My Kind of Saturday
I had a nice day today. I saw "Mama Mia," with my sister and went in search of french pastries.
Since my sister got back from Washington state this week, she's been talking about chocolate crossaints and Vietnamese soup that she experienced while she was there. She was on a quest for these food items here in Phoenix.
On the way to the movie, my sister told me there was a French bakery near the Capitol where I work. I said, "Are you SURE it's there?" She said yes, she had even mapped it. I must've asked her twenty times if she was sure as I told her how to get to the area and said, "When you see the area, you'll understand why I don't believe it's there." Still, I was a little excited about the idea. Wow, I could go there during lunch and get a macaron.
We never found the place, believing it was probably on the corner of Grand and McKinley, but it was closed. Although the area is on the way up, with art galleries and restaurants, it's still got several years to go before it gets there. I told her that it was too good to be true because in "Le hood," homeless people and drug addicts just aren't interested.
I came home and looked up French bakery and Vietnamese restaurants. I found the restaurants on a favorite blog, the New Times' Chow Bella. The bakery on another favorite, "Feasting In Phoenix."
We went to the bakery, called "Au Petit Four." I told my sister I was going to have to thank Seth Chadwick (of "Feasting In Phoenix") for the hookup. We had found the elusive chocolate crossaint and almond crossaint, and creme brulee and palmier and cookies. Life is good. The crossaints are good too, just like Seth Chadwick said. Turns out, the bakery is near her work. Lucky.
The entire afternoon was delightful. I always have a good time with the sis. And I enjoyed the movie too, had a smile plastered to my face the entire time.
To top my day, I spoke with Pauline (Hi Pauline!) in FLA. I needed to see how she was faring with Fay. She said she'd only gotten 1" of rain in her area.
Finally, I convinced Ivan to go out to dinner at Pizza A Metro 'cause Seth Chadwick reviewed it and I knew he wouldn't let me down. Nope, found out we needed a reservation. They were booked. Probably Seth Chadwick's fault. Ivan wondered why they'd put that kind of restaurant in that area(see Seth Chadwick's review). So, we ended up going to an all-time favorite, the T-Bone Steakhouse, instead. Steak, it's what's for dinner.
Now this is my kind of day, for sure.
Since my sister got back from Washington state this week, she's been talking about chocolate crossaints and Vietnamese soup that she experienced while she was there. She was on a quest for these food items here in Phoenix.
On the way to the movie, my sister told me there was a French bakery near the Capitol where I work. I said, "Are you SURE it's there?" She said yes, she had even mapped it. I must've asked her twenty times if she was sure as I told her how to get to the area and said, "When you see the area, you'll understand why I don't believe it's there." Still, I was a little excited about the idea. Wow, I could go there during lunch and get a macaron.
We never found the place, believing it was probably on the corner of Grand and McKinley, but it was closed. Although the area is on the way up, with art galleries and restaurants, it's still got several years to go before it gets there. I told her that it was too good to be true because in "Le hood," homeless people and drug addicts just aren't interested.
I came home and looked up French bakery and Vietnamese restaurants. I found the restaurants on a favorite blog, the New Times' Chow Bella. The bakery on another favorite, "Feasting In Phoenix."
We went to the bakery, called "Au Petit Four." I told my sister I was going to have to thank Seth Chadwick (of "Feasting In Phoenix") for the hookup. We had found the elusive chocolate crossaint and almond crossaint, and creme brulee and palmier and cookies. Life is good. The crossaints are good too, just like Seth Chadwick said. Turns out, the bakery is near her work. Lucky.
The entire afternoon was delightful. I always have a good time with the sis. And I enjoyed the movie too, had a smile plastered to my face the entire time.
To top my day, I spoke with Pauline (Hi Pauline!) in FLA. I needed to see how she was faring with Fay. She said she'd only gotten 1" of rain in her area.
Finally, I convinced Ivan to go out to dinner at Pizza A Metro 'cause Seth Chadwick reviewed it and I knew he wouldn't let me down. Nope, found out we needed a reservation. They were booked. Probably Seth Chadwick's fault. Ivan wondered why they'd put that kind of restaurant in that area(see Seth Chadwick's review). So, we ended up going to an all-time favorite, the T-Bone Steakhouse, instead. Steak, it's what's for dinner.
Now this is my kind of day, for sure.
Labels: movies, Phoenix, restaurants, sister
