5 years, wow, it's gone by pretty fast. I guess that's just the way it goes - the older we get, the faster time seems to fly by.
To celebrate our 5 year mark, I bought a really nice bottle of wine from Wine Authorities - a 2005 Ladera Cabernet Sauvignon.
I'd been meaning to check out Wine Authorities for a few months now. I drive past it everyday on my way home from work, on University Drive. I was really impressed with the wine selection and the 2 owners who were very friendly and knowledgeable. They had a free wine tasting while I was there, so I sampled 3 great wines. I bought one of them, a wine from Northern Spain that goes well with seafood - 2006 Espelt Saulo.
For dinner, I went to Whole Foods and bought (for the first time in my life) some Veal Rib Chops. GASP! I know there's some controversy about the humanity of raising veal, but....it was on sale, and I found a great recipe for it, so I figured, what the heck, I'm buying it. It's gotta be delicious. And it was. The recipe was called "Wood Grilled Veal Rib Chops With Wild Mushrooms"
Did I say the Ladera wine was excellent? No joke, the wine brought tears to my eyes when I first tasted it at the wine shop, and again, at the first sip at dinner! Here's a pic of our dinner just before we dug in and thoroughly enjoyed every bite.
So now we're watching one of our favorite movies - Sideways. Dialysis will be done in another 90 minutes, then bedtime!
Happy 3-day Memorial Weekend!
