Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Weather
rain all day yesterday, enough to use windshield wipers and the defroster in the car. gloomy to the max. today well, it's snowing! a reminder that we cannot forget winter is going to remain for a number of weeks, possibly months!
yesterday i met up with friends for lunch at the st paul grill. lovely atmosphere, seating at a round table by the window looking out on rice park. a delightful visit with friends, some new found, others i have known for some years. it's lovely to get to know them better and value them for all that. 5 of us are artists, the other is certainly a supporter and appreciator of all things art. it's a treat to meet each month for lunch and then to sit and visit for another couple of hours.
i believe i forgot to mention that the food was delicious and the service attentive but not intrusive. a glass of prosecco and a chocolate dessert may have helped!!
yesterday i met up with friends for lunch at the st paul grill. lovely atmosphere, seating at a round table by the window looking out on rice park. a delightful visit with friends, some new found, others i have known for some years. it's lovely to get to know them better and value them for all that. 5 of us are artists, the other is certainly a supporter and appreciator of all things art. it's a treat to meet each month for lunch and then to sit and visit for another couple of hours.
i believe i forgot to mention that the food was delicious and the service attentive but not intrusive. a glass of prosecco and a chocolate dessert may have helped!!
Labels: friendship, lunch, rain, snow, st paul grill
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Lunch out with don!!
we had lunch at amore victoria in uptown today. it was pretty tasty....a little disorganized in the service area, but still good. this is restaurant week in minneapolis in conjunction with open table, so we decided to try a new place. we did look across the street to barbette a little wistfully, but honestly, change can be good for us! :) really!
don had a pasta with italian sausage and roasted (maybe) red peppers. there seemed to be more green than red peppers and maybe sauteed rather than roasted, but it was approved anyway. i had a yummy salad and a ravioli containing shrimp, lobster and scallops with fennel in a tomatoey sauce. very yummy. don's choice reminded both of us that it's been a long time since i made the sausage and peppers recipe we were given from an old italian family in omaha. best to try and find that. soon.
my other big deal would be collecting on my "birthday treat" from aveda and choosing a new cellphone. woot woot! now i need to figure out any new bells and whistles on the phone, but it appears to be pretty similar to the old one, except maybe smaller! yay.
pretty exciting stuff around here!
don had a pasta with italian sausage and roasted (maybe) red peppers. there seemed to be more green than red peppers and maybe sauteed rather than roasted, but it was approved anyway. i had a yummy salad and a ravioli containing shrimp, lobster and scallops with fennel in a tomatoey sauce. very yummy. don's choice reminded both of us that it's been a long time since i made the sausage and peppers recipe we were given from an old italian family in omaha. best to try and find that. soon.
my other big deal would be collecting on my "birthday treat" from aveda and choosing a new cellphone. woot woot! now i need to figure out any new bells and whistles on the phone, but it appears to be pretty similar to the old one, except maybe smaller! yay.
pretty exciting stuff around here!
Labels: amore victoria, aveda, barbette, cellphone, lunch
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A pleasant week
this has been a pleasant week. i am continuing to feel good and that is a treat. i had lunch with kay and lee and we had a good long visit afterwards.....good for all of us. i miss the two of them when they are gone for most of the winter. we ate at maude's and i enjoyed this meal a lot. it was a smoked salmon blt.....just delicious! it was accompanied by a fresh green salad with a citrus vinaigrette that was perfect.
last evening i went to the gallery for an opening and was pleased to see a couple of my pieces displayed prominently. hopefully ann will get some nibbles on them....i guess people like them, but not enough to have to own them as yet.
one of the clay artists at the opening was a former neighbor at the hx center show. it was so nice to see him and to see the growth evident in his pieces and hear about his family and their life together. he is just one of the world's good guys. i have one of his tea bowls in my collection, and i'd like to get another one of these days.
last evening i went to the gallery for an opening and was pleased to see a couple of my pieces displayed prominently. hopefully ann will get some nibbles on them....i guess people like them, but not enough to have to own them as yet.
one of the clay artists at the opening was a former neighbor at the hx center show. it was so nice to see him and to see the growth evident in his pieces and hear about his family and their life together. he is just one of the world's good guys. i have one of his tea bowls in my collection, and i'd like to get another one of these days.
Labels: artists, friends, lunch
