animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the pink panther

Thanks to the fact that The Pink Panther 2 came out this weekend, and the commercials for it have been inundating the airwaves, Jake wanted to see both movies in the series. So, we rented The Pink Panther and watched it last night. I will say two things about it–it …

bd celebration #1

Brian’s first birthday celebration of the year was this evening. We went to his parent’s where his mom cooked up some calzones for dinner. There was also wine. After dinner, we played three games of Wii bowling (yes, Brian’s parents have a Wii), wherein I kicked ass two of the …

a hunky superbowl

The reason I like the Super Bowl is that I get to plan out some cool food. The past few years, I’ve been doing a theme for the food. This year, I thought it would be fun to do a hunky theme since the Steelers were playing. And, since I’m …

rizzo’s

My mom hosted a dinner at Rizzo’s Restaurant this evening to celebrate my grandmother’s 80th birthday. The dinner was quite good–it was a homestyle dinner and consisted of Italian wedding soup, antipasto salad, bread, lasagna, rigatoni, meatballs, and spumoni. I have some leftovers for tomorrow so I don’t have to …

4 corners of the world

It’s my birthday and I’ll eat out if I want to. I knew I wasn’t going to feel like cooking today. Plus, Jake was staying at his grandparent’s. So, I made an executive decision and decided we’d go out for supper tonight. I’ve been wanting to go to 4 Corners …