A Very Full Saturday

We had a very full day today: Mr. Man was joined by Eric and Jack to begin construction on the chicken coop while I took Manda shopping for her birthday. I picked her up at 11:00am and we spent the entire day walking around Lenox Mall. We first stopped into Karen Milen were she tried on two dresses, both of which were way out of our price range, but they did look fabulous on her. Then we went to Anthropology were she tried on several things but in the end decided that she would rather spend the same money and get more for the buck... off we went to Macy’s. We did manage to find several great summer tops for a 1/3 of the price at Anthropology. She then wanted to go to Target for t-shirts—she never ceases to surprise me.

I got home just in time to see Mr. Man beginning to put the frame of the coop together. He, Eric and Jack had made good progress.

The assembly will have to wait until tomorrow as we were expected at T&G’s for drinks and wedding planning at 6:30pm. Mr. Man is performing their wedding ceremony in June and recently got his certification on the internet.

Afterwards the four of us had a very interesting dining experience at 4th and Swift. We must have been waited on by every waitperson on staff, even the Chef came out to ask us if we were enjoying our meal—which we most definitely were—but didn’t seem to stop by anyone else’s table.We got so much attention that we began to think they thought one of us was someone “important,” but maybe they are just this attentive to all their guests.

The food was excellent. We started by sharing the cured meat plate: procuitto, sopresetta, speck, and salami along with paper thin slices of parmigiana cheese, tiny gerkins, and homemade pickled cucumbers and carrots, as well as a wonderful lavendar mustard and pretzel bread—yum! I can’t believe that it has taken Mr. Man and I this long to try this restaurant in the Old Fourth Ward, but we will definitely return. For our entrees Mr. Man had the lamb chops, and judging by his empty plate, they were as good as they looked. Tamara had the halibut which she reported was cooked perfectly, Gary had the grilled hanger steak and braised short rib with lentils and steak fries, and I had the diver scallops with califlower risotto. I have tried scallops all over Atlanta, as they are one of my favorite dishes. These were among the best; cooked just right with a golden brown crust, fork tender, moist and flavorable. The califlower risotto was also great with winter greens coarsed chopped on top. Did I say delicious? We washed this all down with a great bottle of red wine and finished with the white chocolate strawberry shortcake, which was so delicate and light that Tamara and I managed to eat every bite despite being full.

After dinner we all went to a Pagan Spring Equinox party at our friend Erba’s house. We were rather late but did manage to catch up with friends before we finally turned into pumpkins just after midnight.