The Beginning of the End

Travel December 29, 2010

My family enjoyed one last cocktail hour by the fire yesterday.

We broke out the fancy fig brie and some salami that Kath & Kanz brought from Charlottesville.

We sampled the Squirr-ale. That is Kanz’s original home brew brought to Bald Head when the tradition began three years ago.

It tasted the same as I remembered, but it does show just how far Kanz’s beer-making skills have come since he began. I sure love having a brewer in the family…

and I sure love eating and drinking by the fire.

While I helped the cooks prepare dinner, I sipped on an old favorite: Menage a Trois. It was soo much sweeter than I remember!

We had a romaine, cranberry, + blue cheese salad,

with a wonderful clam pasta in a red vegetable sherry sauce.

I had a huge hunk of herb bread from Great Harvest, which was just divine. I went back for seconds of bread and pasta. My stomach has definitely stretched from this trip:/

My dad served Prosecco in honor of our last night and I had a small pour. Why is sparking wine so fun!? After dinner, we gathered for our now semi-annual book club discussion over a loaf of Great Harvest chocolate bread. I went to bed uncomfortably full yet again. I think it’s time to tone down the eating a bit because I’ve got one more destination on my trip and I’m flying there tomorrow….