{"id":2872,"date":"2016-09-12T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2016-09-12T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:51:00","slug":"two-good-restaurants-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/two-good-restaurants-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Good Restaurants In One Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We hit a first in our time here last week; \u00a0Two good dinners out! \u00a0Our first hit was at Sutter Street Steakhouse<\/a> on Tuesday. \u00a0We’ve been meaning to get there for a long time, and rather randomly decided Tuesday was as good a night as any. \u00a0I’ll have to say, after all our restaurant fails here in the last three years, I went in with a large amount of skepticism. \u00a0Luckily it lived up to its billing though, we both had great dinners. \u00a0Actually, we both had the same exact dinners; \u00a0ribeye steaks. \u00a0I had no doubt the quality of the beef would be up to par, but I did have serious reservations about anyone in this entire area cooking it as requested. \u00a0They were spot on though, we were both quite happy. \u00a0Overjoyed, even. \u00a0Elated. \u00a0Ecstatic. \u00a0Euphoric. \u00a0OK you get the idea. \u00a0Good meal.<\/p>\n

Thursday night we joined our friends Michael & Alaina at Rudy’s Hideaway<\/a> in nearby Rancho Cordova. \u00a0The main attraction here was their Thursday evening lobster special, and I’d made up my mind on that before we even saw the menu. \u00a0I’m pretty sure I’ve never ordered a whole lobster before, so that was my excitement for the meal. \u00a0Luckily it wasn’t nearly the dining challenge that I’ve always feared, it was actually pretty easy to deal with. \u00a0Quite delicious too. \u00a0I’d definitely go back to either of these restaurants if the opportunity came up. \u00a0The only downside is, neither of them were exactly “every day priced” menus, at least not in our book. \u00a0Heck, I’d like<\/em> to go to one of them every week, but the checking account wouldn’t hold up very long. \u00a0At least it’s nice to know there is something good available\u00a0if a special occasion comes up though.<\/p>\n

As for the weekend, we stayed relatively occupied. \u00a0We took it easy Friday night, in preparation for our big garage sale on Saturday morning. \u00a0It was a “community event,” the one sale a year our hoity-toity HOA allows, so we figured we better take advantage this time around. \u00a0It was, in short, absolute mayhem. \u00a0We were very quickly overrun by hordes of bargain hunters, and it didn’t slow down for several exhausting hours. \u00a0Our goal wasn’t so much to make money as to get rid of stuff, and we did a pretty darn good job of that. \u00a0Our motto was “No reasonable offer refused,” and for that matter we didn’t refuse any unreasonable offers either. \u00a0Get that stuff outta here. \u00a0I was definitely overwhelmed by the turnout though, it was stressful for a while. \u00a0Donette was running around the yard yelling “YUP!!!” like an auctioneer, and people were throwing cash at me faster than I could keep track. \u00a0When the smoke cleared, we had an extra $750 in our pockets. \u00a0That sounds like a lot for a morning’s work, but the downside is our house is completely empty. \u00a0As in nowhere to sit. \u00a0Nowhere to eat. \u00a0No area rugs on the floor. \u00a0Oh well, mission accomplished. \u00a0After that debacle, we headed over to the clubhouse where Donette was hosting the monthly “Friends of the Vine” wine tasting. \u00a0Our friend Michael had hooked us up with a local winery, and they graciously provided a lot of wine for the event. \u00a0Usually she just invites people to bring a bottle of wine and an appetizer, and come meet your neighbors. \u00a0That’s usually good for one other couple showing up, sometimes two. \u00a0Man, you offer a few free sips of wine and the entire neighborhood shows up. \u00a0Funny how that works. \u00a0It was a great time though, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.<\/p>\n

Sunday we turned it way down. \u00a0That big day before took it out of me. \u00a0I found the Chiefs game on the TV, and then after that watched the other random games all afternoon. \u00a0It’s starting to cool down a little bit, so it was a fine day to waste time on the back patio watching the season openers. \u00a0For dinner we headed over to a friend’s house for a delicious tri tip, and watched a few episodes of The Sopranos in their back yard. \u00a0We’ve started up the whole series with them, gives us something to do on otherwise quiet Sunday nights. \u00a0We’ve made it to Season 1, Episode 4, we’ll see if we can keep it up.<\/p>\n\n\t\t