Tonight we went to dinner with Mike and Amber at the Pour House. A fun evening. And we ordered a colorful variety of draft beers. Monte seems to be a bit ahead of us before the toast, though. Cheers!
Category: Food & Drink
Friends and flan.
A friend of mine from high school, Pilar, was in town for business this week. She stayed over an extra night and we got to have dinner together and catch each other up on several decades of our lives.
I loved it. Reconnecting with an old friend was a great way to start off the new year.
I also loved the flan that Monte made for dessert. Mmmmmmm delicious!
We got game.
Last night we enjoyed a fun New Year’s Eve celebration at our house, clocking in at 3AM by the time we went to bed. Temperatures have dipped into the 20s, for the next few days. We even got some snow last night, so the merrymaking was pretty much restricted to indoors. Nonetheless, a good time was had by all.
The day after New Year’s Eve has come to mean spending the afternoon at Ann & Dave’s house, playing games with friends and friends-of-friends. It is a very-low-key, come-as-you-are, and bring-your-leftovers-and-libations kind of affair. Some people creep in, looking a little worse for wear after a fun night of celebrating. Other regulars are missing in action. But, eventually, everyone perks up, ends up laughing, telling stories, and making plans for the new year that has just begun.
One of the New Year’s Day games that has become a regular is a home-made version of Jeopardy. The mistress-of-ceremonies for the last several years has been Doray. This year she, again, painstakingly prepared the categories, questions and answers. Very fun!
Merry Christmas!
We are kicking off this Christmas morning with a mimosa made with fresh-squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice. May this day bring you peace and joy that will last all year long. Cheers!
#7.
We headed downtown today to watch the Seahawks game at a bar. We grabbed a burger at Hut’s before the game; the number 7 “Hut’s Favorite.” Yum-my!
Sadly, my Hawks were decimated by halftime. Sniffle.
Stereotyping.
My sister and brother-in-law are visiting. This morning the guys are out in the shop making sawdust. The gals are in the kitchen listening to Christmas music making good things. 🙂
I’ve cooked a lot of cranberry sauce from the whole berries, but I have never seen a slice of cranberry before.
Pie me, Marge!
We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner here at the house, with Noreen, David, Julie and Michaela. A great bird and all the fixin’s.
And two PIES! Apple and raspberry/blackberry. Delicious!
A beaker of wine.
Last night we stopped at a new place, for me, Parkside, right on 6th street. They have a nice happy hour Monday-Friday from 5-6:30pm, which we missed by 2 minutes. 😦
But we didn’t let that stop us. Their appies and burger were great. Check them out.
Humble.
I joined Laura and Ann downtown tonight to help serve an early Thanksgiving dinner tonight for homeless Austinites and others in need of some extra care. We dished up over 400 plates of food before our shift was over. There were many more that were served before the night was through.
The event was lovingly orchestrated by Mobile Loaves & Fishes.
It’s not much. Just a tiny drop in the sea of need to help our brothers and sisters. But I hope it brought a bit of cheer and fellowship.
Peace to you and yours.
Ruby Red.
Another great thing about autumn in Texas. I could eat these all day.
Veni. Vidi. Vino.
Girls night out! It’s been months since all of us were able to make it. It was…. lovely!
GNO.
It’s been busy here for the last month or so. We had several nieces under our roof and at the lake with us this past week, which was a joy for me. Good visits, good fun and lots of laughs were had. But they are now back in their respective places living their exciting young lives. As for me, I’m committed to relaxing for the rest of this week. Last night I joined some friends for girls’ night out at Alcomar in south Austin. I enjoyed it.
PROs: Tasty tapa-ish seafood dishes. Happy hour from 3-6pm every day. And their own parking lot on S 1st!
CONs: wine not included in happy hour.
Blues on the green.
Tonight we made it to the last concert in this year’s Blues on the Green free concert series at Austin’s lovely Zilker Park. Bright Light Social Hour was the headliner. We joined Lori and Doray, who have made it to every show this year. They’re professionals; they have the parking/tailgating/setup thing down. We got downtown early, went for a swim in Barton Springs Pool and then headed over to the Great Lawn to set up our chairs and share some nibblies before the show.
I enjoyed the night very much. Temps were in the 80s!! How lucky was that?!
Yes, we CAN!
I helped my friend, Lori, unpack boxes from her recent move to a new home in South Austin yesterday. The first thing we unpacked were the wine glasses, because she greeted me with a can of wine, one of her latest finds, a lovely rosé made by The Infinite Monkey Theorem, an urban winery that’s located just down the street from her new place. Kinda fun and not bad! I can see this on the boat in my future. 🙂
Sheila365 