That was a fairly entertaining weekend, as far as our usual weekends go anyway.\u00a0 That is to say, we left the house a few times.\u00a0 Things got off to a rough start on Friday when I had to work late.\u00a0 I’m not complaining though, (or am I…) as that’s been a fairly rare occurrence lately, but it did throw me off my game a bit.\u00a0 It added a mild bit of stress to the day too, as we had company at the house and everybody was waiting on me for dinner.\u00a0 On the plus side, when I walked in the door I went straight to the table and sat down to some delicious baked lemon chicken.\u00a0 Score!<\/p>\n
Saturday was a fine example of a prime weekend day.\u00a0 The weather was just about perfect, I think it topped out at 62 with plenty of sun.\u00a0 We’ve got an ever-growing list of chores that need attended around the house, but you just don’t want to waste January weather like that, so we put the top down on the convertible and drove up the hill to Chateau Davell<\/a> winery.\u00a0 They just opened a new tasting room so we wanted to check that out.\u00a0 Cool place, much roomier than their old spot, with better views and a lot of outdoor seating.\u00a0 We even let Quinn run around a bit with one of the owners dogs, which he seemed to enjoy immensely.\u00a0 It was a fun drive too, I must say the new\/used car is a hit.\u00a0 It even has some heat vents in the head rest so you stay nice and toasty with top down in cooler weather.\u00a0 After that quick outing, we took Quinn back home and headed to dinner in Plymouth.\u00a0 I felt like we kind of got cheated out of our anniversary dinner in San Francisco last weekend since we both were sick, so I made reservations at Taste<\/a> for another try at celebrating.\u00a0 We’ve been wanting to try that place for quite some time, and an anniversary seemed like as good an occasion as any.\u00a0 It did not disappoint, everything was delicious.\u00a0 Can’t wait to go again, although we’ll need another special event to justify it, as it’s a little (or a lot) outside our normal dining budget.\u00a0 The only downside to the day was sports.\u00a0 We recently disconnected our cable service, so we were excited that we got to watch both Mizzou basketball and the Chiefs on the Internet.\u00a0 Our enthusiasm was rewarded with two real clunker games.\u00a0 Geez.<\/p>\n Sunday the weather was still pretty darn nice, so we once again deferred our household chores.\u00a0 We checked out a new pet store in the area, and then had a solid lunch at El Dorado Saloon<\/a>.\u00a0 Fine way to waste away an afternoon.\u00a0 After a short nap, we had some friends over for dinner.\u00a0 After getting out of the habit of cooking at home for a while, I feel like we’re slowly getting back into it.\u00a0 I got myself some sweet new kitchen knives for Christmas, and I must say I enjoy using them.\u00a0 For Sunday dinner I found a Tyler Florence recipe for Arroz Con Pollo<\/a> that I thought sounded tasty, so that’s what we went with.\u00a0 I didn’t notice until I actually got started cooking that the directions were messed up (step 2 is missing…) so I had to kind of wing that part, but it came out pretty tasty.<\/p>\n\n\t\t