First- the kitchen
For all intents and purposes, the kitchen is done. It's not actually done as there are a number of little projects to do and I'm not ready to post the "after" pics. But I'm done updating and counting how many days it's been since we started. We've been working on it sporadically and it's functional now. I'll post more when we finally finish everything.
Day a million (Saturday)
1. Wipe/scrape off more grout haze
2. Put on first coat of grout sealer
3. Decide original application method just wasn't cutting it (Q-tip)
4. Switch to applying with a paper towel
5. Apply second coat of grout sealer
6. Wipe off any excess sealer
Next - the weekend
We had a pretty fun weekend. We grilled at home one night and watched a movie - Hugo. It was okay. The cinematography was beautiful (what it won an award for) and I loved that it took place in Paris. However, there were a lot of dogs and dogs barking in the movie, which definitely impacted our ability to enjoy it. Chester was constantly jumping off the couch and freaking out at the tv. He really needs to get over this phobia/aggression. I just don't know how to help him with it?
The other night we went to Fogo de Chao in downtown Minneapolis as part of Restaurant Week. It was just okay. We've been wanting to go for a while, and would discuss going every time we passed it on the way to a Twins game.
The service was excellent (minus the dessert issue) despite the fact that it was PACKED. The place is huge though. And the food was just okay. The premise of it is these chefs walk around with meat on sticks which they cut off for you if you want some. A lot of it was over done or not very warm. I'm not much of a carnivore myself, so the salad bar was probably my favorite part with all the gourmet cheeses. But I was surprised that Adam didn't love it. He tried almost every meat item though (like 14?). I don't know, it just did not seem worth it and you could definitely tell it was a chain. Maybe I'm a food snob, but I was not impressed.
And then there was the dessert issue. When we were done, a different server asked us as he was clearing our plates, "Did you save room for dessert?" Thinking it was like any other restaurant that asks you that to determine if they should bring out the dessert menu, we said no. At no point did he mention that hey, dessert is included with your meal. UGH! I paid for dessert that I didn't even get. And it was like a selection of gourmet desserts too. I didn't figure it out until I got home and looked at the menu online and saw it was included. I was kind of wondering when we were there because so many people had these awesome looking desserts, but I figured the waiter would have said something. He knew we had never been there before. I mean, come on, really? I'm still fuming!!! Can you tell? I have no desire to ever go back.
On Sunday, we had a family day with Adam's dad's side. We met at a bowling alley for a few hours. Now, I wasn't expecting to have much fun after my bowling fail the previous week. But surprisingly, I had a great time. Deep fried pickles may have helped. Oh, and the fact that after the first game, my bowling skills dramatically improved. I even had 2 (almost 3) strikes in a row! Unheard of for me. It was rather funny to go from a score of 33 in the first game (oh yes, it was gutter ball city), to over 100 in the 3rd game. We played 3.5 games in 2 hours.
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| Adam won! And I brought up the rear |
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