The Weekend

the barn at gale woods farm …

There’s a lot of yummy stuff happening this weekend.

It’s the weekend of our Restaurant Week, so if you’re going to go out, why not choose a place that benefits our cities? Seriously, there are so many great choices: Cafe Twenty-Eight, The Sample Room, the new Spill the Wine, and Luci Ancora are all cool date locations.

Tonight I can’t hit RW because it is my friend Kevin’s 40th birthday and we’re doing it up sexy at the Graves. Of course I’m planning to sneak away from the soiree to check out some snacks at Cosmos, which I loved loved loved under Mr. Daugherty, but have yet to fully experience under Mr. Trojhan. I’ll report back next week on that one.

Saturday is busy. I’m getting to the Seward Co-op early to check out their annual CSA fair. Surely it will be packed, which is a beautiful thing. This year they’re bringing in some meat producers as well, so I’m seriously going to check out a bit of organic beef and meadow-raised pork. I’m a total kid with my CSA pick-up, it’s like a Happy FoodDay present just for me.

After that, I’m headed out to Gale Woods Farm to teach my kids how to lick a tree. It’s a working educational farm, so I’m hoping we can see some baby cows or pigs. This Saturday they are focusing on Earth Day, so we might plant some seeds, run through a scavenger hunt, or just sit and appreciate the ever-greening grass.

For the evening activities, we’re cooking for twenty. I really wanted to do a lobster and clam bake, but have you seen the price of lobster lately? And then there’s the whole digging a pit in my yard thing, for which I’m gung-ho, but apparently no one else is. I’ve done it stove-top before, but meh. But I think I can build a fire in the fire pit and maybe come up with a spit-roasting contraption. I’ll let you know how this one turns out…

Sunday is Earth Day. My 14 year-old son and I will probably go Geocaching. Yes, because we are huge dorks. But along the way, we pick up trash, re-fuel at local coffee shops, and munch on a kicked-up version of trail mix (+ wasabi peas, dark chocolate chips…). A good day on the planet.