Monday, April 09, 2007
Hurricane Season
You know "it cleans you out, and then you can go on." That was my weekend. Friday night started at Fellini's with Steve and our awesome waiter Chad. I had been to Fellini's several times for brunch, but this was my first dinner experience. I honestly think I could've just had their pre-dinner bread all night and been fine. It is that good. But not having eaten all day, I decided that dinner was needed and ordered the roasted chicken. It was fine, but being in an Italian restaurant, I should've ordered a pasta dish. Hindsight is always 20/20. Steve ordered the pork dish and seemed to enjoy it. What truly 'made' the dinner was the atmosphere. Fellini's is dimly lit and, for lack of a better word, homey. After dinner, we ventured to Revolutionary Soup for a comedy show benefit for the Shelter for Help in Emergency. Most comics were local and just okay, but there were a couple of standouts, Erik Monical, and the last guy, a professional comic whose name I can't remember, but I do remember he was darn funny. Good laughs for a good cause. You can't beat that.
Then Saturday is was lunch with my friend Melissa at Shebeen. I had never been there for lunch, and didn't realize how different their lunch menu is from the dinner one. We both had salads, which were really good. (You honestly can't go on too long about salads, can you?) While there, we discussed our plans for getting a tent at the Pink Ribbon Polo Match in June. It is a great event at King Family Vineyards, which benefits the breast cancer programs at UVA and Martha Jeff. We will be there and hope you will be, too. You can find info at www.pinkribbonpolo.com.
Easter Sunday, it was off to the parents' house in Martinsville. Visiting my parents is always an 'event.' No matter how many people are going to come over, my mother fixes enough food to feed everyone in Martinsville and the surrounding county. She also plans a big Easter egg hunt, even though the only kid coming over is my cousin's little boy, Colby. I always tell my mother that she overdoes it, but honestly I don't know what I would do if she didn't. She has been like this since I can remember, and I would be afraid that she was really ill if she ever said "Oh, let's just order out this Easter." I left there stuffed and exhausted. Needless to say, the 3 hour drive home for Steve was a little lonely, since stuffed + exhausted=sleeping in the car for me.
So, after a full and tiring weekend, I am ready to take it easy for a couple of days. By Thursday, I should be ready for the UVA Club Annual Gala (www.uvaclubs.com/cville/gala.htm). On Friday, another birthday dinner for me (even though my birthday was March 26th), and Saturday is Daughtry at Starr Hill. Seems my hurricane season happens every weekend!
Happy Monday! - A
Then Saturday is was lunch with my friend Melissa at Shebeen. I had never been there for lunch, and didn't realize how different their lunch menu is from the dinner one. We both had salads, which were really good. (You honestly can't go on too long about salads, can you?) While there, we discussed our plans for getting a tent at the Pink Ribbon Polo Match in June. It is a great event at King Family Vineyards, which benefits the breast cancer programs at UVA and Martha Jeff. We will be there and hope you will be, too. You can find info at www.pinkribbonpolo.com.
Easter Sunday, it was off to the parents' house in Martinsville. Visiting my parents is always an 'event.' No matter how many people are going to come over, my mother fixes enough food to feed everyone in Martinsville and the surrounding county. She also plans a big Easter egg hunt, even though the only kid coming over is my cousin's little boy, Colby. I always tell my mother that she overdoes it, but honestly I don't know what I would do if she didn't. She has been like this since I can remember, and I would be afraid that she was really ill if she ever said "Oh, let's just order out this Easter." I left there stuffed and exhausted. Needless to say, the 3 hour drive home for Steve was a little lonely, since stuffed + exhausted=sleeping in the car for me.
So, after a full and tiring weekend, I am ready to take it easy for a couple of days. By Thursday, I should be ready for the UVA Club Annual Gala (www.uvaclubs.com/cville/gala.htm). On Friday, another birthday dinner for me (even though my birthday was March 26th), and Saturday is Daughtry at Starr Hill. Seems my hurricane season happens every weekend!
Happy Monday! - A
# posted by Angie @ 9:01 AM 
