Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
Let me start off by saying that Beaujolais Nouveau did not live up to all the hype. I still have 1 whole bottle left of the 2 I brought with me from Texas so I am ready to cut somebody a smoking deal on the remaining bottle. The rest of the dinner went off pretty good though and a good time was had by all. While we were out there, the kids got to open some Christmas presents (since they will not be up here for Christmas and the mother/sister-in-law wanted them to open them while everyone was there). I even got to open up a present (a t-shirt and 4 bottles of wine - all from either Argentina or Chile).
We stayed in last night (our Texas bodies could not take going out in the cold I think) and watched a movie on TV. We were pretty full from lunch so we did not need any dinner. This morning though we headed out to a restaurant in the small nearby town of Greentown. My mother actually works there on some mornings and we are related to or are friends with the rest of the staff there. Since we have been in Texas we have been deprived of some good ol' biscuits-n-gravy. The breakfast part of this place is run by different folks than the lunch/dinner group. At night, this place is an authentic Italian restaurant (the owner is actually from Italy). Even though the morning crew is a different bunch, the Italian part spills over a little. For instance, the sausage they use for their sausage gravy is a spicy pizza sausage and not the normal breakfast sausage. This gives it a little kick and it had a nice, peppery flavor as well. I might have to find a way back there again before I leave. We have also been craving their Gnocchi Amanda from when we had dinner there in July.
Well, the kids will be back here soon (they spent the night at their grandma's house) so I am going to go enjoy some alone time with the wife. Until next time...
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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