like a great time indeed!

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  3. Love it when you have pictures of Lola on here! I just love her sweet little face! And look at you and that phonebooth, so stinking cute! All that food looks yummy but I'm so sorry the lines were so long at the darn festival that's one of the drawbacks of big events like that! But I'm glad you enjoyed some time with your family I hope your week gets off to an amazing start beautiful!

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  4. That sounds like the perfect weekend with your parents! I'm glad you were able to avoid some of the chaos of the Food and Wine Festival by going to other pavilions. And Sunday looked like so much fun just relaxing on Wekiva Island!

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  5. Oooh those food pictures are making me hungry this morning! Looks like a fabulous time with your parents--who couldn't enjoy a day with Mickey, food and wine! :)

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  6. Ok, that sushi and bbq place looks amazing! I'll happily have that bowl of bacon for dinner :) And yay for Disney on Saturday! It was so crowded wasn't it? Crazy! I already can't wait to go back though! Glad you had such a fun visit with your parents! <3, Pamela Sequins & Sea Breezes

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  7. Perfect weekend! I love that restaurant in France. Bummer that the good stuff had long lines, but it sounds like you guys worked around it well. I always want to go to Food & Wine but am afraid of the crowds so I've never been.

    Look at Lola enjoying her Sunday! Love it. Tell her she has a new human name friend in my niece. LOL

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  8. What a fun time with your parents! I haven't been to Epcot in almost 10 years so I definitely want to come back and experience it again! How fun that you guys went back to the island with your parents, it looked like a great day :)!

    Happy Monday!

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  9. Oh how fun, all the yummy food!! Sounds like a wonderful weekend!

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  10. Sounds like the perfect weekend with your parents - Disney and Wekiva! And LOVE that Lola got to go to Wekiva this time, adorable <3

    Green Fashionista

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  11. Sounds like it was a great weekend with your parents. Who doesn't love Disney! Who knew Canada had the same phone booths. So fun. It does get crazy busy at Epcot during that festival. Once when I went, you could barely walk around it was that crowded. Looks like you still had fun despite the long lines.

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  12. looks like the perfect weekend! complete with lots of eating which you know i enjoy ha. crowds were BEYOND crazy on saturday! i just couldn't believe it. had to keep telling pamela that it's not usually like that ha

    xoxo cheshire kat

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  13. Sounds like your weekend was absolutely perfect...how great that you have Disney so close and can do all those fun thing! Lola is SO stinkin cute and that island looks the most amazing Sunday spot...what a great time!

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  14. It must have been so nice to have our parents there! How fun to do the wine and food festival - even with the lines it looks like you got some delicious treats!

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  15. I really want to go to the Epcot Food and Wine festival this year since I've never been but I'm not looking forward to those lines! Also I can't believe I live so close to Wekiva Island and have never been there!! It looks so pretty.

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  16. I am not a sushi person but the BBQ part looks delish! Glad you made it to some of them, bummer on the long lines. Lola seems to be enjoying herself, so nice they have pet friendly places down there.

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  17. What a great weekend with the parents!! That Korean BBQ place looks amazing, and Epcot just makes me happy :)

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  18. That Korean BBQ place sounds amazing! I have always wanted to go to the Epcot Food & Wine Festival-it looks like such a blast! Glad you had such a great weekend with your parents. :)

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  19. That sux about the long lines... but it's cool that you got to visit "Canada" for your mom!!! :)
    Following you on Insta now! :)

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  20. Yay for Trinis in FL. The BBQ looks amazing... all the food does. Glad you guys are having a blast!

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  21. Looks like a delicious weekend!
    Morgan | theradwife.blogspot.com

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  22. i'm so jelly! i have always wanted to visit EF&WF!!

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  23. that sucks about the lines! i have been to Epcot twice, and both times were for the food and wine festival. i liked it but didn't love it. i didn't even think it would still be on when we are coming next month, but wouldn't you know it's the last weekend lol. i hope it's not insane :-|

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  24. Look at Lola!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like the perfect weekend!! I would love to go to Epcot one day, but this festival sounds amazing!!! I can always get down with a festival!

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  25. Glad you had such a good time with your parents. Looks like a lot of fun.

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