busy few days!

it all started thursday night when the kid (h) and her bf invited us to dinner jamie kennedy's weekly eat local dinner. sadly my bf was occupado out of town so i took second runner up joseph instead. the food was amazing! for starters jk is a great chef when he pays attention and the ingredients provided by stoddart farm were exceptional. you know it's good lamb when i like it because i usually hate lamb.

the stoddart farm is run the same way at that farm from the omnivore's dilemma book that i read a while back. it was very cool to have the farmer there and his love for his products came across in spades. also there was the rep for stratus wines who was very charming/nervous. he also has his own wine but he only makes riesling. which is weird as i've never met anyone who just made one kind of wine. he gets different grapes from different vineyards and makes it a special local brand (ie farm A riesling, farm B riesling) so you can taste the difference in the grapes. neat concept.

friday night i was off to the opera with some friends. or at least i thought i was. turns out it was the ballet (ugh). not only that but it was a modern ballet interpretation of the opera carmen. i was totally lost at first with all the poetry and underwater imagery until someone pointed out that was just the opening act and not the main event. gotta say the main part was good....i guess...some of the little ballerinas were a little out of sync and it's hard to picture a stick figure ballerina as a wanton gypsy woman but whatever. there was a little drag number that was hysterical and the guys were way more femmy than the girls...in a good way. it was very well done.

saturday was so gorgeous that i went for patio lunch with friends then a nice little bikeride along the lake and up into the west end. then home for dinner. bf made ribs (yum) and joseph came too so we could play xmen on the xbox....til almost 1am....oy was i tired!

sunday was a totally waste of a nice day. stupid me stayed in and did laundry and warcrafted all day. stupid because it was no nice out!

so lessons learned: sustainable farming is a good thing, you can make great ribs in the oven, ballet is ok in small doses, the lakeshore is great for biking, warcraft is for nights and rainy days!