Friday's Faves & Flops: Irma's Burger Shack

Since moving to OKC, I've found places that I love and places that I don't love so much.  I decided to do a review/suggestion each Friday titled "Friday's Faves & Flops"

This week it is Irma's Burger Shack  5 out of 5 stars 

I was introduced to this place a couple of months ago, and I absolutely love it.

The burgers are phenomenal and the fries are sooo good.

If you want a burger, but don't want the fast food approach or the overpriced dry burger of a chain restaurant, you must go here.

They have other items besides hamburgers, which I haven't tried just yet.

There are two restaurants:

1.  1035 NW 63rd St

2. NW 11th and Dewey

I don't have a picture to post, and I can't post one from their website.  

If you are from out of town and want something of the same kind, but different in a VERY good way.  I recommend it.

Ohh yeah! Cupcakes Yeah!

If anyone ever watches the Jersey Shore, which I'm ashamed to say that I do, know what my title is from.

I love to make cupcakes, and I recently bought a book with different cupcake recipes.  I'm going to try to make cupcakes twice a month and post how it turns out.  The people at work are going to love me with this experiment.

This time I made "Christmas Cupcakes"... which is basically chocolate cupcakes with cute Christmas-y sprinkles.

Please don't judge my crappy camera/photos.  A new sharper camera is on my To-Buy once I get a raise or something?

a mess.

Dexter enjoyed sitting at my feet and barking at the blender.

Finished Product

A better view of the cute cupcake liners

Recipe:

The cake part is just a simple box cake mix plus I added a little chocolate pudding in it.  I don't normally use box cake mixes, but it's what I had for the moment.  I'll be doing recipes from scratch according to the new book.

Frosting:

I made the frosting from scratch using the Hershey's recipe on the back.  In case you don't have a Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa, here is the recipe:

6 tablespoons butter softened
2/3 cup cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners' sugar (The recipe calls for 3 but I used 4 1/2 to make my icing stiffer)

Cream butter in a small mixing bowl. Add cocoa and sugar alternately with milk. Beat to spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla extract. 

I used a large 1M tip to ice the cupcake.  I used to have a lot of cake decorating tips, but I lost them in all my moving that I've done over the years.  I'm sure I'll be getting more very soon.

Consistency

I'm trying to be more consistent with my bloggings.  If that's even a word... wait it's not, because the red line just popped up underneath it.  Oh well, I made it a word.

I'm drinking a cup of hot cocoa in a mug that someone got me.  I can't remember who got me it, but whoever did, thank you because it's cute and it keeps my cocoa warm.

I think my dog is getting the hang of potty training.  That's one thing I've been consistent with.  I've read over and over how dachshunds are hard to potty train.  Believe me he's had his share of accidents, one in which he pooped at Kaylee's house, but that's been forgiven. :)

Another thing I'm trying to be consistent with again is working out.  I used to love working out.  When I was doing P90x or Insanity I was working out 6 days a week.  In hindsight that may have been a bit overkill, but I was pumped up.

I recently joined a gym.  I like it so far.  I usually do the elliptical or run on the treadmill.  Tonight I did a Zumba class and let me just say that it is SOOO fun.  I get to shake my booty, hips, and pop it, with no judgment.  It's great.  I know I probably look dumb doing it, but nobody notices.  Everyone else is trying to work on the  moves and watching themselves do it.

To give you a little taste of it, here's a short video.  Doesn't it look like SO MUCH fun?

Dreams

I've always had pretty vivid dreams, and I can usually remember at least one dream a night.
I had a great dream last night, and I thought I'd better hurry and write it down before I forgot the details.

I dreamt that my Dad was sitting at a table with 3 remotes.  He was going to explain to me how to use each of them with the TV.  (Which is funny because he would always call my brother or me to help him figure out how to use the remote with the TV.)

I asked him if he knew that he wasn't in this world anymore, that he wasn't supposed to be here.  He knew it, but he had to show me the remotes first.  I asked him again if he knew that he's not in this body and that he's not alive.  He said, "I know baby, but I have to show you these remotes."

I asked him what it was like where he was.  He said, "Ohhh, it's beautiful.  So peaceful.  Just beautiful."
I asked him if he ever saw Jesus. He said, "We see him every now and then when he comes out of His pyramid, but we ALWAYS feel his presence.  We feel it all the time, kind of like you do here, but way more intense."

That's all I remember of my dream.  I thought it was a beautiful dream, it gave me some peace.  I don't remember if he ever showed me how to use the remotes. :)  Although, I doubt that was the point of the dream.