Last Of The Fool's Gold

 Ritva's block was the last one for me to work on in this round robin.  Some of the other blocks had hearts on them, so I decided to continue the theme.  The outline is couched down, and  the flowers are detached chain stitches with bead centers.  Fairly simple to do!  I hope she likes it.

El Greko Dinner

 This is a really, really small iced tea bottle.  It cost half as much as the mojito sitting next to it, and more than the water behind that.  Really?  No more ordering iced tea at El Greko.  

The rest of the food was good, as usual.  

Outlining

I've started another small ornament.  It's going to be a going away gift for someone here.  Now to get it done!

Big Group At Papasul Dacilor

 We ended up with a group of ten at Papasul Dacilor last month. It was a great time, and we were out on the terrace overlooking the river.  The food and company were both excellent.  Some of us had champagne, some beer, and others had ... some juice kiwi thing!

They gave us these cute little bird rolls.  The eyes, by the way, were peppercorns.  Some of us found that out the hard way.   There were the usual appetizers - Greek salad, placinte, and zeama.  I loved the way they presented the zeama in a big crock with a lid.

The main course for most of us was the meat platter.  They claimed it was for  two or three people, but it fed six of us comfortably.  Others had the pork tocana with mamaligia and french fries.  

Cappucino and chocolate for dessert rounded off the great meal. 

Exchange Beginning

Can you guess what this is?  It's for an exchange that needs to go out by the end of the month!

Pegas Dinner

It's been fine enough for a lot of outdoor dining lately, and we were at Pegas last month with the McCabes.  I tried the carpaccio there, and it was excellent.  The arugula went well with the meat, and you can see the beautiful presentation.  we also had the lovely brie and pears, some zeama, and some salads for the first course.  All wonderful as usual.

I had a steak salad for dinner, and Andreas had the rabbit pasta dish.  I do believe rabbit alfredo has become one of his favorite things.  For dessert, there was creme brulee, cheesecake, and lava cake.  We ended up a bit larger when we went home, but it was worth it!

Creeping Up The Side

I've not been able to stitch as much as I've wanted to lately, and it shows in the small progress I've made on my Dreams Sampler.