New Mexican Fiesta for three

A number of months ago, Dave brought home some fresh New Mexico green chile. We have had it in the freezer for a while and decided to pull it out and do something with it. On Saturday night, we roasted and peeled the chiles and then made blue corn chicken enchiladas. We made homemade guacamole and salsa as well. As we plated the enchiladas, I placed an egg over-easy on top. Complete New Mexican style! Megan joined us and we had a wonderful evening together. I remembered to take a picture of the salsa and guac, as well as my husband and Megs, but unfortunately, forgot to take a picture of the final product of the enchiladas. I guess I was just too dang hungry!

Date night at Circa

On Friday night, Dave and I decided to take advantage of "Dine About Town" and have dinner at Circa in the Marina. For those of you unfamiliar, Dine about town features a prix-fixe three course meal at various restaurants around the city. In the past, it has been for the month of January. This year, it happened for two weeks in January and two weeks in June. We had a fabulous dinner complete with tomato soup served with tiny grilled cheese sandwiches, spinach salad with goat cheese and raspberries, flat iron steak, pork chop and a special chef's treat of fried ravioli. Everything was homemade. The very best part was the desserts. We shared key lime cheesecake which was very tart and creamy and black and white bread pudding with a Jack Daniels sauce that was brought to the table flaming. Yum!! We walked out of the restaurant incredibly full and with dogie bags.

A busy Saturday of Corn Hole and Baseball.

On Saturday June 7th, Dave and I participated in The 1st Annual Sausalito Corn Hole Invitational Tournament (the SCHIT). For those of you not familiar with corn hole, it is basically a bag full of corn that you must toss through at hole in a board that is 27 feet away. You only get points if you land on the board or if you actually get it through the hole. Sounds easy, but truly, it is not. Debbie and I were team SCHIT Queens. Dave and Shane were team Yes We Can. Debbie and I had a great first round and quickly found ourselves in the winners bracket. Sadly, we lost our next two matches and were out. Dave and Shane fell to the team who ended up in the finals their first round, but made a valiant come back including beating Debbie and I. They were really happy with that win because they will be getting a home cooked meal and a massage.

Dave showing off his corn hole skills.

Shane, part two of team "Yes we can".

The Kevins enjoying such a great day.

Bryan, Rebecca, guy in red shirt (oops forgot his name) and Witt

Shane, Kate, Dave and Bailey



After watching the championship games, we loaded up the car and headed for the east bay. We spent the remainder of the evening enjoying the Oakland As versus the Anaheim Angels baseball game with Shane and Debbie (thanks you guys!!) The weather completely cooperated and it was a beautiful evening. After the game, we went down on the field and spread out a blanket to lie down and watch a spectacular fireworks show right above our heads. It was a very impressive 25 minute show complete with music. Country music to be exact (much to my delight and Dave's chagrin). :) It was a really great day to hang out with friends and enjoy the awesome weather!

Enjoying the game.


Awaiting the fireworks


It was fun to be in the sea of people down on the field.


Looking at the infield


Heading home after a fun day.

Dinner with Megan, Matt, Abby and Evan

Last Thursday night we got a chance to catch up with Megan and the Haynes for some good pizza! As you can see below, Evan had quite the variety of facial expressions. It was a really fun dinner.



Abby and Matt with our pizzas. Giorgios is Abby's favorite pizza, so she was the happiest of the bunch.

Megan and Dave showing their smiles off.

Abby and me.


Evan and his Dad

This was my favorite look of the night!

Brunch and more house hunting in the East Bay

On Sunday June 1st, Dave and I headed over to the east bay to further explore some homes and neighborhoods in Oakland. First however, we had brunch at Quinn's light house. It has been there a really long time and had quite the history. Honestly, I can't remember the whole story right now, but if you are really interested, I recommend visiting the restaurant or their website. I have a very good omelette stuff with crab. Dave and I figured we would carry our trend of visiting old buildings and eating seafood from the east coast to the west coast.

Trip to New England

I thought that I would post just a couple pictures from our New England trip. For more, click on the link below and you can see them all on Kodak Gallery.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=vr0u6g8.b75qury8&x=0&y=rvlwrn&localeid=en_US

The Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, RI


Heading to the start of the Freedom Trail in Boston.


A canoli at Mike's Pastry on the Freedom trail.


"Nubble Lighthouse" at York Beach, Maine.


My birthday dinner at Dockside Restaurant in York, Maine.


Yummy lobster!


Dave's lobster waves "Hi"