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iraunink and I went to TGIFriday's to try the Endless Appetizer special. The clientele was not what I would have expected at 7-8pm on a Saturday night. I saw a fairly even age distribution - at least two families with small children, a number of couples of our age or older, and just about anything in between. The background music was not loud, and the TV was playing what appeared to be Little League championships. The bar area was well-lit and quiet. This is not the TGIFriday's I know!

For anyone who's interested in the special - it's a per-person 'pick AN appetizer and get an unlimited number of them' - you're welcome to share with other's doing the same thing'. Go with a group.

iraunink and I went out to dinner Tuesday night. We went to Bagu, and split their Pirate's Platter.

We really liked it. We're thinking about going back some Thursday night for their all-you-can-eat sushi.

Which brings to mind a question - for those of you in the Twin Cities who like sushi, who else is doing all-you-can-eat sushi? How much and when?

iraunink has been wanting a road-trip since ... early September? I realized a couple of days ago that today or tomorrow would be a good time, and pointed this out to her.

She was up between 8:00 & 8:30 (or, as she would put it, oh-dark-thirty) this morning. For those of you who don't know her - she considers 10am the start of morning. She wasn't quite as eager as child on Christmas morning. I got up about 30 minutes later, we did some puttering, got ready, and walked the dogs.

We left the house shortly before 10. We went to Subway for breakfast, then took I-94 over to Wisconsin, where we caught state highway 35 south. Our intended destination was LaCrosse. We stopped at convenience store somewhere south of Prescott, where we got some snacks and two bottles of New Glarus Ale - one Cherry, one Raspberry Tart. We headed farther south, stopping at Maiden Rock Winery & Cidery. There we got two bottles of wine and four-pack of sparkling cider. We had lunch at Third Street Deli somewhere south of Maiden Rock. On the road again, and stopped at Seven Hawks Vineyards - there we got two bottles of wine. Headed further south, gave up before we got to LaCrosse and crossed back into Minnesota at Winona. Stopped at Falconer Vineyards and got three bottles of wine there.

We got home about 5pm, walked the dogs, and order pizza from Papa John's. Trick-or-treaters started showing up. Pizza got here, we had Falconer Vineyards LaCrescent wine with it.

It was a fun day.

I didn't have to go to work today! Yay! (Downside - I work 7am-7pm on Black Friday. I'm not certain this isn't a win.)

My weekend started on Wednesday - iraunink & I picked up elisem, and we went to Bakers Square for dinner.

Thursday iraunink took me to Burger King for lunch, then we went to JoAnne Fabrics where she bought some yarn, and then Don & Margo (WANOLJ) came over our weekly dinner get-together. They brought pork-chops & mashed potatoes & a sweet bread for dessert, we provided salad, veggies, and whipped cream (to enhance the dessert).

Friday was a quiet day at home - we never made it out of the house.

Saturday was a Minn-StF Meeting at fmsv & cowfan's. Much fun was had with their Player Piano. I was very happy I didn't have to go home to go to work - we didn't leave until 1:30 Sunday morning, at which point the group around the Player Piano was still going strong. IIRC, I played 1-12 rolls myself.

Today was get woken up by the dogs about 11am, two loads of laundry, get caught up on computer stuff, not accomplish as much as I wanted. Dinner was Bellatoria Supreme Pizza and Turning Leaf Riesling wine. I'm shortly headed for bed.

Pizza: California Pizza Kitchen Chicken Fajita
Wine: Northern Vineyards Lady Slipper (this is a semi-sweet rose from a Stillwater, MN vineyard)
TV: an Ace of Cakes episode

This is one of the reasons I really want a M-F 9-5ish job...

Movie: An Ace of Cakes episode from Food Network
Wine: Theodor Nicholas 2004 Liebfraumilch Rheinhessen
Pizza: Bellatoria Ultra Thin Crust Garlic Chicken Alfredo

Not much of a movie tonight - there was grocery shopping this morning, gaming this afternoon, and making my egg bake for twelve days worth of breakfast. Busy day!

Movie: Labyrinth
Wine: Moon Shadow Gewurztraminer 2005 California
Pizza: Archer Farms Ultra-thin Crust Margherita

TiVo catchup: Torchwood "Combat"
Pizza: Archer Farms Roasted Garlic Chicken thin crust
Wine: Charles Shaw Shiraz 2005

Movie: Tivo catch-up - Numbers "Thirteen"
Pizza: Archer Farms Ultra-thin Crust Barbecue-style Chicken
Wine: Sutter Home White Zinfandel 2005

Movie: The end of Schoolhouse Rock, Eureka Maneater, Dr. Who Utopia
Wine: Yellow Tail Shiraz 2005
Pizza: Roundy's Ultra Thin Crust Chicken Fajita (pretty good, and the store brand besides!)