Wild, Wonderful Weekend

The time with our dear friends was perfect--they missed the terrible weather out east, everyone was healthy, and I felt the best I have in months. We talked, ate, talked, ate--you get the picture. When you have been close friends as long as we have, the years just melt away and it seems that we are all back here again, together, instead of spread out over the east. It was an incredibly good time and I am humbled that they went to the time and expense to be here.

I was thinking of doing a food journal for my gentle readers, but it would be time consuming, and frankly--embarrassing. I will just give you the high points: the weather on Friday took a bad turn and though the As arrived a couple of hour earlier than the Bs, it was getting messy by the time we had planned on going out for dinner. So Emily and I pulled together a spaghetti and meat sauce dinner, with salad. Led to a long visit at the dinner table, much more pleasant than fighting the cold and snow. Saturday morning, I got my self running early and put out a pancake, bacon, and sausage breakfast for everyone. We went to Kissners' for lunch, which you see above. Hamburger, potato wedges and chili for me. The cocktail hour started early that evening, with a huge munchy spread that included Greek grape leaves from a Detroit deli, several dips, and venison sausage from a special friend. We pulled ourselves together to go to Stella Blue in Archbold for a great gourmet dinner, joined by Sam and Cathie. Saw a lot of Defiance folks there, including the director of Defiance's chamber of commerce and his family! C'mon, Defiance, how about a decent, locally owned, supper club? Sunday noon, we went to the fine dining at Defiance Regional Medical Center--they had read about it in the blog, wanted to experience it first hand. A long afternoon of chatting Sunday, and the left over muchies came out, followed by a Walmart super, large pizza! What a weekend.