Carlos O'Kelly's

Final Celebration!  Our favorite family restaurant in Fairfax is closing after twenty some years.  We've had lots of celebrations and fun family outings at Carlos over the years so we will miss you Carlos.  Matt and Gabe, Melanie and Andrew, and Rich and I drove back to Fairfax to soak up the surroundings and good food a couple of weekends ago.  We invited Carly Zeugschmidt, our good friend to join us for our farewell dinner.  We love it.  The Chips.  The Salsa.  The Nachos Grande.  You name the item, we have tried everything.  The best shredded beef Chimi around. 

The best mouth burner is the Mas Macho Burro.  Yes, all of the men-folk have tried this item -- but never twice.  I don't believe the women have been that brave.  We had the place to ourselves because we met up at about 2:30 in the afternoon.  We had a blast.  As you can see in the above picture, Andrew is leaving loaded with a bag of chips and salsa.
                                         Matthew, Audrey, Andrew and baby Jocelyn

Melanie, Grandpa Rich and Charlotte

                                                   Andrew, Audrey, Matthew, Gabe,

                                                      Gabe and Nathan

                                                Grammie Andrea and Charlotte

This is serious fun.

                                                           Carly and Gabe

The Crowley Women with Carly Z

So we say farewell to Carlos in Fairfax.  The good news is there is another one in Fredericksburg that is not closing. 

The funny thing -- Jeremy and Andrew planned one of their driving trips to the West to stop at the Football Hall of Fame and any Carlos along the route.  I think they found one in Nebraska.  Gotta have those chips. 

Andrew and Melanie's first date:  Melanie requested Italian.  This is where Andrew took her.  Should have been a clue Melanie. 

We actually saw a waiter dump an entire tray of food here.  It was a good thing it wasn't our order. 

When I retired, my staff planned the party here.  It was a fond farewell to wonderful colleagues and friends.  Great memories.

We love you Carlos.  We will remain loyal.
Adios .