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Bacon Brussels sprouts!!

Thanks everyone! I did check out the other Pgh thread too...I think I want to eat the whole city ;)

I wish there was a Wegmans near me!! I Googled it and the closest one is 336 miles away! :(

I make an awesome chicken fajita dip that I serve with tortilla chips and is devoured so fast I don't know if anyone even chewed!!

Thank you all for the wonderful ideas. I don't know which to go with yet, I'll have to see what looks good at the store to see which direction I go...Thanks!

I am so sorry that your husband struggles with your love of lettuce. It is his responsiblity to be sure you are happy, taken are of and that all your needs are met. He does not need to be concerned with how your lettuce loving effects those who wait on you. I stuggle with something similar with my boyfriend. If we pull up to order at a drive thru and I do not instantly know what I want, he is outraged to ask the person for a second to look at the menu. I try to remind him that it is me he should be more interested in keeping happy than the employee. Maybe your husband needs to deal with his own issues that are causing him to be so upset by some thing as innocent as lettuce...

What about tipping in NYC? I recall an episode of "Friends" where Monica said the tip amout should be double the tax. Is this in line with everyone's NYC experience? Also, has anyone served in NYC? How did you feel abou the tips you received?

Having worked as a server myself, I tip at least 20%, usually a little more. The extra dollar or two is not much to me, but I know personally it can make a world of differnce to a server. I always hated split checks, it was like an excuse for people to tip poorly. I worked at a semi-formal family style Italian joint, we would have parties of 15 and 20 all the time. It was corporate policy that we could not add gratuity. Sometimes this was excellent, but it seems that more often than not we just got screwed. What I think the public does not understand is how much they cheat a server when they do not tip, or tip poorly. As a server you typically have to pay your server assistant/buser, in additon to the bartender. At my Italian joint we also had to tip the food runner and our liquor runner too. We could lose a lot of money because we did not tip out based on our tips, but on our sales with the assumption that we all got 20%.....I would have loved to thrown the money back at some poor tippers and ask them not to do me any favors, obviously they need it more than I did!

P.S. I know some people are assuming that I would get poor tips for poor service, and yes, sometimes I was not perfect, but I know that 99% of the time I gave excellent service. I was always crushed that people did not value that. I would see other servers getting better tips for much poorer service....that I could never understand...

Thanks for all the tips so far! I believe I have regular sized ramekins, they are maybe 2-3 inches in diameter and about half as tall??

I think that Father's Day (and Mother's Day) is about doing what your F/M wants and enjoys. For Mother's that may sterotypically be the extravagant brunch and pampering, but is that really what Father's sterotypically want? No, in my world the Fathers want to go play golf, relax outside, have a cocktail or a beer and do a little BBQing. My father LOVES to cook and for Father's Day he has all 6 kids and their familes over and cooks for us, because it is what he enjoys and wants to do. Of course we all enjoy being there and together too. We have tried to offer to cook or go somewhere else, but that not what he wants....
Czken-maybe speaking with your children about what you what and desire on Father's day would lead to a more enjoyable day for you.
Happy Father's Day all!!