They came up Friday afternoon. Mom and I ducked out and went to Home Goods and World Market, looking for nothing but finding a few fun things like pretty cocktail napkins, cute wrapping paper for my upcoming bridal and baby showers, and a little plastic basket to put under my sink for my sponges. I know it sounds trivial but sometimes it's the small things that make the biggest difference! A couple of those little sticky things and voila! no more yucky sponges on the counter. Friday evening was fairly low key, which was perfect. We went just down the road to Falls Church and Mad Fox Brewing. We were able to watch the Carolina and VCU basketball games, have some good beer and food. Dad loved the mussels and spinach salad. Mom and I got pizzas - she had the fig and balsamic blue cheese and I got the cabonara with prosciutto, caramelized onions, mozzarella with a cracked egg. Both were wonderful, and made for great leftovers! Husband had the frickles (fried pickles) and the frickle burger, the special for the day. It was a great evening!
Saturday was a lazy day. Husband went for a run while we all sat around and caught up Giada and other shows. After Wegmans subs and a little yard work, we broke and the boys went one way and Mom and I went the other. We rode out to Aldie to the beautiful Bella Villa store. Last time I visited this store it was in a different, much smaller location. It's an adorable store with lots of beautiful things. I found this great 2 tiered iron planter that I had to have. I'm really looking to spice up our boring back deck this summer, and this is going to be perfect. I can't wait to put plants in it!
Saturday night we went downtown to celebrate Mom's birthday. We took her to one of our favorite restaurants, Siroc. While there weren't any celebrity sitings, the food was fantastic. We had the best table in the restaurant, in a back little corner.
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| photo from Siroc's website |
Mom and I started with the arugula salad with gorgonzola, golden beets, and pine nuts - yum. Husband and dad shared appetizers. One was the beef rolls with portabella mushrooms, polenta and gorgonzola cream. The other was rabbit sausage with cabbage, potatoes and black truffle sauce.
For dinner, 3 of us had pastas and dad had fish. One of my favorite things about this restaurant is that you can do 2 half pasta orders. It's the best when you can't make up your mind! Husband and I had the saffron fettuccine with bolognese of beef tenderloin and pancetta - it was fantastic. Husband and mom both had the butternut squash cappelacci with sage butter and raved about it. Mom and I both also had the raviolini with gorgonzola and pistachio cream. Oh man. Dad had the branzino, which is a light white fish and said it was really good. The wine also was great - we got a good recommendation from the waitress. The food, wine, and service was all fantastic! We got a couple of deserts too - and while they were good, they weren't as good as the rest of the meal.
Sunday was another quiet day. We did some travel planning for our fall trip to Barcelona. My parents are going to join us for the week in Spain before we head to southern France for a week. We got their flights booked and our apartment in the city for the week. For lunch we went to Dogfish Ale House in Fairfax, one of our staple weekend locations. The food is always good, staff is friendly and of course beer is good! Then at halftime of the VCU game, they packed it up and headed south back to Richmond. The rest of the day was full of some spring cleaning, watching husband try to install the new big black box thing (receiver) and Apple TV, basketball, and getting ready for the week.
I love having my parents come to visit! It's great having them here, and Pearly Sue too!
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