So my brother in law had an idea to take crazy to the nth degree. He signed up to swim 10 miles in Lake Memphremagog up in Newport by the Canadian border. Supposedly that is the equivalent of a 40 mile jog... or one dead Jaybird. I am not that strong of a swimmer. So he had to fight past the crowd, get to the open water and then follow his wife in a kayak who would direct him and send food and water rations to him. Oh yeah, the wind kicked up sending both swimmers and paddlers off course in a zig zag fashion. It took about 5 hours give or take. We saw 2 guys come in after 7 hours in the water. Can you imagine? Swimming for 7 hours? One of the guys collapsed on shore and looked like he was not a real person any more.
Well, my nusto brother was pretty much fine afterwards so after they ate some lunch we watched an extended awards ceremony which included the MC forgetting what award he was giving out multiple times, calling out the wrong people and even excusing himself mid ceremony to take a call on his cell. Go Newport!
After all of this we walked up to Main Street to look for dinner. The lake is beautiful and the downtown is actually quite nice filled w/ many brand spanking new buildings. Of course this masks the surrounding which is an old mining town and not so nice. Want to see a mass of shirtless (or tank top wearing) dudes w/ a million tattoos? This is your town my friend. I think they are ripe for gentrification with Canadian money though, it seems right.
Anywho... we ended up at the Italian standard Lago Trattoria. We settled in and I wanted to impress my father and brother in law so we ordered a tasting flight of local VT brews including Switchback, otter Creek Alpine Black IPA, a Long Trail Heffeweisen, and their in house brew. Well, the beers were warm and flat. No a good sign. I opted for a Moretti which was in a bottle... cold and carbonated. For chow we started with fresh figs with prosciutto and a balsamic reduction. It was amazing. The ham was salty and not stringy and the figs were indeed fresh and delicious. We then opted for a salad course. My lady and I had the mixed greens which were fine. Finally we got a trio of pizzas. One had the famous auntie's meatballs which were actually dry and not that good. The mushroom and white truffle oil pizza was better, not great. The sausage one with Ricotta was probably the best one. The crust was like matzo and I am not sure why it took over and hour to cook other than the fact the kitchen is too small for the dining space. The food only gets a B and make sure you don't tempt fate w/ beer on tap but it was a nice setting, the service was friendly and it seemed like a good local joint for families so there is that.
Now I am back to sleepless nights. Ever have things just not seem to fall into place? I am in that negative feedback loop right now and it is not that fun. Farting on my cube neighbor... that is fun.
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