Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving! We spent the holiday at my sister’s in Maryland. My parents and brother were there and it was so nice to have the family together again! We have a fun weekend planned and are taking a little road trip. Catching up on two weeks so here are more than five from this week:
1.Birthday weekend – To celebrate my husband’s birthday we stayed at the Truman Gillett House Bed & Breakfast in Granby, CT. This is a historic home built in 1805 and was conveniently located to everything we wanted to do.
We had an amazing dinner at Present Company. Each dish was seriously delicious and so picturesque! This was black cod in sweet miso crust with seaweed succotash and a yuzu béarnaise!
And then Saturday we visited the New England Air Museum. My husband really wanted to visit here (he’s a huge history fan and enjoys building model airplanes). So we built his birthday trip around visiting the museum. It was neat that you were able to sit in some of the planes and helicopters.
2. Reading – This week, just in time for Hanukkah, I finished reading The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer. It seemed like she made reference to every single bit of Jewish food and culture which was pretty annoying. However, there are not many, if any other Jewish holiday books that I am aware of. I also read Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney which was a good suspense read!
3. Cooking – This week some of our favorite dinners included these Swedish Meatballs which I served with mashed potatoes and gravy and roasted green beans. We made them vegetarian by using Impossible grounds. I also made Thai-Inspired Tofu Rama in Peanut Curry Sauce and Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Vegetable Soup (but not in the slow cooker – she gives stovetop directions).
4. Watching – I watched Love Hard on Netflix this week. This romcom about catfishing was, eh. However, I did like that an Asian male was one of the main leads.
5. Dining Out – On our way home from Maryland we enjoyed lunch at Veganized in New Brunswick, NJ. This is an all vegan restaurant. This Mash-n-Gravy, made with crusted tempeh was tasty!
When we arrived in Maryland we made our annual Thanksgiving Eve visit to Aberdeen Korean Restaurant. I had my usual tofu bibimbap.
6. Hanukkah – we celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with homemade latkes and lighting the menorah.
7. Family Game Night – While we were in Maryland we played a bunch of games. I played Picwits with my nieces. We have this game too and it’s always fun to play. We also played Lord of the Rings Monopoly. As someone who has never read the books or seen the movies I didn’t really understand the details. We actually finished playing a game though, which rarely happens! My nieces had previously taken the playing tokens out to play with and couldn’t find them. So one of my nieces gathered up different toy figures for us to use (including that blue figure with the troll like hair on the board in the picture!). We also played Liver Pool Rummy. This was a card game that I played with my grandparents so it’s fun that my kids are learning to play. Card games are great multi-generational family games.
8. Maryland Hike and Waterfall – My husband and I did an early morning hike the day after Thanksgiving to Kilgore Falls. This is one of the highest waterfalls in Maryland. While it was pretty, it sadly doesn’t compare to all of New York’s beautiful and tall waterfalls!
ICYMI this week on the blog:
TuesdayI shared my updated Winter Outdoor Dining in Westchester County Post.
Sharing with Friday Favorites! Have a great weekend!
I would think it would be pretty hard for any waterfalls to live up to New York’s waterfalls! We’ve visited the New England Air Museum a few times and usually attend their homeschooling days. It is such a fun museum and there is so much to see and do there.