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July 13, 2009 at 7:22 am · Filed under Actual posts about being moms, Food, Travel
I figured since it’s been nearly a month since our last post, I’d write. We’ve finally made it to P-town, and it’s been well worth the trip! We made it in at a reasonable hour on Saturday–breaking the trip up into a couple of legs was good. We met up with Alex & Dom on Commercial, and walked down for South African at the Karoo Kafe. I think we had the same dishes as last time! Dom was craving the bobotie, we shared some ostrich kebabs and snails rangoon, Shawna had the Cape Malay Stew with chicken–the best dish at the table, a simple yellow curry with coconut milk–and I had the beef pie. The beef pie was in a puff pastry, and the beef tasted similar to the bobotie.
We then came back to our apartment, put Em down to nap and hung out the pool–it’s been FREEZING! We had beer and cold cuts for snack, with some of Grammy’s jelly beans to cleanse the palate! We all got dressed and decided to hit Clem and Ursie’s for dinner, which we were sad to find had changed ownership and is now Townsend’s Seafood. The food was acceptable, but the ambience was well, boring. We picked up some tequila and had margaritas back at home.
We decided to have a low-key day on Sunday, given that the weather was crappy, so we just hung out. Shawna and Graem slept in, Emmy and I hung out until Grammy woke up and we just watched tv. Emmy got her morning nap, which was great. The skies cleared by around 10:30, so we all got dressed and decided to meet up with the guys for lunch. We ended up at Bubala’s for martinis and good food. We had pomegranate, pear, espresso and ginger martinis that were very good. Shawna had a lobster roll, I had Caribbean fish cakes, Graem had a cheeseburger, Alex had fish ‘n chips, and Dom had some kind of salad. We all shared a Caesar salad (most of which Grammy ate!) to keep things moving along… From what I recall, the food was pretty good–but halfway through the martini, I didn’t much care!
We walked along Commercial and window shopped, picked up some t-shirts for the kids and some gelato. I’d promised Graem beach time–she’d been begging since we rolled into town–so we stopped by to pick her up a replacement pail. I have no idea how, but back at the apartment she was walking along carrying her pail and all of a sudden I hear a thud and crying–somehow she managed to step into the pail and break it, and ended up scratching her face too.
We got back to the apartment to get our stuff and get dressed, and headed out the door. Shawna and Emmy stayed home to nap and do laundry. Our friend said the beach was a block away, so we started walking toward the water. To our dismay, it was not really beachlike, so I had to run back to the car. We didn’t know where to go, so we ended up driving down to Herring Cove. I sucked it up and bought a season pass–I figured 3 trips to the beach would pay for the $15 parking fee. We picked our spot and unloaded. The beach was sparsely populated–either the weather or the economy to blame. We hung out for a couple of hours, it was really nice. We built a a little sculpture with sand and stones–Graem was good at convincing us to “help’ her with a task, and then would abandon it as soon as she deemed it “done.” I set up the kite for her, and she got bored of it within 10 minutes and left me holding the string.
We did a quick grocery run, and came back to the apartment and ordered 2 pizzas from George’s. Surprisingly, we ate very single slice of one veggie and one pepperoni pizza! The kids picked off all the veggie toppings of a slice or two, which was pretty gruesome. The pizzas came at the right time, in order to feed the kids and get back to the pool when “adult swim” time was over. Kind of an annoying rule–there were no adults in the pool, but we didn’t want to be rule-breakers, since most people on vacation dislike kids. Again the pool was ice cold, but Graem, Alex, Dom and I ventured in.
I’m enjoying vacation so far–it’s great not being at work, and also to be able to be “yes” mom. I’ve been saying yes to soda, candy, cookies, staying up late and sleeping in our bed! Graem and I are going to join the boys for some sea kayaking this morning, and then meeting up with Shawna and Em for lunch in town. I’m bummed they aren’t staying the whole week, but we’ll see them again in October.
October 25, 2008 at 8:54 pm · Filed under Food, Rants
Last night we decided to go out to dinner–nothing fancy, we were craving some chicken wings, so we thought we’d pick something cheap and nearby. I will fess up right now, last night was my pick: I said, Why don’t we try Ron Don’s in Tburg, since we’d never been there, and they had cheap wings.
We got there and it was pretty packed, so we had to park across the street. It took a little while to get a table, but it seemed like everyone knew each other and the owner would come out of the kitchen often. His mom was eating there too. They gave Graem some colored pencils and activity sheets to keep her occupied.
