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Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Catchup
For my birthday on November 7th we really hadn't settled on anything special to do, so I proposed going to the monthly Friday evening gallery hop, called Unblurred here in Pittsburgh. Dave ended up working late and I was tired, so instead we decided to go to Ma Provence, a romantic-looking French bistro right in our neighborhood.
The restaurant is very cozy and the service was nice, the food was good if a little uneven in flavor. Dave's Mignons de Porc au Raisin et Bacon was wonderful but the weekly special steak dish was nothing special. We also had butternut squash soup which was also very yummy, and the charcuteries plate which was so-so as the pate was very cold and stiff. For dessert we had a slice of apple tart which was nicely presented but nothing special.
The bread service was unusual. The server would come by and offer you a slice every now and then. The bread was awesome, but it was a bit odd to serve it in this way. I suppose it was to make sure that the fresh and warm bread would come straight out of the oven and onto your plate.
Since the 7th was very quiet, I decided that we had to go down to the Strip on Saturday morning to breakfast at the locally famous greasy spoon, DeLuca's, shop with the crowds at the various shops, and check out the farmer's market.
DeLuca's was jammed at 8:15am so we breakfasted in another cafe just a block up the street that had yummy French toast. I wish I could remember the name of the place. Just a few doors down was a chocolate shop with novelty chocolates and chocolates from around the world. I settled on a bacon-chocolate bar, and a 100% cocoa bar.
We also stopped a lot of other stores, but there was only so much shopping I could handle and it was very cold out. On the way back to the car we stopped by the farmer's market, which was a sad little affair in a tiny parking lot next to a bar, and no one was shopping there--nothing like the crowded overflowing bounty of the Mountain View farmers market, but I suppose this is how it goes in late fall around here.
Here are some pictures of the cats acting cute:
It's been snowing off and on all week. Here's the view from our front porch:
The restaurant is very cozy and the service was nice, the food was good if a little uneven in flavor. Dave's Mignons de Porc au Raisin et Bacon was wonderful but the weekly special steak dish was nothing special. We also had butternut squash soup which was also very yummy, and the charcuteries plate which was so-so as the pate was very cold and stiff. For dessert we had a slice of apple tart which was nicely presented but nothing special.
The bread service was unusual. The server would come by and offer you a slice every now and then. The bread was awesome, but it was a bit odd to serve it in this way. I suppose it was to make sure that the fresh and warm bread would come straight out of the oven and onto your plate.
Since the 7th was very quiet, I decided that we had to go down to the Strip on Saturday morning to breakfast at the locally famous greasy spoon, DeLuca's, shop with the crowds at the various shops, and check out the farmer's market.
DeLuca's was jammed at 8:15am so we breakfasted in another cafe just a block up the street that had yummy French toast. I wish I could remember the name of the place. Just a few doors down was a chocolate shop with novelty chocolates and chocolates from around the world. I settled on a bacon-chocolate bar, and a 100% cocoa bar.
Mmmmmm, choclate and bacon together at last!
We also stopped a lot of other stores, but there was only so much shopping I could handle and it was very cold out. On the way back to the car we stopped by the farmer's market, which was a sad little affair in a tiny parking lot next to a bar, and no one was shopping there--nothing like the crowded overflowing bounty of the Mountain View farmers market, but I suppose this is how it goes in late fall around here.Here are some pictures of the cats acting cute:
It's been snowing off and on all week. Here's the view from our front porch:
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
OMG Snow!
This morning it was just a little flurry, but this afternoon it was like a downpour. So pretty! So COLD!
I've been so busy lately I haven't had much tine to post. Here's what's been going on lately:
A couple weeks ago I went back to CA for work. There were a ton of meetings and a visit to my aunt in Sac, so it went by too fast. I did get to eat at all my old favorite places though.
While in CA I picked up a head cold from my cousin, so I got experience the joy of airplane descent with clogged ears. OWWWWW!
Also while I was in CA I arranged to have a shipper pick up my car. It arrived here on Saturday. I am so happy to drive it again!
Monday we went to the Obama rally at Mellon Arena (the hockey "igloo") in Pittsburgh. It was very cool to see Obama speak, and I'm sure Dave will write more about that later.
Last night was my first time making phone calls from the Obama volunteer office. I was a little nervous at first, but after getting a lot of answering machines I realized not that many people were going to pick up the phone and yell at me. I spoke to a few polite people supporting both major parties so that wasn't so bad.
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