So this was a pretty damn good weekend @ the Bird household. It was mid to high seventies and sunny all weekend. We are lucky to get that kind of weather in July! So my special lady did a little school work on Saturday while I did a little work around the house, and then we went down to Sugarbush for the afternoon. It was so hot we rocked t-shirts and moved around a little slushy snow. After a few runs we met up w/ friends and sat back on the deck for a few beers in the sun. Pretty sweet.
Saturday night we attended a fund raiser downtown. The refurbished Hilton ballroom... they should have re-re-furbished. It was a dumpy space and the food sucked. Our friend summed it up best when she unabashedly piped up to a waiter, "That looks gross!". She wasn't joking, she wasn't smiling, but she was spot on!!! Costco mystery meat (turkey? ham? hamkey??) wrapped around limp asparagus IS gross!!!
Sunday we wrapped up the weekend w/ a little golf. Once again, my wife was doing some work (she has been working very hard lately), and myself... well, I played a round of golf! The old golf & ski weekend!! The Middlebury course was in surprisingly good shape. It really was not too wet and my only issue was w/ the aerated greens. I am quite sure they were to blame for my poor putting!!
After 15 holes I watched m'lady hit some golf balls at the range and then we headed to Vergennes for a little snack. Very strange town, there are a bunch of hip stores and restaurants but the place is always very quiet. On Sunday @6PM it was like a Western or bad horror movie. Almost everything was closed, there were no cars, no people and it was dead silent. Tumbleweeds... Anywho, we worked our way over to the Black Sheep Cafe (hadn't been there in awhile). Surprisingly enough we got a nice table on the terrace. Hostess pulled a typical move I always enjoy, you know, the one where there are like 15 open tables and they ask you if you have a reservation. Then, they look at their seating chart for 5 minute w/ a furrowed brow and finally sigh and say "I think we can find you a table". Really? You think you can pick one out of all of the empty tables and let us sit there? What if someone w/ a reservation shows up? Where will they sit?! They will only have 14 other open tables to choose from!!! And it is so busy in town, there might be a dinner rush!!!!!!! Anyway, the food is very rich at the Black Sheep and the portions are huge so we shared a salad and 2 apps. The salad was very fresh and they served it w/ a great balsamic vinaigrette. I love a lightly sweet very viscous vinegar. We also had lobster ravioli which was rich, but not fishy. It was quite good too. The piece de resistance? Pork dumplings!!! The pasta was delicate and melted in your mouth. The pork was flavorful and just a little greasy... the good kind of greasy. The dumplings were also dressed w/ a slightly sweet sauce that really tied the dish together, much like The Dude's rug. These things kicked ass!!! So there you have it, I always enjoy the Black Sheep.
Having eaten and not been killed by a cowpoke or slasher, we made our way home. Great weekend. The week so far on the other hand...
