We started out with an antipasti of mixed olives, parmesean cheese, marinated vegetables and roasted garlic served with Italian bread.  We ordered a bottle of Edmeades Zinfadel (this later turned into 3 bottles).  Most in the group ordered Tagliolini with a mushhroom ragu with truffle oil and pecorino ramano.  It was delicious!  I talked Tammy into sharing with me.  We shared a striped bass with castelluccio lentils and artichoke crema with speck( a type of proscuitto).  We also shared a mixed greens salad.  Everything was so good!  We received excellent service from Willy and Alli, the bartender was also very helpful in pointing out her favorite dishes on the menu.

Willy brought over a “sweet” surprise at the end of the meal.  An assortment of about 5 desserts, including tira misu, lemon cheesecake and a chocolate flourless cake.  All were so delicious and decadent!  What a great night out with friends!

Keoni and I decided to drive around in some of the downtown neighborhoods looking for a good patio to sit out and drink a beer and get some vitamin D. Ya’ll know I’m all about health! That being said, we settled on Sabroso Mexicano in Little 5 Points. The chips and salsa were really good. The chips were salty and the salsa was chunky just like I like it! I had blackend shrimp tacos and Keoni had cilantro-garlic chicken wings. The food was pretty good, not amazing but I would go back because of the lively crowd and the service was good despite a lot of large parties.

We came back to my place (after stopping at Trader Joe’s) and later on grilled some steaks and had some wine.

These flowers are another reason I love Spring!