birthday celebration

T made reservations at Mill Valley Kitchen on Tuesday night for birthday dinner. The food and wine were both excellent. I had bologonese, one of my favorites. I also ordered a bunch of sides. The best of which were the sesame carrots.

Then we had mini-desserts and ended the night with my favorite beer at the Town Hall Tap.


On my actual bday, we had birthday dinner at home with the kids. Of course we had cake!

Fall, part 2

While the temps were still up in the 70s, I enjoyed dinner on the patio with Marie. We are getting every last bit out of the outdoor eating season! We met up at Sea Salt at Minnehaha Falls (I rode my bike, she walked).

It was warm enough to enjoy dinner, a drink and a chat before the sun went down. The oaks at the falls weren't as pretty as the rest of the trees along the creek, but it was still great to be outside on an early fall night.

The ride home along the creek was dark in spots even with my bike lights. I survived though.

dinner vs the picky eater, round 2

I really wanted to cook up a fall favorite, turkey apple sausage patties, for the kids. So I thought the best chance of getting both kids to try the "new, strange" food would be to use cookie cutters to form the patties into fun shapes before I baked them.

And sure enough, it worked. Harper chose the dog bone shape and Sully went for the heart shape. Super fun. Easy. And Harper said "I only kind of like these, but I'll probably eat them if you make them again."

I can't make this stuff up.

Oh, and Sully tried brussel sprouts. ...and liked them!

dinner vs the picky eater, round 1

Score 1 for dinner! Harper likes the homemade black bean burgers.

She informed everyone that black bean burgers are now an option for dinner. Other options include hot dogs, brats, and bologna sandwiches with the crusts off.