Wicked Cool

My daughter and I had a lot of fun on Friday a La Vie Boheme.  Lots of cookies sold and I met a really talented artist who does drawings in ink.  The music was great and yes the girls did get up and sing, but not my daughter.....at the very last moment she chickened out, but in the end they all had fun so that is really all that matters.

On another note, my husband and I really had no plans for this Valentine's Day weekend....partly because he works a crazy schedule and we never are quite sure how tired he will be or I will be for that matter!  Sucks to get older, you just can't run yourself ragged and expect to recover like you used to.  So as usual we had to make our plans spur of the moment!

Since our daughter was invited over to a friends house yesterday/evening....We decided to try out a local restaurant that some of our friends have been raving about.  Of course with it being Valentine's Day weekend we thought how perfect is that.  So at 5:15pm I called the restaurant....."ZABROSO" and made a 5:30pm reservation.  Good thing it isn't far from our house.  The restaurant is housed in part of the Oneida Community Mansion House here in Oneida that once was the home to the religious based perfecionist community that was started by John Humphrey Noyes.  The Mansion is a 93,000 sft. property that operated between 1848-1880.   Enough on the history lesson......this picture to the left is the part of the building that "ZABROSO" is housed in and this is the restaurant's entrance. 
The atmosphere in this place is simply awsome!  Between the interior of the great old architecture and the european decor it definetly sets the stage for the food that is to be indulged in.  Let me give you a taste of what my husband and I had last night.  The menu was a special offering for the holiday.  We started out with a small appetizer of swordfish on a bed of quinoa salad....this was then followed by our choice of goat cheese and pear tartlett with greens and balsamic vinagrette......we then had our main course.  I chose lamb chops on a bed of rice spiced with cumin and laced with chunks of butternut squash and spinach, while my husband had the hanger steak that is topped with a avocado sauce and a side of mashed potatoes. ( He wants to thank our friend Ramona for that suggestion).  We ended the meal with of course a dessert that was to die for and you know that here at Footie's Goodies we like our sweets.  We both chose the molten chocolate cake with jalepenos and hot vanilla sauce with a side of chocolate ice cream.  That was a mouth full to say.  I have to state that we give that meal 5 stars out 5 stars!  We will definetly go back.  If you want more info about the Oneida Community Mansion House or Zabroso go to: ocmh@oneidacommunity.org