The past two weeks have been pretty crazy with work and lots of birthday’s, plus the insanity of trying to get our house in “ok” condition for guests, mid remodel. Ive been tearing apart the foyer, rewiring everything and getting ready to drywall it, so it’s been a constant battle against the dust from the plaster.
My parents spent the weekend here for my mother’s birthday. It’s always fun when they come down because we do so many cool things. My stepfather and I have a love for beer so every time he comes down we try to plan a stop somewhere for a tasty brew. A bar in my neighborhood had a Dogfish Head Tap takeover this weekend so we were able to get down there for lunch and have a pint. We caught the Sabres game on Friday night at the arena and watched the Sabres beat Boston for the second time in a row. On Saturday night we went to one of the better restaurants in Buffalo, “Prospero”. Nicole and I had eaten here last year and we were both in agreement that this was perhaps one of the best restaurants in the city. It was amazing Italian food. My stepfather wanted to bring us out to dinner to celebrate my mom’s birthday, so I could not think of a better place. I was able to get reservations three weeks in advance but even with this much of an advance, we could only get in at 8pm. On Saturday, we got a call from the restaurant reminding us that they had a prefixed menu on Saturdays. I totally didn’t know anything about this and it was not on their website. Sightly annoyed I had to inform my mom that we were not going to get Italian. Don’t get me wrong, the specials on the menu were still good, but it was sort of a bummer that we wanted Italian food and we were told the day of the dinner that we couldn’t get it. Its not like I would have been able to get reservations anywhere else with that short of notice.
I took an afternoon nap Saturday, while Nicole and my Mom put back some wine and called “Prospero”. I’m not sure exactly what they talked about, but the place was going to make my mom a pasta dish, just for her! The restaurant is a class act, I highly recommend trying to get reservations there if you can.
Now that everything has slowed down, I should be able to get more posts up. I have some things I want to talk about this week, including a new Jazz Bar in Buffalo that we went to and my review of “Spotify”, a new service that I am in love with. That’s right, what has two thumbs and is legitimately paying for music? This guy.
Some Random weekend pics..
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| Center ice Friday Night, my mom’s xmas present for Henry. |
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| Sunday afternoon Mikkeller IPA’s at the Monk. That’s right, one of those IPA’s is Nicole’s :). |
