Labor Day Weekend is made for Food Pron!

[cabenson]

Hello LJ, how ya been? Me? Oh, I've been busy gazing at Otalia vids and pulling my hair out as I wait for the storyline to come to a less-than-satisfying end.

Also planning the trip to NYC and praying that I have a good weekend and don't hold the group back because of my breathing and general inability to walk far distances. Thank god I got over my fear of the subway!

Had a four day weekend and it was LOADED with parental visits and or phonecalls. And with parental visits comes good eats and with good eats, comes food pron for the masses:



Daddy #3's 1965 Corvette Stingray which he only gets to drive when he visits Ohio in the summertime.


The back-end. He took me for a ride in it once...I wasn't impressed. Not a great ride for one with chronic back issues.

We couldn't stop talking about desserts at Cap City Diner, so we decided to get a cup of soup each, then a big dessert for lunch:


He had the deep-dish apple pie with ice cream.And proceeded to whine about it having more apples than crust...thank god I was only around him for a couple hours.


I had the Cup of Hot Chocolate Lava Cake. I managed to eat about half. Which was good, cause once Daddy #3 hit the road, Mama CB came to town and that meant only one thing: Dinner at Marcella...

Didn't get pics of the apps, but we had sweet-sausage stuffed mushrooms, melon and prosciutto, and a big-assed meatball that we split four ways.


Mrs CB had Gnocchi with Lamb


MamaCB had Spaghetti al Carbonara- she got to mix the egg in herself


We got our best bud to come along and she had the Slab O' Lasagna


I had the Veal Marsala.

Then it was dessert time!!


Mrs CB had the Cherry Crustada


MamaCB had the Profiteroles- with choc, pistachio, and honey vanilla gelato


Best bud had the Afagato-honey vanilla gelato melted in espresso


And I had Honey vanilla gelato with cookies


followed by an espresso.

We rolled home, watched football all day Saturday, then headed out for brunch yesterday morning at Brio Tuscan Grille:


MamaCB had the Eggs Benedicto


Mrs CB had the Swordfish Special


and I had Pancakes and Berries with a vanilla cream glaze.

We all had little mini desserts but ate them so fast I had no time to take pics: Key Lime Pie for Mom, Chocolate Caramel Cake for Mrs. CB and a Caramel Creme Brulee for me.

Mom headed home yesterday afternoon and now it's just me, Mrs CB and the boys and hotdogs and chili for the day. Have a great, and safe holiday!!!