Last Weekend through This Weekend

Last weekend was The Weekend of the Wisners.  Could be a movie title :)  Friday night we joined Lenny and Jill at Sato, a regular haunt of ours for Japanese.  We had some of our usuals:  Salmon sashimi, shrimp coated with crunchy garlic, naruto roll (no rice or seaweed-fish rolled in cucumber) and WAY too many large hot sakes.  Fun, Fun, Fun!

Saturday night, once again, we went out with Jill and Lenny to one of our favorite places in the City:  El Quijote on 23rd Street:  Garlic soup (of course), salad with blue cheese and their house vinaigrette; lobster-broiled and out of the shell in green sauce, mariscos in green sauce (mixed seafood) and Michael's favorite: Arroz con Pollo.  We took a walk through Eataly and all was well.  

Sunday was Mother's Day and Michael and I went to the cabana to finish opening, and lo and behold: Jill and Lenny showed up! We spent an hour or so with them and they left for their cousin's house and we went to Dani's.

I made a new recipe from a new cookbook this week:  The book is:  Food and Wine Quick from Scratch Chicken and the recipe is:  Chicken thighs over lentils with chorizo.  Yummy!

This Friday night we met Jill and Lenny :) and Sue and Steve Boyle and Lisa and Evan Spilke at Dirty Pierre's on Continental Avenue.  I know what you're thinking...yes we've been advised of mice BUT it's been so long since we've been there that we felt it was safe to try it again.  The mussels are amazing (so everyone says, I don't eat them) but the broth they are in is really good.  I had goat cheese salad which is terrific with bacon and onions, Michael had Jerk Chicken.  Others had burgers, chicken breast and fajitas.  They all enjoyed margaritas (several), vodka with club soda, vodka with a splash of 7-Up and I had two Red Stripes. Yippee!  Afterwards we walked to a pasticceria nearby for dessert and coffee, said our goodbyes and Michael and I stopped at Joe and Denise's new house to wish them congratulations on moving and also to wish Joe a happy birthday!

Tonight Michael and I are going to Leslie's daughter Isabelle's birthday party!  We are bringing the usual Kendall Jackson Chardonnay, Cantina Zaccagnini Montepulciano, Ciao Angelo cheese and bread.  It will be a fun evening with good friends!!