We ordered a dozen wings–half hot and half barbecue for Grammy, a burger for Mama and some wings for me. I added a bowl of clam chowder soup to share with Graem in case she didn’t want the burger or wings. The soup came out and we put some ice in it to give to Grammy. A couple of bites in she says, “Mama, I think there’s a bug in here.” Shawna and I were bouth skeptical, because she’s thought peper was a bug before! Shawna picked it out and put it on a napkin and told Grammy it was just seasoning. After a few more bites of soup, Graem was done and passed the soup back to me. I looked in the soup and saw a few more flakes of “seasoning,” so I picked one out. IT HAD LEGS. Shawna was still in disbelief, so I picked out ANOTHER ONE. Shawna called over the waitress who whisked the bowl away and said she’d have the cook check. The cook/owner came out and said, “No, it’s seasoning.” I told Shawna “No way in hell.” Shawna finally squinted REAL HARD at the first bug on the napkin and saw the legs. Graem said, “See, I told you it was a bug, I saw legs!”
Gordon Ramsay, please come to the rescue.
May 31, 2008 at 7:24 pm · Filed under Food, PDB - PetriDish Baby, Things I really shouldn't talk about
This morning at 5am I woke up to find that I had what appeared to be a clot of blood. I was so excited and had to wake Margot up instantly to show her my findings.
She was not as amused and I’m sure seeing my disgusting pre-birth was not her idea of a morning greeting.
She went back to bed and I continued to examine and then went to the bathroom a few more times. Each time I wiped I’d get a mucusy red/pink/brownish wormy substance.
Margot went on a geocaching adventure and met up with friends and I went to the farmer’s market with Graem. We met up with J, L, I, and S. The kids played and we ate some great food too.
After the farmer’s market we went to the bakery to pick up 3 bread puddings. Rumor has it if you’re pregnant and nearing your due date if you eat these bread puddings you’ll go into labor.
Then we went to the mall. J and Graem ran asking for gumballs and rides on the machines. I walked like I had a gorilla in my stomach and almost stole this old lady’s walker. (You know the one with the cool basket, seat, and hand brakes?)
After walking up and down the mall and through Target we went to the Target Cafe where we hooked up with an endless cup of Coke and day old popcorn followed by all of the trashy magazines we could get our hands on.
We tried not to neglect the children and filled them up with popcorn and water while they harassed other Target patrons.
While at Target we decided that we should make a stop at the Kentucky Fried Chicken! Two pregnant women, two kids, and a station wagon and it was a done deal….we were off to the town 45 minutes away to pick up a family bucket of chicken, mashed potatoes, orange macaroni, and a gallon of soda!
On the way home we had to pull over at the gas station where I clogged up the toilet and we had to make a run for it as I was running out the door! Eek!
Margot met us back at J&L’s house where we enjoyed tons of fried chicken and other glutoneous food.
Now we’re home and I’m exhausted. I just soaked in Burt’s Bees Therapeutic Salts and we rented National Treasure 2 with Nicholas Cage. More than likely it won’t be too good and I’ll fall asleep within the first few minutes.
Well, it looks like this baby is coming in June after all!
May 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm · Filed under Actual posts about being moms, Food, PDB - PetriDish Baby
Last night we got in from the hospital and I went straight to bed after writing the post. I slept like a baby - only getting up to pee.
This morning we all woke up pretty chipper. We had pancake breakfast and set out for the wineries. We went to Americana Winery first and Margot, Alex, and Dom tasted about 14 different wines. To say the least they got bloody drunk and Graem and me played outside while sipping on soda and eating fudge.
Then we decided to venture out to the next destination: Lucas Vineyard. It was nice and everyone stumbled in and drank a few more glasses of wine.
We decided to eat at Simply Red - Sheldrake Bistro and it was delcious! We sat outside on the patio that overlooked the lake. We had great conversation, amazing food, and more wine! (Not me, of course!)
After a two hour lunch we decided we’d continue driving around the lake and go to MacKenzie-Childs. They specialize in pottery and are located in Aurora, New York. All of the pottery was over the top - even for two gay guys. We walked the property looking at the tulips and animals. It wasn’t the same as a few years back when they had beautiful peacocks and perfect grounds.
The boys have been dying to see the Ithaca gay scene and so we took them to our local townie hang out - Common Ground. They had a nice family BBQ and we had margaritas and soda. The boys had hotdogs and I had a delicious hamburger.
Now we’re fat, exhausted, and smelly!
I had a few contractions at the winery…but I must say…I’m not really sure I see this kid coming any time soon and I’ve give up on jumping up and down, sex, herbs, and howling at the moon.
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