more fun in the city

 so on Tuesday night we had dinner at Phil's favorite Le Bouchon. A stalwart for take away during COVID, we became emotionally addicted to this place on our first night out at a restaurant after COVID restrictions were lifted. It was noisy and full of life as well as fabulous food we practically cried. 

Then we celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary at Oceanique...

today I rearranged the deck plants in order to crop off two large (tall) branches of the stick plant and reroot them into a new pot... wish us all luck... 

and in a series of rearrangements- I moved plant one into two's spot and two into three's spot and then moved the table for plant one into a group across the deck - thinking I would put the fourth spot plant into that one but realized it was already getting too much water so that one got moved to under the upstairs balcony for now- when it has revived I will move it out to the mosaic table- I knew you would be interested LOL 

Tonight eat at home - Phil will have the other half of the "serves two" duck from Le Bouchon and I will make myself something with chorizo - a quesadilla or a burrito - maybe queso fundido or nachos... we'll see... I have corn and poblano soup and salsa and guacamole so lots of options. 

summer in the city

The summer is already flying by... we have been home a little over three weeks and have been busy with medical check ups and dentist appointments etc...  so we have been staying around town and seeing friends when we can- people are busy in the summer - also I finished my planting on the deck all pots are full now! 

We had dinner with Lee & Nick - at Tango Sur

and then we also tried Tikal a Guatemalan place for dinner and the next night went to Kasama to celebrate Evie's birthday with her and Todd.

Another great recommendation from FB foodie Frank Patterson. Many of the things we ordered were not on the carry out or online menu so I would recommend going to their spotless and welcoming restaurant for the things we liked. The empanadas with a spicy salsa were great, as were the tacos (uno pastor y uno pescado) but mi favorita was the picaditos asada. Phil loved his carne y camerones with the tasty slaw that was also served with the empanadas. We took the chicken salad "compartir" but I would say it was the weakest of the dishes. Many other things to try. And as you can see la cuenta was muy reasonable. (Why yes, I do speak Spanglish LOL)

we had a Sunday night pizza at Fat Chris' - no photos- sorry - but it was good! as usual.

We are missing Spain but it has been unbelievably hot in both of our home bases. So we soldier on- in less than two weeks TB and I will be on our DART trip for 2024. Then Phil will join me in Denver. for visits with Duke & Cathie and Jennifer & Dave... 

We had dinner with Todd & Evie to celebrate her birthday- at Kasama

We had dinner at Bistro Campagne on one of the nights we had some cooler weather- 

Tonight we are headed to Le Bouchon and then tomorrow for our 23rd anniversary to Oceanique- stay tuned