I'm a week late with this update, but better late than never, right?
Last Saturday, I had plans with 4 of my nearest and dearest that weren't able to make it to the fabulous soiree Eija threw for me. The plan was bubbly tasting at 2 different wine shops we frequent, then dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, The Village Pub in Woodside.
I developed a slight sore throat on Thursday that continued Friday. By Saturday, I started to go down hill a bit. Despite getting a decent night's sleep before going in to work a 1am til 2pm on Saturday, my body was not havin' it and punished me with a snotty nose. I headed home after work to pick up HB. The house was clean and a single red rose was waiting for me. Awwwwww! Then it was on to the bubbly!The first tasting at K&L was great and included my favorite, Billecart-Salmon Brut Rose'. I managed to keep my nose from running into my Champagne. Yippie! I kept stepping away to wipe/blow my nose, as I didn't want to gross out the other customers. After that tasting, we tailgated in the parking lot. Soph made some DELICIOUS samiches. So simple, yet so incredibly yummy. Prosciutto and double cream brie on a baguette. The idea was to have a bite between tastings so we wouldn't be hammered by dinner. Didn't want to fill up though. I seriously wanted to inhale several sandwiches, but manged not to.
On to tasting #2 at Beltramo's. Another great selection of bubbles. Didn't think it was good as K&L's selections, but still quite tasty. We wrapped it up and headed to The Village Pub.
It was a busy night and the place was packed. We were seated at a large round table in what is usually the private dining room. They had the doors all opened up to the main dining room to accomodate the crowd. We considered having our wedding dinner here if we ended up doing a family only thing for 12-14 people. I remarked to HB that we didn't need to request a tour now that we were able to get a peek.
Our waitress looked like she was pushing 6ft. and I thought she was mean! She seemed peeved that we weren't interested in ordering cocktails and didn't seem amused by my comment about being full of Champagne already. She lightened up a bit once we started ordering and turned out to be delightful! Once she dropped the mean act, I noticed she was actually quite pretty in a Raphaelite sorta way. The service was impeccable and we ended up enjoying her.
The food was, as always, DIVINE!! I started off with a mini cassoulet. This is rustic French bean dish that's all full of sausage and duck confit. Meat and beans good. It wasn't as good as HB's cassoulet, but it was damn good. For my main course, I had a steak that was perfectly cooked and served with a side of chard that was so flavorful. I picked off HB's plate, skate with some terrific vegetables. It was delicious as well.
For dessert, I was serenaded along with a chocolate souflee. It was soooo good! Though I was feeling sicker by the hour, I was so feeling the love and felt so lucky to have such wonderful, caring and crazy generous friends. Seriously, how does a girl get so lucky??
We bid one another adieu and were home by 9ish. We ended the evening the way we end most evenings, with a set of Rock Band. Then I took some Nyquil and hit the hay. Fortunately, I could breathe outta one side of my nose, so I was able to get a good night's rest. I think I rolled outta bed around 11:30 or so.
We had a mellow V Day/official birthday at home. We lazed around in our matching pajamas and watched shows on the Food Network. Does a day get better than that? LOL!! We made a fabulous dinner based on a French Laundry recipe. HB had to dash out to pick up a few things. While he did, I decorated the place and wrapped his gift, a t-shirt with the logo I created for our Rock Band, Burning Xmas. I'll post a pic sometime in the near future.
All in all, it was a lovely weekend. I think this is going to be a splendid year and an even more splendid decade! So far, my 40's have kicked ass!!
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