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January 15, 2008
Mmmmmm.... Food
We had a really lovely weekend, filled with food and drink. Our friends from Urbana, IL came up for a visit on Saturday. They love food and drink as much as we do, so it seems like a pattern for their visits is emerging. They arrive, we cook, eat, and drink for a period of about 24 hours, we all go for a nice walk, then they head home. The menu this time was venison chili, red lentil soup, fresh baked rye bread, and of course assorted beers, wines, crackers, and cheeses while we waited for it all to cook up. I didn't stress on dessert, we just had some Peppermint Jo Jo's from Trader Joe's. If you've never had these things... well, they've inspired everything from blog posts to poetry to desperate searches around the holidays. Imagine an Oreo with no trans fats, no high fructose corn syrup, and peppermint chips in the cream filling. The. Best.
Anyway, after eating and drinking for about six hours straight, we were tired and went to bed. The bug had asked Adam the day before, when he was making up the bed in the guest room, "Are A and J going to sleep next to each other?" "Yes, they're married, like Mommy and Daddy." Bug thought for a minute and then asked, "Are they friends?" She cracks me up.
Sunday morning we got up and had a hearty breakfast of Belgian waffles, fruit, and mimosas (finally used up that bottle of champagne from my birthday party... oy). Then it was time to say goodbye. We always enjoy a weekend of intellectual discussion, politics, atheism, and people who play with the Bug constantly despite professing an aversion to children.