A chilly afternoon with a good friend...

Karen was able to get away yesterday afternoon and I picked her up on the bike and we quickly rode back to the house to get David. He wasn't up for a ride so Karen jumped on his bike and we were off for a quick ride in the nice 70* weather.

Clouds started rolling in, the temp dropped and we found ourselves on Powers Blvd (across town) starting to get chilled. Burrrr. So we decided to head towards the house to warm up. The minute we turned to climp the hill to the house the sun popped out, the temps climbed up to reasonable and we decided to stay on the west side of I-25 to do the remaider of our riding. Not exactly what we would have liked, but definitely better than nothing, in my opinion. I guess we stayed out another 20 min's and once again the temps started dropping, legitimately for the evening this time.

We arrived at the house just in time to grab a cup of joe and warm the rest of the way up by cooking dinner. After finishing the coffee we started on dinner which consisted of trying some new mini pastas that we thought the kids would enjoy. They did! The adults didn't so much. Oh well, I never claimed to be a great cook. Karen and I enjoyed a glass of Pinot Grigio which I suspect was the best part of the meal. ;-) Though Kristina's salad was very good.

Soon it was time to drop Karen off at the USOC and head home to do some knitting. I, with all my knitting needles, didn't have a particular size that I needed to start another project. So earlier when I first picked Karen up I headed over to the Knitters Kove to pick up the required size. This project is a scarf of Baby Alpaca. I can't wait to wear it this year.

Evenings festivities

What better way to start an evening out than a bottle of wine in the car with a chaffeur (David). Karen and I had talked earlier in the week and jokingly decided that if the opportunity arose that we'd partake of a bottle of wine. Figuring that we both needed the diversion.

As Karen stepped in the car I had a glass of Beringer Merlot extended in her direction. Without flinching and with a hearty laugh she took the glass.

I think she had forgotten our conversation of earlier.
So with David driving our small party's adventure started with our arriving at Thai Basil.

When Karen comes into town we usually have dinner at Mirch Masala. But this time we got her to try a new Thai place that opened a few months ago. They have wonderful food and the people are so nice and friendly.

Up first was Chicken Satay (which I forgot to get a picture of) followed by our cups of soup.
I know that Karen will remember the name of each small bowl, but for the life of me I can't remember.
Now, dinner I do remember. Top left is the Spicy Garlic Shrimp, top right is the Drunken Noodles, and then bottom left is the Thai Eggplant! Yum!


This is the Beef Salad.

After dinner with 1/2 a bottle of wine still waiting in the car we headed off into the night with David still acting as our chaffeur. Enjoying the company and the ride David surprised us and....

we ended up at Montagues for dessert and a vanilla latte.

Thank you Honey for a wonderful evening and your great chaffeur skills!

And Thank you, Karen for the great company!