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Parenting Vacation Week Highlights
Sep. 6th, 2018 10:33 amJethrien and I had a whole week to ourselves while ARR was at “camp” with my parents. (Having a glorious time and eating all the things, by all accounts.) We tried to make the most of it by having a bunch of date nights.
Tuesday: We tried to go to Broa, but it was inexplicably closed. Instead we tried Gringo's (near Grove Street). It’s good and we had fun, but it's noisy and the food at Orale is better. I did have the most ridiculous taco ever, a fried chicken finger in what was effectively a waffle cone with cilantro and maple syrup. (And I appreciated that the taco plates are small, which meant Jethrien and I could get several and try them all.) Their salsa selection was lovely and even the spicy ones were good; their guacamole selection was lacking.
Wednesday: Mithrigil’s performance at Sid Gold’s Request Room. She did a fantastic job; she sounded great and her banter was well-put-together. The food there is decent, if a bit heavy (it’s bar/comfort food), and I do like their drink selection. I wish it hadn’t been like swimming through soup to get there; I suspect the turnout would have been better if people were more willing to leave their houses.
Thursday: Crazy Rich Asians is a hoot, and Jethrien noted that it was nice to see a comedy for adults, without vomit or pratfalls. (They also clearly expected a heavily female audience, as the beefcake is even more front-and-center than the last Thor movie.) I did need to read an explanation of the mahjong scene afterwards, as I know nothing of mahjong and it was clearly deeply symbolic.
Friday: The Archer, a bar/restaurant that won us with the promise of game meats. We had duck poutine, venison cheesesteak and smoked wild boar pasta; all of them fantastic. We can’t take ARR here but I’d totally go back.
Saturday: Didn’t get out of bed until almost 11am.
ARR returned on Saturday afternoon, so I spent a chunk of that evening being climbed on. On Sunday I helped Mithrigil move into her new place, then we hosted a mini-party for B and J’s daughter’s first birthday. On Monday I took ARR to Liberty Science Center, then I took an afternoon nap to recover while he and Jethrien wrote a book. (The Arthur exhibit had several fake books, and we were disappointed that we couldn’t read “The Zombie Substitute Teacher.” So now they’ve written it.) Jethrien and ARR came to my office for lunch on Tuesday and then went to an afternoon of school orientation stuff, and his first day of Kindergarden was yesterday.
Tuesday: We tried to go to Broa, but it was inexplicably closed. Instead we tried Gringo's (near Grove Street). It’s good and we had fun, but it's noisy and the food at Orale is better. I did have the most ridiculous taco ever, a fried chicken finger in what was effectively a waffle cone with cilantro and maple syrup. (And I appreciated that the taco plates are small, which meant Jethrien and I could get several and try them all.) Their salsa selection was lovely and even the spicy ones were good; their guacamole selection was lacking.
Wednesday: Mithrigil’s performance at Sid Gold’s Request Room. She did a fantastic job; she sounded great and her banter was well-put-together. The food there is decent, if a bit heavy (it’s bar/comfort food), and I do like their drink selection. I wish it hadn’t been like swimming through soup to get there; I suspect the turnout would have been better if people were more willing to leave their houses.
Thursday: Crazy Rich Asians is a hoot, and Jethrien noted that it was nice to see a comedy for adults, without vomit or pratfalls. (They also clearly expected a heavily female audience, as the beefcake is even more front-and-center than the last Thor movie.) I did need to read an explanation of the mahjong scene afterwards, as I know nothing of mahjong and it was clearly deeply symbolic.
Friday: The Archer, a bar/restaurant that won us with the promise of game meats. We had duck poutine, venison cheesesteak and smoked wild boar pasta; all of them fantastic. We can’t take ARR here but I’d totally go back.
Saturday: Didn’t get out of bed until almost 11am.
ARR returned on Saturday afternoon, so I spent a chunk of that evening being climbed on. On Sunday I helped Mithrigil move into her new place, then we hosted a mini-party for B and J’s daughter’s first birthday. On Monday I took ARR to Liberty Science Center, then I took an afternoon nap to recover while he and Jethrien wrote a book. (The Arthur exhibit had several fake books, and we were disappointed that we couldn’t read “The Zombie Substitute Teacher.” So now they’ve written it.) Jethrien and ARR came to my office for lunch on Tuesday and then went to an afternoon of school orientation stuff, and his first day of Kindergarden was yesterday.
