Gary and I went up to Napa to visit Gary's dad and Emily for the Easter weekend. They had decided it would be better to have Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon, instead of Sunday, to give us more flexiblility in getting home Sunday.
We started the day's events with a visit to the Andretti winery, which was having a new release party. It's a nice winery; very small, but cosy and not too crowded. The wine wasn't bad; Gary and I bought a bottle of the new cabernet.
Meanwhile, the ham we were going to have for dinner was slowly heating up back home. When we got back it was exactly at the perfect temperature, so we finished up the rest of the food while it rested. In addition to ham we had pierogis that Emily made (her special family recipe), green bean casserole, salad, and a challah bread shaped like a rabbit, or maybe it was a snail.
We ate. A lot. For dessert Gary Sr. had bought 4 rabbit shaped coconut cakes. I didn't eat mine (well, I took a bite and decided I didn't like it.) So I proposed we go on a walk and head to Foster's Freeze for an ice cream. This was our undoing! The walk was great, the ice cream less so. I splurged on a chocolate malt, Gary got a dipped cone, and Emily got a regular cone (Gary Sr was smart and didn't have anything. On the other hand, he ate his entire bunny-coconut cake.) By the time we got back home, I had the start of the worse stomach-ache.
We spent the rest of the evening recuperating from our feast. Gary slept on the floor while Emily and I talked about my new job. Eventually Gary Sr and Emily got tired and went back to Emily's place to sleep. I swore as I went to sleep that I would never eat that much again!
Posted by Jen at April 21, 2003 10:18 AM