barf.
and i mean barf in a good way. i've eaten so much i feel like i'm going to puke... i can only imagine what matt feels like!
on the way home from rehearsal last night i had the idea of going to cafe juantia for dinner tonight so neigher of us would have to cook - especially since we still can't get downstairs with everythign piled up in the utility room and den! so i called and we got the early seating we wanted tonight. it's been almost 2 months since we were there last. it was fun seeing sara again. we learned that meagan left (she was the somalier) to work for some wine distribution place - good for her! bad for CJ. oh well. anyway, sarah was eager to hear about our turkey-day dinner since we had asked her how to reach chef holly about obtaining boar or pork cheeks for 1 of hte Tday dishes (which we ended up scraping as we couldn't do a practice on it). holly did answer, but we haven't had a chance to purchase and try anything.
anyway, the goose was off the menu which we were a little sad to see, we both wanted to try it. but the wagyu-stuffed cippolini w/parmesan 'sauce' was back on. let's see:
appetizer: seared foie gras with coco nibs, carmelized giner and persimmons - shared
wine: mark ryan's water witch
primi: stratiotella (ok i have no idea how it's spelled) soup - matt
wagyu stuffed cippoilni - me
secondi: braised porl cheeks with semolina cakes - both of us
side: mantecato risotto (risotto prepared in a wine sauce with parmesan and balsamic) - boxed off the cooktop and brought home as a side to my leftover cheeks for tomorrow.
dolce: chocolate chip gelato - matt
pralus chocolate souffle with creme englais (sp?) - me
coffee - shared
i'm so full i can only just lay here and be a vege while i type and watch the hockey game i had taped.
we picked out a new carpet yesterday - a very dense plush that's 'black' - ought to look charcoal once it's installed. the guy who measures left a message last night while we were at rehearsal and hasn't called back yet :-(. hopefully he'll be here monday am and we can also get the carpet ordered as well. if we do that we're looking at the following monday for install at earliest. after seeing what it looked like down there today i agree with matt - just keep the girls up here until after the carpet's in and we've re-positioned the furniture. while it's now dry down there it is sitll quite a mess! all the furniture crammed into 2.5 rooms!
ok, i'm going to roll over and rub the belly for a while...
oh, it was a year ago today i was officially diagnosed with breast cancer. like i'm going to forget.
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