Out and About

We've been out quite a bit this weekend, and to places more exciting than usual. I think it's good for us, especially since we've been missing having the kids around.

Friday night, Bruce said let's go to the little Russian restaurant and then see a movie.  We had some amazing food … Borscht, Cheburki, Chicken Stroganoff, and something they just called Dessert. Afterwards we went to see The Grand Budapest Hotel, which Bruce said reminded him of a combination of Napoleon Dynamite and a Cohen Brothers film. I'm not sure I totally understood what was going on, but it did get a 4 star rating.

Last night, we went out with someone Bruce works with, along with his wife. We ate at a place called the Cheeky Monkey in St. Paul. They had Rabbit Pie on the menu, which looked to be just vegetables (and rabbits eat vegetables, so it made sense) but when I asked, they said it did actually have rabbit meat in it. We opted for Shepherd's Pie. (Bruce said he liked my Shepherd's Pie better which was another good husband comment)  We then went to see the Minnesota Rollergirls at Wilkins Arena. At half time they had a little band that played polka music and people got up to dance. We stayed up in the bleacher area, and did our own version of the Chicken Dance. We didn't get home until midnight and as we were walking out to the car, I heard someone call out my name … turned around and it was a couple of friends from college. Fun!

It's back to our normal routine today, getting a few things done for the upcoming week and hanging out with the animals. The snow is melting and they say it might even reach 70 degrees by Wednesday! I'm thinking that it just might be time to fire up the grill. Life is good!