Moving to the Midwest: September 2009

Big Steaks & Big Ten

BIG STEAKS

Friday night we went to Rube's Steakhouse. Nothing too new about going to a restaurant that serves steaks, but at Rube's you not only eat steak, but you choose which cut of beef you want, then you cook it yourself! Rube's is located 1.5 hours away from Iowa City...seems kinda crazy to drive that far for just some food, but it was definitely an experience. Rob and I went with 13 other law schoolers & spouses and had a really fun time. Here are some pictures:

(waiting in line for the salad bar)

(hmm which one to pick? please note- these cuts of beef were WALKED over from the farm across the street. talk about fresh!)

(at the grill. you also cook your own garlic bread and veggies)

(this is rob's classmate, thomas. he ate 54 oz. of steak, seriously. rube's challenges people to eat a 54 oz. steak and then you get this t-shirt and your picture on the wall. poor guy was miserable, but he did it.)

(rube's steakhouse. montour, iowa.)

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BIG TEN

Saturday I got to experience Big Ten football for the first time! I had always enjoyed going to UMD Terps games with my Dad growing up and it was something I missed when in college at JMU. The Dukes have gotten better over the years and I have to mention that JMU *almost* beat UMD a few weeks ago. Anyways, on Saturday, Iowa (The Hawkeyes) played Arizona. Since Iowa doesn't have a NFL football team, the state goes CRAZY for Hawkeye football. The morning of the game Rob and I walked to the law school to enjoy some free BBQ. Every game day a different law firm provides catered BBQ to the law students and spouses, yum. Then we walked to a friend's house for some tailgating. We didn't go to the actual game but hope to make it to the Iowa vs. Michigan game on October 10th!