Started off the weekend on Thurs. w/ a little jazz at the Red Square... at least I am pretty sure that is what they were playing, I mean, it was JazzFest after all? Friday was a nice quiet dinner at the house with my special lady. Then we watched the movie Doubt. First off, I will admit I fell asleep for about 10 crucial minutes in the middle of the movie. I have had a bad habit of falling asleep during the better movies we have seen lately, go figure. Anywho, the movie was pretty good. The "twists and turns" are somewhat predictable but the acting really was quite good. Phillip Seymore Hoffman (don't care if I spelled it wrong) was good and Meryl Streep plays a great crusty old nun. 1 1/2 thumbs up, good date movie. You know, not like Bloodsport date movie good but still...
Saturday we clean up around the house which was a lot more fun than hiking or golf. The evening was fun though as the two of us ventured to Shelburne Farms for dinner. It is pricey but you really are paying for the setting (an old Vanderbilt estate), the service (professional, courteous), and the atmosphere (haughty... but not too haughty) as much as for the food. This is the second time I have had dinner here and this meal was much better than my first. I started w/ a Cavendish Quail that was cooked very well and had a nice walnut and brie spoon pudding. I really liked it and actually stopped talking to my wife for 10 minutes. She had a beet salad that was good but I am not sure how good because I was busy! My entree was a little bit of a drag, the herbed goat cheese ravioli was a little al dente and a little cold. The flavor of the dish all in was solid but they needed to serve it right away. The fava bean ragu helped rescue the dish from thumbs down territory. My lady rocked an ultra rich tilapia that had a wonderful crust that tasted as if the fish had been fried for a bit in bacon grease. She said the mussels were good, the clams were too big and looked gross. The money shot was the lobster cake under the fish. Holy crap that was good. As rich as any food I have eaten lately but we were both fans. Oh yeah, had a really nice Burgundy during dinner. To finish off the meal we shared a Brown sugar cake with ginger ice cream and blueberry compote. Delicious! I wish the cake had been warm but it is a small complaint. Overall I thought the experience was a solid 1 3/4 thumbs up.
Sunday we went to a baby naming ceremony in the morning which was very nice. I rolled out and played a pretty bad round of golf. Ever had to duck your own shot that ends up 15 feet behind you? Uh, yeah, neither have I. Sunday night we rocked dinned club w/ some friends which was really fun. I must be getting old and sucky because I followed my bad golf w/ a bocce ass whupping and then a ping pong beat down. I thought about challenging my friends to a fight after that thinking I was due, but decided I might be in line for a sweep. Dinner itself was excellent. LBsquared really made it happen w/ sauces, steak, philo (not easy) wrapped shrimp goodness, asparagus, seasoned potatoes, and then just to stick the fork in me... a many layer ice cream cake. Again I stopped conversing and chowed! 2 thumbs way up for effort and execution.
Not for nothing but my favorite b-ball team the Lakers won the title which made me pretty happy. I don't follow them like the Red Sox but they are a second banana. Very weird team though. When they won the only person who seemed genuinely happy was Kobe-Beef and he looked like he was forcing it. The rest of the team looked relieved/indifferent. That's Los Angeles for you I guess. The subdued celebration was just very jarring, especially compared to the Celtics the previous year, even the Phillies winning the World Series last year had 100 times the emotion. Oh well, can't make people care if they just don't. I give the series 1 thumb sideways. Frankly, if you thought the Magic ever had a chance you don't watch much basketball. A team that chokes free throws and lives and dies by the 3-pointer is doomed to fail. The one game they won was what, by 4 points, and they shot 65% from the floor? It's called an anomaly, anomaly... kind of like girls turning away my advances in college!!
Saturday we clean up around the house which was a lot more fun than hiking or golf. The evening was fun though as the two of us ventured to Shelburne Farms for dinner. It is pricey but you really are paying for the setting (an old Vanderbilt estate), the service (professional, courteous), and the atmosphere (haughty... but not too haughty) as much as for the food. This is the second time I have had dinner here and this meal was much better than my first. I started w/ a Cavendish Quail that was cooked very well and had a nice walnut and brie spoon pudding. I really liked it and actually stopped talking to my wife for 10 minutes. She had a beet salad that was good but I am not sure how good because I was busy! My entree was a little bit of a drag, the herbed goat cheese ravioli was a little al dente and a little cold. The flavor of the dish all in was solid but they needed to serve it right away. The fava bean ragu helped rescue the dish from thumbs down territory. My lady rocked an ultra rich tilapia that had a wonderful crust that tasted as if the fish had been fried for a bit in bacon grease. She said the mussels were good, the clams were too big and looked gross. The money shot was the lobster cake under the fish. Holy crap that was good. As rich as any food I have eaten lately but we were both fans. Oh yeah, had a really nice Burgundy during dinner. To finish off the meal we shared a Brown sugar cake with ginger ice cream and blueberry compote. Delicious! I wish the cake had been warm but it is a small complaint. Overall I thought the experience was a solid 1 3/4 thumbs up.
Sunday we went to a baby naming ceremony in the morning which was very nice. I rolled out and played a pretty bad round of golf. Ever had to duck your own shot that ends up 15 feet behind you? Uh, yeah, neither have I. Sunday night we rocked dinned club w/ some friends which was really fun. I must be getting old and sucky because I followed my bad golf w/ a bocce ass whupping and then a ping pong beat down. I thought about challenging my friends to a fight after that thinking I was due, but decided I might be in line for a sweep. Dinner itself was excellent. LBsquared really made it happen w/ sauces, steak, philo (not easy) wrapped shrimp goodness, asparagus, seasoned potatoes, and then just to stick the fork in me... a many layer ice cream cake. Again I stopped conversing and chowed! 2 thumbs way up for effort and execution.
Not for nothing but my favorite b-ball team the Lakers won the title which made me pretty happy. I don't follow them like the Red Sox but they are a second banana. Very weird team though. When they won the only person who seemed genuinely happy was Kobe-Beef and he looked like he was forcing it. The rest of the team looked relieved/indifferent. That's Los Angeles for you I guess. The subdued celebration was just very jarring, especially compared to the Celtics the previous year, even the Phillies winning the World Series last year had 100 times the emotion. Oh well, can't make people care if they just don't. I give the series 1 thumb sideways. Frankly, if you thought the Magic ever had a chance you don't watch much basketball. A team that chokes free throws and lives and dies by the 3-pointer is doomed to fail. The one game they won was what, by 4 points, and they shot 65% from the floor? It's called an anomaly, anomaly... kind of like girls turning away my advances in college!!
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