The Weekend

This weekend was a lot of fun. It wasn’t crazy or fast paced or anything like that, yet I still feel like I could have used an extra day to recuperate. We took off for higher ground to beat the heat, and it ended up being 99 degrees in Midway anyway. Jon & friends golfed at Wasatch Golf Course and I got some good photos of the Heber Valley. I also got some shots of Jon driving & putting, and perhaps the best--some great pics featuring Jon's "Grandpa Randall" and another friend Rob which I'll have to post tomorrow since we can't find the usb cord for the camera. I am sunburned, covered with bug bites, and just generally wiped out, but it was still a fun weekend "away".

Saturday night we ate at a the Mountain House Grill in Midway. The restaurant was very busy (and hot inside!) and the service was slow, but the food was surprisingly good. We ordered the spinach dip appetizer, and full entrees (Jon had Ariel's Chicken, and I had the Ravioli with Shrimp). We were shocked when our server brought out the spinach dip--it was so much food we could have just eaten that. But both of our entrees were surprisingly tasty, although Jon was not thrilled with his crab cakes (they had waaaay too much dill). We also stepped outside the box (well, our usual box anyway) and both had a Long Island Iced Tea with our meals. As I mentioned, the inside of the restaurant was uncomfortably warm, so this was an effort to cool off. And of course I drank the thing but was also reminded how little I care for that particular cocktail.

The Blue Boar Inn was, for the most part, great. The restaurant was closed for a private party, so we were not able to dine there on Saturday night. (We thought they should have had the courtesy of informing me of this fact when I made the reservation, but oh well). All of the rooms are themed with the motif of various literary figures. We stayed in the ‘Robert Frost’ room, but there were also rooms named for Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer among others. Our five-course Sunday brunch was included with the cost of the room, which was a bargain as far as I’m concerned. The courses included fruit, pastries, swedish pancakes, entrees (Jon had the Eggs Benedict, and I had the Canadian Crab Benedict with Fennel) and then dessert which was a poppyseed scone stuffed with berries and thick sweet cream. It was wonderful. Needless to say we were not hungry until much later that evening.

After golf (and near heat stroke) we returned to the valley. We ended up going to Trolley Square to purchase a gift for someone, and then had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe-- a tourist trap at best, but it was fairly empty, air conditioned, and food was decent. We had a nice laugh at all of The Osmonds memorabilia surrounding us. Again, in effort to cool off we ordered some tropical cocktails with our food. Jon had a hurricane and I had a frozen 'exotic margarita' which was blended with pomegranate juice. Very refreshing! At one point I winced, and told Jon "I have brain freeze...and that is a good thing".