Snow Days

After the great start, my vacation went down hill pretty fast.  I woke up on Christmas Eve with a horrible headache and a lovely fever.  By noon it was pretty evident that I couldn't participate in Christmas Eve with my dad or Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day with JO's parents.  I was pretty much relegated to the couch for the next six days.  Each night I went to bed thinking I would be able to go out and do something fun the next day but I just couldn't.  I finally started to feel better on New Year's Eve, and was excited to visit our friends for a party, when JO got a mini-version of whatever I had.  We spend New Year's Eve watching Hawaii Life and Perfect Strangers and going to bed before midnight.  I was pretty disappointed over a vacation with very little city adventures when the weathermen started getting all crazy over a big storm headed our way.  Could we possible extend vacation with two snow days?

The answer came around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday and I loved what I heard.  No school Thursday or Friday!  One of the things I love most about our neighborhood is that even during snowstorms most places stay open.  So we are able to go out and enjoy the snow parties the restaurants throw instead of being stuck inside.

On Thursday night, with the snow falling pretty heavily, we decided to go to Ole, because I was craving guacamole and margarita's and Ole does both really well.  We definitely do not go here enough.  The place was pretty empty so we were able to get a table by the window.  We ordered the "made at your table" guacamole and I'm drooling right now thinking about it.  Everything is so fresh, with just the right mix of tomatoes, lime juice, and guacamole.

JO ordered the new salmon dish and I got the enchiladas with salsa verde.  To say the food was perfect would be an understatement.  JO's salmon was the kind of food you eat and are left speechless afterwards.  The chef even stopped by our table to ask how we liked our food and introduce himself.  That's one of the things that is great about Inman Square.  Every restaurant makes a real effort to get to know it's customers and community.

After dinner we decided we needed to extend our snow party with a visit to Puritan and Co.  To say I love this place is not enough.  Puritan has been a great addition to our neighborhood.  It's a fancier restaurant so we can't eat here all the time but the drink menu is very reasonable and the bar area is quite fun.  We had a great time getting back into the city groove and enjoying the city life during a snowstorm.