Sunday

Today, we managed to get out of the house to watch the Packer game.  I pointed out to Dawn that we'd been indoors since Friday afternoon, and the house is only so big.  So we got up, and went to the Fox and Hound, the same place where I saw the Packers take on the Dallas Cowboys.  We were a bit late, and I expected that we'd have to sit at the bar, but when we got there, there were whole open sections.  So much so, we got to dictate what games we wanted to see.  So, we sat, facing each other, looking over the other ones shoulders at our respective football games.  Because I know that I cannot describe the events of the football games without the express written consent of the NFL, I'll just say I'm in a good mood after watching the Packers, Dawn is not in such a good mood after watching the Jaguars.

The F&H was okay.  I don't know what they expected, but there wasn't enough waitstaff by the end of the first round of games.  I overheard the waitress tell another table it was going to be an hour wait for food and we easily went more than twenty minutes without seeing our waitress.  After we got our $50 bill, four beers, two appetizers, two burgers, Dawn reminded me again about the price of Satellite TV.

You know, I was always disturbed by the bathrooms in Athens.  Even in the nicest places, the bathrooms could always be a little sketchy.  I would joke that I was going to start a journal that reviews bathrooms.

The F&H bathrooms are well appointed, clean, looks as if they can handle four at a time, which is good for a restaurant of it's size.  the floors, sinks, urinals were clean.  They did have newspapers up in front of the urinals.  This may be a personal thing, but I don't get that.  I'm usually standing closer than I would hold a paper to read, and I'm not standing there long enough to read the whole thing.  Overall though, I would give the bathrooms 4 out of five stars.  

I've been experimenting some with dinners lately.  This week I made Risotto for the first time.  It's not a great challenge to do this, but it definitely is not something I would've been able to make two years ago.  I even did it with HEB bag-o-risotto.  worked my arm out, but a good meal came of it.  I also made Jessica Alba's enchiladas.  (That is not an innuendo.)  They were good, worth keeping the recipe, and making again.  But I wold like to know what's in canned chili sauces.  Is that something I could make myself?  Is it worth the effort?  I know, for example, boxed mac-n-cheese is cheap and easy, but i think the mac-n-cheese I make is much better.  So, if anyone knows, let me know.

John