animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

asiago’s tuscan italian

Yesterday was my mother-in-law’s birthday, which we celebrated at Asiago’s Tuscan Italian restaurant. I’ve been wanting to check that place out for a while, so it was nice to finally go there. Originally, the restaurant was located in Richland, but now it is at the Inclined Plane location in Westmont. …

v-b day

We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, but when we do, we celebrate it as Brian’s birthday. We had lasagna, a Caesar salad and a nice bottle of Valpolicella for dinner last night. Later in the evening, we watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy much to my chagrin (the guys picked …

super bowl

We had our annual Super Bowl party with our families last night. The game was awful, but it’s just as well because you can’t really pay attention to it when there are that many people in the room. The food was great, though. We did the main dishes and everyone …

twenty-five years

That’s how long it has been since I graduated from high school. As such, my class reunion was last night. I was kind of on the fence about going, but I went. The majority of the people I hung out with in high school were not there, so that was …

wedding bells

We spent last weekend in the Pittsburgh area because Brian was a groomsman in our friend Steve’s wedding. The wedding rehearsal was on Friday, so we left town after lunch on Friday and did not return until Sunday afternoon. The wedding was held at the 1805 Harmonist Barn in Harmony, …