Fantastic Weekend!

We had a fantastic weekend! Friday night my Mom had us over for dinner. She made one of John's mom, Eleanor's recipes. It was macaroni noodles, tomatoes, onions and bacon. She also made a salad and canned green beans. We can't forget the garlic bread. She makes the BEST garlic bread. Mom had some Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc and a bottle of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Excellent choices and they were so yummy. We had a great cathartic talk during dinner, just the three of us. Then we decided to come back to our house to watch some music videos, such as Chris Cornell in Audio Slave. We listened to Sound Garten, Audio Slave, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Pearl Jam, and then pulled out the videos to Woodstock and the Monterey Jazz Festival and watched Joe Cocker sing his heart out and Ravi Shankar play his heart out.

Saturday we slept in, did some chores, and then went to The Chicago Theatre to see Anthony Bourdain from the Travel Channel's "No Reservations." He had an hour and 1/2 stand up talk with us and then took 30 minutes of questions from the audience. It was really fun. We stopped at the Halsted Street Deli next to The Chicago Theatre and shared a hot pastrami sandwich with swiss cheese and spicy brown mustard. It was the best!

Today my Mom and I went to the Confirmation Service at Church for our 2 secret prayer pals. It was a really touching and personal service. Each Confirmand was called up with their families putting their hands on them while a prayer was offered to bless their soul. I was in tears (of course!)

After church, my Mom came over for dinner. I made a filet mignon and a small baked potato for each of us and some Hot and Sour Soup. They loved it and it's so healthy. If anyone wants the recipe, let me know. We watched some Anthony Bourdain because we "caught the bug" last night.

The cats were really enjoying our company today. Dolly was extra "talkative." She really has come a long way in opening up to us. I think Aaron has really done some great "trust" work with her. He sings to her and walks around and around the kitchen table with her patiently. She loves the attention.

Back to work tomorrow...drag...I was having such a great weekend! Oh well.