I haven't written in so long I had trouble finding my blog, yipes!!! Today I am in heaven ... well maybe not exactly heaven ... but a beautiful place in Bend Oregon. We're staying at a lovely resort a bit above the town in a condo in the trees ... flowers, pathways ... etc. The air is beautiful with a slight breeze. I came to the office to get some extra coffee packets and I am using their computer. A nice woman just brought me a fresh cup of coffee and 2 choc chip cookies .... I could get to like this. They are so nice, expecially when one is a paying customer ... well, that was a bit snarky -- I'm sure they're nice anyway. The place we wanted to go for dinner last night was a bit, uhhmmm, pricier that the internet menu ... so we wandered down the street to where some folk were sitting outside eating. It was a little bar/grill that served Mexican & Peruvian food. Wonderful .... the game was on the TV and the waiters were all rooting for Miami as we were. It was fun. Con had chili rellanos which he always tries when in a new restaurant - good. I have some Peruvian pork/tomato dish that I couldn't pronounce. It was very good -- too much food -- and it came with cilantro rice. The rice was great, I'm going to try making it at home ... I love the flavor of cilantro and lime.
Since we were on vacation (how often do I use that term?) I thought I'd surprise Con and order dessert which was a flaming banana dish over ice cream. They made it at the table with a little gas burner and a fry pan where the waiter heated up butter, brown sugar, then added sliced bananas and coated them. When it was good and hot, he tossed in 3 different types of liquor -- one at a time and we watched them flame. It was very cool. When it was flaming, he keep sprinkling cinnamon onto the flame and it would sparkle. It was great -- the show was worth the $14 cost. So we ate as much as we could and then waddled back to our resort.
So tonight it will be tuna sandwiches for dinner and a stroll around the lake. Shuuuurrrrrrrrrr. "We're on vacation and that means EAT!
