Remember that pin cushion swap that I talked about the other week?

Well my exchange came in today. It’s SO awesome. I can’t wait to get to sewing again so that I can use it.

So, a couple of months ago I signed up for a crafting class run by one of my favorite bloggers. Of course, my life being my life I didn’t even finish a project before the class was over.

So now I’m playing catch up. This wreath project was one of the first projects in the class and I was so happy to make for my two favorite people.

They’re obviously pretty different from one another.

For the second night of restaurant week dinner date extravaganza Brandon and I headed out to Fog0 de Chao for all the meat we could eat. This is really one of the best deals on restaurant week, since a three course dinner for two costs only $50 during this week and I can’t even imagine how much it would cost regularly.

For those of you that haven’t been to a churrascaria before, let me explain.  You sit at your table with a small green and red token, while men in silly pants walk around and serve you delicious meat until you explode.

First Course:

Salad Bar- You know… lettuce, veggies, bread, dressings, chicken salad, cheese and sliced meats.

Cheese bread- Warm yummy bread stuffed with warm yummy cheese. I don’t know what more you could want.

Review: Ok, so maybe you’re not impressed at the sound of a salad bar, but this one was amazing. There are over 30 different items, and each one of them was amazing. I even know a certain VEGAN that likes to come to this STEAK HOUSE for the salad bar. Def try the basil salad dressing. The bread was also great. I’ve had this at another Brazilian place that I like to frequent and didn’t enjoy it, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Main Course:

Meats- Picanha, Filet Mignon, Beef Ancho, Alcatra, Fraldinha, Costela, Cordeiro, Frango, Costela De Proco, Lombo, Linguica

Side Dishes- Crispy polenta, garlic mashed potatoes, caramelized bananas.

Review: Holy meat, Batman. As a past pescatarian, I was a bit overwhelmed by the huge slabs circling around my head. I was especially partial to the lamb (my first time ever having lamb), the chicken cooked in bacon and the filet mignon cooked in bacon. But, above all that… let’s talk about the crispy polenta. What if we lived on a beach and ate crispy polenta everyday? We’d be queens, that’s what.

Dessert Course:

Key-lime pie

Turtle Cheesecake

Review- As far as dessert go, these were alright. Not amazing and life changing, not gross and soupy.

Drinks:

Xingu beer

Pinot Noir

Tonight was the first of my two-in-a-row restaurant week dinner dates. Tonight Lani, Amanda and I  headed out to Zengo, a Japanese Mexican restaurant in north downtown. In long, Zengo is a restaurant that mixes Japanese and Mexican food elements in order to create a new awesome fusion cuisine. In short, it was amazing. Here’s what we had:

Appetizers:

Angry Zengo Sushi Roll- Spicy Yellowfin Tuna, avocado, sesame-chipotle rouille, wasabi tobiko

Kobe Chorizo Quesadilla- Roasted corn, Oaxaca cheese, salsa verde, crema, avacado-tomatillo pico de gallo

Reveiw- The quesadilla was just a little overly spicy for me, but was still enjoyable. We all LOVED the sushi.

Main Course:

Pan Roasted Herbed Chicken Breast- Oaxaca mashed potatoes, shimeji mushrooms, baby bok choy, achiote-truffle sauce

Achiote Barbecued Salmon- Daikon-wasabi potato puree, broccolini, warm bacon ponzu, chipotle egg sauce

Review- The girls really loved the Salmon, and while it was very well cooked, I wasn’t crazy about the sauce. I really liked the chicken, and would probably have said that I loved it if I hadn’t already had so much chili sauce lately.

Dessert Course:

Chocolate Passion Fruit Mousse

Orange and Yuzu Custard with Pistachio Ice Cream

Mango Sorbet & Fresh Fruit

Review: Amanda really loves chocolate mousse. Lani really loved the mango sorbet. I really loved the pistachio ice cream and the crust on the custard. It turned out that I liked parts of each of the desserts, but wasn’t crazy about any of them as a whole.

Drinks:

We each had a glass of wine, one Roja, one Pino Grigio and one Riesling. I don’t know the names of the specific brands we got, but they were all very good.

Early last month I signed up on Freckled Nest for a pin cushion exchange and was matched with a cool girl name Michelle from Canada. As usual my crazy busy life caught up with me and I ran (1 day) late in getting it mailed out.

My original plan was to follow the multi layered fabric pin cusion DIY to the T, but when I got Michelle’s email and read that she loves yellow and kinda-goth things I decided on a completely different direction.

I went to the post office today and after a half hour in line finally got up to the desk. I hadn’t even thought about needing to fill out a customs sheet, and felt super silly when I had to declare what was in my package. The mailman thought it was pretty silly too.

I hope Michelle loves it.

Brandon and I spent the day today eating brunch and planning out an awesome spring break. So so many options.

Anyone doing anything fun?I think that we’re narrowing it down.

I got a letter from my favorite LA guy and dolls today. What a great lift up for the most hung over day ever.

I may or may not be 95 years old.

Please send hot tea and cold cream.

When I lived in LA there was a great nail salon right down the street from my work that I could walk out of with a fill and french tips for under $20. Because of this, I frequented often and tipped big. I am a great continuing client.

I have yet to find a nail salon in Denver that I can walk out off without feeling like I should file for bankruptcy soon. So, this appointment I decided to pass up my favorite paint job and go with a nice red coat.

When I go for red, I usually go for bright red. I must have been channeling Ms. Bui this afternoon.