Just sitting here relaxing, drinking a cup of tea and looking out the window at this beautiful fall day. Not too much going on this week. I finally got all of the pieces for my Halloween costume. This year I am missing the annual Ziolo party-so sad! Sorry but I am working that weekend. However, John and I are going to another friends party the weekend before Halloween, so alas we did need costumes. I will post some pictures next week, and reveal what we are.
John and I had a great, relaxing weekend. I had been feeling quite sniffly and sneezy all week, so I thought taking it easy would be a good idea. On Friday we went to dinner at Grand Lux, one of my favorite restaurants in the city. It is owned by the same company that owns Cheesecake Factory, yummy! Then we went to see the new movie Gone Baby Gone directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck. John wrote about the movie in his blog so I won't go into too much detail, but I will say that it is one of my favorite movies -very well done! Saturday we were lazy during the day and then at night went to The Fieldhouse to watch the Illini game, it was nice to see some friends we don't see often enough. Then Sunday was more laziness, I took a walk along North avenue and window shopped while enjoying the beautiful weather, and then came home and made beef stew.
I forgot to write about the Van Halen concert last week. Let me preface this review with some info. I like Van Halen, and the majority of the songs I like are from the Sammy Hagar era. Now I knew that the concert would be with David Lee Roth, but I thought, well...we'll see how I like it. Let's just say I have not been converted to a David Lee Roth fan. We'll work our way thru the instruments:
Vocals-bad, David came in late on the lyrics often, forgot the words often, and despite his poor performance still acted like an ego maniac often. Show some humility!
Guitar-Eddie did a very good job. John was able to notice some decline in skill from previous years, but I did not. He did pretty good for his age and looks pretty good doing it.
Bass-Eddie's 16 year old son Wolfgang made his debut this tour and he did a really good job. I can't believe he is only 16!
Drums-not much to say, Alex did a fine job.
So overall, I enjoyed the concert but would have like it much better if Sammy were there instead of David. Luckily John and I are going to see Sammy in about 2 weeks, looking forward to it.
Here is your weekly Top 10 )they are going to get a little random now)
My Top 10 favorite foods
Mac & Cheese
Cheese fries
Cheeseburgers
Turkey and cheese on a big roll with mayo of course
Grilled cheese
Blueberry pancakes
Mashed potatoes
Fillet Mignon
Peanut butter anything
Lasagna
What's your favorite?
6 comments:
Chuck roast cooked to perfection with onions and potatoes and carrots.
Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the trimmings and all the family around the table.
Soft boiled egg
Chocolate pudding(with whipped cr.)
Kris' Lemon Meringue Pie
Eggplant Parm.
Pizza(foldable)
NJ tomatoes on white bread w/mayo
NJ corn on the cob
My moms' mac and cheese
Christys' crepes
Michaels' mashed potatoes
Breakfast #One
Bakery cake w/ butter cr. frosting
Choc. covered caramel apples from De kalb
apple cider donuts
Fluffernutter :)
Ha, Christy, 5 out of your 10 were partly or mostly made of cheese!
My favorite foods are:
1. bacon
2. broccoli
3. fresh pineapple
4. apple juice (is that a food?)
5. locro de papa (Ecuadorian potato soup)
6. popcorn
7. Lucky Charms (mostly for the marshmallows though)
8. beef pad see ewe (thai dish with beef and noodles)
9. brownie dough
10. Cuban food
Um... mom that's 17 things. Of course I have 17 favorites too, that's why is hard you have to narrow it down. Don't worry about desserts, that will come later.
Oh!! I get it now....Well in my defense, I was tired and should have gone to bed instead of thinking about food. If you take away the desserts I almost make the cut off. Thanks for your help, Love Mom :)
Candy, anything that is foldable does not count as actual pizza. New Yorkers can call that cardboard and ketchup thing they eat 'pizza' but that doesn't make it so.
1. REAL Pizza. Think Lou's.
2. Mac & Cheese. With the powder.
3. Butter Pecan Ice Cream.
4. Guiness.
5. Pulled pork sandwich with a good BBQ sauce.
6. Mom's X-mas Lasagna
7. Steak. Cheap, expensive, any.
8. Veal Parmesan.
9. Mexican. Especially Burritos.
10. Cornbread.
In no particular order:
-Hebrew National All beef kosher hot dogs
-Grilled ham and swiss on rye
-Eggplant Parm
-Philly Cheesesteak (white cheese with onions and mushrooms, and thin thin thin "steak")
-mom's (or is it grandmom's) mac & cheese
-Mongolian Beef (Chinese Kitchen in Naperville, or Gilberts' Chop Suey in Gilberts)
-Veal Parm Sub from anywhere on the shore
-Max's Hot Dogs (Asbury Park, NJ)
-White Pizza from anywhere on the shore
-Rare Ribeye with red onions and mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy
Mike
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