Happy Friday! I cannot believe that it’s the first of September! It was a pretty busy and fun week! Summer is officially winding down with our last weekend before school starts! I’m hoping to enjoy these last few days before the crazy schedules begin. Here are five from this week:
1. Sushi Lunch – Sunday my daughter had a rare day off. Knowing that this was our last opportunity to go out to eat together as a family before school started, we asked the kids where they wanted to go. They both agreed on Kura Revolving Sushi. We got there super early and enjoyed delicious sushi without a wait! We enjoy this place so much, that there’s an entire post on the blog about the restaurant. Then we headed to the Palisades Mall to do some back-to-school shopping for them.
2. Eating – Saturday I was in Danbury shopping and picked up some Crumbl cookies. I hate that these are so expensive, but they are so good!
This weekend we visited Sweet E’s, a new ice cream shop that opened this summer in Cold Spring. My husband and I shared this homemade cider doughnut stuffed with honey lavender ice cream. It was soooo good!! They have homemade ChocoTacos and mini ice cream cone flights that I need to go back and try!
I don’t think that I’ve ever posted about these Trader Joe’s corn chips. I’ve been eating them all week at lunch with my Chik’n Caesar Wraps. They have a little kick to them but are very flavorful. Be careful though, the packaging of the regular corn chips looks very similar to these. I’ve made the mistake of getting the regular corn chips by mistake and being very disappointed!
At The Dave Matthews Tribute Band (see below) I enjoyed this shrimp roll from Captain Lawrence. It was surprisingly very good!
3. Reading – This week I finished reading Hot Dog Taste Test (for the food related book) and Tokyo Ever After (for the location in title book). These are for my library summer reading BINGO challenge or I would have never picked them up on my own! Tokyo Ever After was actually a pretty cute YA book.
4. Cooking – Not a lot of cooking this week! We made Grilled Goat Cheese Stuffed Zucchini with Caesar salad and roasted potatoes and Creamy Shrimp Pasta with Corn and Tomatoes. Tonight we have homemade pizza.
5. Watching – My husband and I are watching Only Murders in Building (Hulu) and Top Chef (Peacock).
I’ve been watching the first season of The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime). I read the first book in the series ages ago and don’t remember it at all. It’s very teen oriented but I’m really enjoying it. Plus, I’m still watching my Housewives (RHONY and Orange County).
6. Trivia Night – Tuesday night we went back to DogHaus for another trivia night. Sadly, this time we didn’t come anywhere near close to winning! But they have good food and serve lots of local beers.
7. Field Hockey Game – My daughter had her first field hockey game of the season. It was against the best team in the area. They aren’t even in our school’s league, since their district is so much larger than ours. So, they didn’t win, as expected. But, I’m glad they played this team first, and they have the rest of the season to win!
8. The Dave Matthews Tribute Band – Last night after the field game we went to the Kensico Dam to see the Dave Matthews Tribute band. This was a free concert put on by the Westchester County Parks Dept. It brought back such great memories of high school and college when I was very into DMB! The band was so good and sounded just like the real Dave Matthews Band!
ICYMI this week on the blog:
Wednesday I posted September Events in Westchester County.
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A yummy looking week! I hope you all enjoy your holiday weekend.