Another weekend gone!

Saturday, started out ok. Egg on english muffin. Then 2 hard boiled eggs while driving to PA. Lunch was a chicken pita. Then we moved on to have one beer. Next was dinner with parents. 2 glasses of wine, a few pieces of break, broccolini, shellfish sampler, and CAKE! (then more cake - see below)

Sunday, harvest bar, RTD, then mussels and 2 dirty ho's at our favorite place in Pila (Eulogy). We next stopped by Baltimore and grabbed a burrito to take home. I guess in the scheme of things, it wasn't too bad but there were definite no-nos in there!

Wedding UPdate:

We had picked up a bunch of samples from the bakery that day to pick out our wedding cake. I 'upgraded' on the design - probably a waste of money, but oh well. So of course after dinner my parents, Rob and I sat around the table tasting 4 different flavors.

I should back up and mention we had dinner at The Desmond. I love them. That is where we are staying for the wedding and having brunch the following morning. They just really know how to treat their employees and guests - big or small. I also found out that The Desmond is where a lot of celebrities stay for QVC. Anyway, we had a great time. Next, we dropped the folks off at The Courtyard, another hotel I booked rooms at (for a lesser price) and headed to the Zimmerman estate. There, we did another round of cake tasting - I barely had one large slice by the time it was all said and done. I believe we have settled on the following:

Top layer - Chocolate Raspberry (looks a lot like Red Velvet!)
The other four will be: Chocolate Raspberry, Carrot, Vanilla/Sour Cream, and Chocolate. No fillings (too costly) and with buttercream frosting. We will have brown ribbon, clusters of leaves and a few sunflowers.

We also met with Noreen - the best catering coordinator in the world (IMO)! We settled on our menu. Cocktail hour will be filled with a cold station containing olives, breads, oils, hummus, veggies, etc. Passed kobe beef with wild rice and guacamole, honeydew/kiwi fruit shooters, bacon-wrapped scallops, edible cracker spoons with chicken curry, vegetarian spring rolls, and the best...MINI PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS!!!!!! Another thing we are currently looking in to - a pierogi station. The trick is to find a place that has true AUTHENTIC Polish pierogis (that we can purchase in large quantities from a bonded/insured facility). If Noreen can find it, she will set the station up to have on the spot sauteed onions/bacon to drizzle over the pierogis. That line could be really really really long! (or they could be horrible and the damn Poles will be offended and no one will touch them) who cares. We'll decide after she finds a price!

First course is some type of salad. Second course will be mango or lemon sorbet. Main course will be Fillet Mignon, Ahi Tuna and a Vegetarian dish (to be decided by our vegetarian friends). The sides will be garlic smashed potatoes and asparagus bundles. Dessert is the yummy wedding cake.