Adventures in P-Town
I hadn't been to Portland since Christmas and I'm leaving on a 3 week trip to South America later this month so I thought I would head down to Portland before I leave. Richard and I left for PDX on Friday afternoon and the highlight of the drive down was Richard's Cingular wireless modem that gave me internet connectivity while driving. I <heart> my geek!
Friday night we met friends at one of my favorite restaurants in Portland,Bombay Cricket Club. It was a chance to catch up and for Maureen and I to celebrate our birthdays since they are 5 weeks apart. I also got to see my friend Ken and meet his new lady, Amber.
The food wasn't as good as I remembered, but the lamb shahi and chicken tikka masala were still tasty. Of course it's all good after enjoying a mango margarita!
Saturday included lunch at the Benson hotel and some furniture shopping to solve our growing space problem in my condo. We decided to stay in for dinner and expose my parents to Richard's passion for terrine cooking and share a mutual passion for wine. Coincidentally, all of the wines we drank were from the year 2000 and we nearly polished off 4 bottles! We started with a zin, moved to a spanish red, then a chilean blend and finally an ice merlot that Richard picked up in Canada. As always, the terrine was outstanding, though we had so much wine I'm not sure we would have known the difference! We received confirmation a couple days later from dad and Nana that the leftovers were tasty so apparenty the wine didn't cloud our judgement.
Sunday was family day so we took my grandpa to his favorite restaurant, the HomePlace, stopped by to see my aunt and uncle and brought my Nana back to enjoy dinner with her before driving back to Seattle. We ordered my favorite pizza in Portland, Pizzicato. I like them because they create pizzas with an interesting variety of fresh and gourmet toppings and I never get that guilty feeling I get after eating pizza soaked in fat and grease from other pizza restaurants.
It was a good weekend with lots of eating for Richard and I and lots of love for Tapas as he's always a big hit with my family!
