Pricey Barf | Green Dog Wine

March 25, 2009 | Filed in: Uncategorized

Hi lovelies! Long time no blog!

How are things?? Things are flying by over here for me – we are 2 days down, 2 to go with our meetings, and I’ve been getting totally spoiled with some AMAZING food – so I’ll just get to it for ya!

Monday night – we went to Wine Bar in Rocky River (this is where I was supposed to go for my birthday dinner with my friend Steph but I had to cancel because I was sick – boo!) picture-0086 I LOVE THIS PLACE! And for the type of restaurant it is – the menu is really reasonably priced. We started off with a bottle of red, and a bottle of white (Billy Joel, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant anyone? C’mon – gimme some Billy lovin’!) picture-0073 I also got to try a small pour (see the cute little glass on the left!) of Malbec which I’ve heard a lot about but had never tried! I was a fan!

We split the “Wino fries” as an appetizer – they are soooo good, and they have malt vinegar in an easy to pour bottle! picture-0095 I have been absolutely craving calamari lately – so when I saw it on there menu, served with 3 different homemade specialty sauces – well – I couldn’t pass it up. picture-0115 This was PHENOMENAL! The dips totally made the dish. The one in the back was roasted red pepper, then ancho chili lime, and then up front was sweet chili garlic. All 3 were absolutely phenomenal – although….I TOTALLY STANK of garlic until about 5pm the next day – it took 24 hours to wear off that’s how strong this stuff was!

Breakfast yesterday – the usual… picture-0135 Follow up with some Dave’s Cosmic Subs for lunch: picture-0143 If you have a Dave’s by you, and you haven’t tried it – GO DO IT NOW! I love this place – I feel like I could eat a whole deli tray myself some days!!

For dinner yesterday – we got to head to downtown C-town, and try out XO Steakhouse (fancy fancy place – this is where a bunch of the Cavs like to eat!) picture-0165 Started with some Sauv Blanc like always! (and proceeded to have 3 more!) picture-0153 We had a special menu to choose from – so for my “starter” I picked the Caesar salad: picture-0183 and for my meal I went with the Bell & Evan chicken – it had a smoked mozzarella sauce, prosciutto – and I can’t remember what else… picture-0201 …but this dish knocked my socks off! (LOL – I couldn’t resist saying something silly!) I honestly wanted to devour the whole thing – and it was perfectly salty for my taste!

And of course - here’s a few shots of my and all my wonderful work friends enjoying ourselves!! picture-0125 picture-0195 and a blurry one of me and Kris! picture-0213 So why is the title Pricey Barf you may ask yourself? Oh, allow me to explain.

After going non-stop all day yesterday – I got home after midnight, plopped down on the couch, and decided I was going to eat my leftover chicken from the restaurant. Long story short – there was a huge chicken bone – Lando got it (because I’ve raised her to be a heathen), and swallowed the whole.huge.thing.in.one.gulp. (That’s what she said – would be funny here, if this weren’t a story about my dog almost dying).

I freaked.

She threw up a teeny tiny bit right there, and then started yelping out in pain (while trying to keep throwing up), and freaking out too. So I called the emergency vet number – and they said to bring her in. By 1:30am -we were finally back home.

A little bit of pain for Lando, and $157 later for me – that was the most expensive damn dog barf I’ve ever seen.

She fools you into thinking she’s cute, doesn’t she? picture-0014 Don’t be fooled.

Off to meetings – see ya again in a few days – HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT WEEK!!!

25 Comments so far
Leave a comment

Aw, look at your pup!
I really like your blog, have been reading it for a few weeks. I’m going to add it to my Blog Roll. Check out my new site if you get a sec (www.walkinthisworld.com)!

Search

Content

Archives