After that enjoyable week off, we got back into our normal routine of “nothing” this past weekend.  I dropped comfortably back into my normal Friday happy hour schedule at Relish, with a few hours on their nice patio.  After that we went home and ordered delivery from Mountain Mikes pizza, which I’ve wanted to try since we moved here.  I’d say it was just as marginal as any other pizza we’ve had here, with the added bonus of bringing it to my door, so it’s officially in the ordering rotation now.

Saturday was the dreaded “shopping” day.  Gotta do it sometime I guess.  We’d effectively emptied the fridge before leaving town the week before, so we needed a full restock.   That, of course, meant the dreaded Costco trip, ugh.  After we circled the aisles a few times, though, we decided there was no way we were going to wait in the checkout lines so we ended up just leaving.  Guess we’ll be eating out or making nightly grocery runs this week, which actually we usually do anyway.  After that we took a trip to Lowe’s, again buying nothing, then went by the new house to check up on the progress.  After all that pointless driving, we decided to stop by this Farmer’s-Market-looking place just outside of town.  We’ve driven by this place countless times, but never stopped, preferring to just pick up our produce at the store.  Well, we didn’t feel like going to the store, so we decided this was the day.  Alas, the one day we finally made it a point to go there, they were having their annual “Strawberry Festival.”  Apparently it’s a semi-big deal, as we had to park out in the middle of some distant field and hike all the way to the grounds, only to find a bunch of vendor booths selling jewelry and stuff once we finally go there.  Any produce they may have had earlier in the day was long gone.  Sigh, off to the good ol’ grocery store.  We picked up some Copper River salmon for dinner, and fixed it on the grill.  First time I’d ever plunked down the extra coin for this supposed delicacy, and it was indeed a tasty piece of fish.  Worth the 3x premium over the Atlantic salmon right next to it in the case?  I’d probably be hard-pressed to go that far, but at least I can say I’ve tried it now.  After dinner we settled in for a movie night.  Bad Grandpa was the selection for the evening.  I guess I must found it at least moderately entertaining, as I actually stayed awake through the whole thing.

Sunday looked like some particularly nice weather, so we decided to head out on one of our local brewery tours.  After negotiating some nasty construction tie-ups, our first stop was at Rubicon Brewing.  We hadn’t actually been to the brewery itself, but we’ve had their brews before, so our main focus was the lunch menu.  It was definitely delicious, but their portions were a little over the top.  The first thing we ordered was a large guacamole, to tide us over until the food arrived.  I guess it’s our fault for not asking how big a “large” was, but I swear it came out in a mixing bowl.  I’ve never seen so much green goop in my life.  We should have just called it a meal and been done, but of course we then ordered sandwiches too.  We were so full by the time we left it nearly ended our entire day, but we fought through the adversity like troopers, and headed off to Track Seven.  This one featured the seemingly popular format around here of opening a brewery in a warehouse row, then throwing the overhead doors open and pouring some pints.  Hey, it works for me, even if the surrounding scenery is a bit bland.  At any rate it was a fun place, but we were so stuffed it was definitely a one-and-out stop.  After that it was on to New Glory brewing.  We’d been to that one before, but it’s a nice place (another warehouse) and is right on the way home, so it made the list.