The boys went to visit their grandparents in PA for a week before the four of us headed to Virginia for vacation. Sadly, both parents had to work that week. But night can be fun, especially when there's no kiddie restrictions to dinner!
We stopped at the grocery store on our way back and picked up some live lobsters and fresh corn on the cob. So delicious, and yes, I'm convinced now that steaming is better than boiling. The plate doesn't get all waterlogged while cracking for lobster meat. So, so good.
On Monday, we fixed Brian's "I've never had a margarita" problem by heading to Mezcal in Worcester. Upon hearing that held never had a margarita, the bartender asked to make us something special off-menu. We were not disappointed!!! Add some tuna tostada, chicken mole and steak chimichanga, and of course, their famous homemade guacamole and it was a great night. No "ew, what's that" or tears. Just full bellies and happiness.
Tuesday was some of the biggest stuffed chicken breasts that I've ever seen. Filled with spinach and feta cheese, they were dinner for TWO nights. Thursday brought us to pork lettuce wraps with veggies, ginger, garlic, housing, spicy peanut sauce, along with almonds for crunch. Oh, and the second trip for ice cream that week. Followed by a ton of packing for the trip.
On Friday, we began the drive down. But as a last hurrah, we went back to a special place: Paul's Pasta in Groton, CT. We hadn't been on about six years, and some of our early dates were there 18 years ago. Still delicious, relatively inexpensive and so tasty.
So, our week of Food Comas was complete, including a few trips for ice cream. It was worth it.
