Childless Weekend

For the first time in 13 years we had no children for an entire weekend.

On Friday night we went to a Persian restaurant in Watertown, MA.  We started with the homemade pickles which were fabulous and homemade pita bread, which was average.  The waitress brought butter with the pita, which I thought was unusual.  I had a Persian chicken skewer dish with basmati rice and Adam and an eggplant stew like dish, which he really liked, and that also came with the rice.  I thought that the rice was the best part of the meal.  The restaurant tables and chairs were average, but the other diners ranged from families with young kids, to two to three couples dining together.  I would return here again.

On Saturday, after sleeping late, we did our errands which included buying a new lawn mower.  After 17 years, our Toro electric lawn mower, just didn't start.  It was already missing the grass bag.  Time for a new one.  This time we purchased a battery operated lawn mower.

We also went and saw Jurassic World at the Jordan's Imax Theater.  If you are going to see a movie that requires great sound, the Jordan's Imax Theater is great.  The sound MAKES this movie.  And even though you know when the dinosaur is going to try to get the humans, the sounds make it amazing.  An amazing movie theater.  And the dinosaurs were cool too!

Then off to dinner at Vinebrook Tavern in Lexington, MA.  We started off with homemade cornbread (amazing and dense and buttery) and a tomato salad with burrata cheese (yum).  I then had seared scallops with mushroom risotto and Adam had a tofu taco with a side of amazing corn.  It is a farm to table restaurant that we can bring the kids to when they return.

On Sunday we were going to go to the SOWA market, however the tropical downpours changed our plans.  Instead we went to The Biscuit, which used to be Panini's.  This is where we used to go to eat back when we were dating. . . . and home of the original lemon scone, which I had for breakfast.

Sunday was a great day to watch a movie . . . . . I watched, You're Not You, We Bought a Zoo and A Few Good Men.  Flipping the TV brought me to A Few Good Men, and I just can't flip the movie off until I hear Jack say "You can't handle the truth."

And we are also speeding through season three of House of Cards.