That was a fairly entertaining weekend, as far as our usual weekends go anyway.  That is to say, we left the house a few times.  Things got off to a rough start on Friday when I had to work late.  I’m not complaining though, (or am I…) as that’s been a fairly rare occurrence lately, but it did throw me off my game a bit.  It added a mild bit of stress to the day too, as we had company at the house and everybody was waiting on me for dinner.  On the plus side, when I walked in the door I went straight to the table and sat down to some delicious baked lemon chicken.  Score!

Saturday was a fine example of a prime weekend day.  The weather was just about perfect, I think it topped out at 62 with plenty of sun.  We’ve got an ever-growing list of chores that need attended around the house, but you just don’t want to waste January weather like that, so we put the top down on the convertible and drove up the hill to Chateau Davell winery.  They just opened a new tasting room so we wanted to check that out.  Cool place, much roomier than their old spot, with better views and a lot of outdoor seating.  We even let Quinn run around a bit with one of the owners dogs, which he seemed to enjoy immensely.  It was a fun drive too, I must say the new/used car is a hit.  It even has some heat vents in the head rest so you stay nice and toasty with top down in cooler weather.  After that quick outing, we took Quinn back home and headed to dinner in Plymouth.  I felt like we kind of got cheated out of our anniversary dinner in San Francisco last weekend since we both were sick, so I made reservations at Taste for another try at celebrating.  We’ve been wanting to try that place for quite some time, and an anniversary seemed like as good an occasion as any.  It did not disappoint, everything was delicious.  Can’t wait to go again, although we’ll need another special event to justify it, as it’s a little (or a lot) outside our normal dining budget.  The only downside to the day was sports.  We recently disconnected our cable service, so we were excited that we got to watch both Mizzou basketball and the Chiefs on the Internet.  Our enthusiasm was rewarded with two real clunker games.  Geez.

Sunday the weather was still pretty darn nice, so we once again deferred our household chores.  We checked out a new pet store in the area, and then had a solid lunch at El Dorado Saloon.  Fine way to waste away an afternoon.  After a short nap, we had some friends over for dinner.  After getting out of the habit of cooking at home for a while, I feel like we’re slowly getting back into it.  I got myself some sweet new kitchen knives for Christmas, and I must say I enjoy using them.  For Sunday dinner I found a Tyler Florence recipe for Arroz Con Pollo that I thought sounded tasty, so that’s what we went with.  I didn’t notice until I actually got started cooking that the directions were messed up (step 2 is missing…) so I had to kind of wing that part, but it came out pretty tasty.