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It strikes me that the combination of words "French lady painter" can be interpreted as:

A person of French ancestry that creates paintings of ladies
A female of French ancestry that paints anything
A person of French ancestry that paints specifically on ladies
A person of unspecified ancestry that paints specifically on ladies of French ancestry.

I think the two ladies have different food tastes than we do, and might not really know the area well.  I try and find "local flavors" rather than going to a "French restaurant" or steak place, etc.  If Atlanta has "local flavors", I'd guess it's fried chicken and local veggies, or something, typical southern food. 

And maybe I'm too picky, but I grilled some steelhead trout last night and commented to the wife we didn't need to go out to get good food.  I got some ribeyes at Costco for tonight.  The only places that have really dazzled me, as in "No way could I cook that", are all in France.

This is our friend the French lady painter.  Just about all the art we have is by her.

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Oh yeah for sure, I love cooking things like steak and fish, as well as or better than any restaurant. I can also cook Mexican, Tex-Mex, and BBQ, better than any restaurant I've ever been to.  That doesn't mean I always want to spend the time doing it, of course.

I do a good job with most of the French dishes I like.  I didn't always, I spent a lot of time working at it, after I returned from my first trip to France 25 years ago.

For me, the dishes that are most difficult to reproduce, tend to be Asian.  I've tried to make Vietnamese pho dozens of times, it's still never as good as my favorite restaurant, and it's also just as expensive to do it at home as it is to buy it commercially.  I've tried to do sushi as well, but not ever really impressed myself.  Korean Bulgogi, I have yet to do well.  And plenty of others that continue to elude me.

Restaurant report from Fogo de Chao, otherwise known as heartattackcity.

We had a good time, the wife's birthday, I had looked around for somewhere to take her and she'd commented often she'd like to go back.  We went to one in Brazil and another in  Chicago.  AYCE places generally are not my cup of tea.  The final tab with tip was $240 for two, which of course is a bit pricey.  The "salad bar" is impressive, the beef less so IMHO, the lamb was excellent, and I had one small rib that was quite good.  It's entertaining.  The place was packed though one large section was empty, I wondered if they had enough staff.  You can watch how they prepare the meat through a large glass.

If we go back, I might do just the salad bar and not the meat, that's $31 versus $59 for the full monte.

We had to wait 15 min to be seated even though I had reservations, I was not keen on being told to wait in the bar.  Service was good.  The staff all are Brazilian that we saw.

How many is a brazillion?

Glad to hear things are okay.

@longhorn320 is all well in your neck of the woods?

Yeah, like they need more troubles.  

I have a buddy in Baton Rouge, I asked him if he was ready to move back to Austin and he said, "Yup!"

Californy is the place you want to be.

Californy is the place you want to be.

yep nothing to worry bout cept quakes, tsunamis and fires