More wind and rain but otherwise nothing significant to report here. Except the elevator in our building is making quite a raucous and it’s driving me CRAZY! I’m now hiding out in our spare bedroom to get away from the constant screeching.
Before all the wild weather started yesterday we had a lovely weekend.
On Friday night we went to dinner with some friends, Kristy and Erik. Kristy and I worked together when we were both living in Sacramento many years ago. We both happened to move to Boston within a month of each other and wanted to set up a double date now that we’re both settled in Boston.
Kristy made reservations at a place called West Bridge in Cambridge. The food was good, but rather expensive for the portion sizes. The company was wonderful.
We started with cocktails.
Then onto apps.
I had the mushrooms and sunchokes. It had some kind of yogurt sauce. The sunchokes tasted amazing. I plan to pick some up soon and find something to make with them.
Michael’s app was quinoa and carrots, which sounds boring but was actually incredibly flavorful. I snuck many bites of this dish.
He had the monkfish for his entrée which he raved about.
I had the farro. I am a huge fan of farro but don’t make it at home because it’s not gluten-free so whenever I see it on menus I gravitate toward it. The flavors of this dish were good but it was overly salted which was a bummer because otherwise I would have eaten the whole thing.
Afterward we went to a brewery across the street and the boys talked for many hours about the Broncos (they are both from Colorado).
On Saturday Michael, Eli and I took a drive to Cape Cod. One of the things we were most excited about when moving to the East Coast was its proximity to great weekend trips. Neither of us had ever been to the Cape so we thought we’d check it out before winter hits.
We drove all the way to Provincetown or P-Town. It’s pretty much what I expected. An adorable, quaint beach town with lots of restaurants, coffee shops and tourist-y stores. I wish we had been able to stay the night. I would love to have spent more time exploring the other towns on the Cape.
P-town also has a large gay population and they really got into the Halloween spirit. They almost put the Castro to shame, almost. It was such great people watching.
We also went to the beach where Michael proceeded to show me how to skip rocks. Epic fail! I couldn’t stop laughing as I sunk one rock after another.
It only took us about an hour and a half to get back but we were starving when we got home. We made the best sweet potato, brussel sprout tacos. I took approximately zero pictures of the meal but when we make them again I’ll share with you all. Don’t worry, it’ll be soon.
Off to figure out how to get down to Allston in the rain.
For those local folks reading, I begin teaching at All One Yoga this week.
Vinyasa All Levels on Thursdays at 4:30 and Power Yoga All Levels Saturdays at 10:30. Come join me!
quinoa, kale & exhale 