{"id":1716,"date":"2013-12-30T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2013-12-30T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:26:22","slug":"and-a-happy-new-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-a-happy-new-year-3\/","title":{"rendered":"And A Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a bad weekend, all things considered. \u00a0We started it off Friday after work by going on an honest-to-goodness date at 36 Handles<\/a>. \u00a0Since moving here we went from going out nearly every night to maybe two or three times a month. \u00a0A harsh drop-off, to be sure. \u00a0I’m not completely certain of the reasons behind that change in habit. \u00a0Might be budgetary, or maybe we just don’t like any of the places around here. \u00a0At any rate, we busted loose and stayed a few hours at that place, which I do<\/em> sort of like. \u00a0After that we headed home and played several rounds of dominoes, then broke out the Wii and rocked our faces off to Rock Band for several hours. \u00a0I don’t think we’ve ever played dominoes together, and I know we haven’t played Rock Band in probably two years. \u00a0Just an all-around wacky night for the old folks!<\/p>\n

There was a price to be paid for all that entertainment, of course. \u00a0Saturday we slept in quite late, then crawled to the couch and watched college basketball for the majority of the afternoon. \u00a0I did manage to limp up to the park with Teagan and play fetch for a bit, mostly just to tire her out so she wouldn’t drive me nuts all night. \u00a0Surely we did something<\/em> awesomely fun and wacky too, but the details regarding that portion of the day escape me at the moment. \u00a0It was too darn nice outside to sit around watching TV all day. \u00a0Things happen though.<\/p>\n

Sunday we were just a bit more enterprising. \u00a0We got around at the crack of 10:00 and headed to the gym, a good start to any day. \u00a0After that we felt we deserved some calories, so we headed out to lunch at a place called Cascada<\/a>. \u00a0This marked our first attempt at a Mexican restaurant since moving here. \u00a0All-in-all, I’d call it a success. \u00a0I had chicken adovado, and Donette opted for an asada burrito. \u00a0I thought both were very good, maybe with a nod towards the burrito as the better of the two. \u00a0I can’t say I really cared for the “feel” of the place, or the prices, but at least the food was good. \u00a0I imagine we’ll be back, if only due to the relatively close proximity to our house. \u00a0By the time we finished lunch, the games were on, so we headed back home and turned the TV on. \u00a0Once again we were denied the Chief’s broadcast, and were stuck watching the 49ers. \u00a0Donette promptly fell asleep, and I sort of stared at it with limited interest. \u00a0For dinner I tried a new recipe, spicy linguine with clams & mussels<\/a>. \u00a0Our menu at home is generally dictated by the sale ad at the nearby grocery store, and this one was no exception: \u00a0The shellfish was on sale for $2.99, can’t beat that. \u00a0It came out very well, I label it a keeper. \u00a0The mussels were awesome too, which I’m somewhat excited about. \u00a0I do like me some mussels, and the offerings in KC could be a little… \u00a0dicey. \u00a0Also on sale are whole dungeness crabs for a mere $4.99 per lb, which intrigues me. \u00a0I have absolutely no idea what to do with one of those things, but I guess I better give it a go while they’re on sale. \u00a0Anybody ever tackle one of those creatures????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not a bad weekend, all things considered. \u00a0We started it off Friday after work by going on an honest-to-goodness date at 36 Handles. \u00a0Since moving here we went from going out nearly every night to maybe two or three times a month. \u00a0A harsh drop-off, to be sure. \u00a0I’m not completely certain of the reasons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1717,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions\/1717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}