Kingston Restaurant Week

My advance planning paid off… I saw the pink trailers in the Gleaner. I checked every morning to see if dates were announced. The second they were announced, I called. I had to call back later as reservations didn’t open until 2pm. I called back. I kept calling back. I nearly developed a blister on my dialing finger. But it worked. I succeeded in getting seats for the Saturday night of Restaurant week for Macs.

And it was totally worth it. The food was fabulous. The decor was gorgeous. The staff were total darlings. The service was fabulous. The entire evening made us feel fabulous.

 And no, I’ve not run out of superlatives… it’s just that being at Macs, well, the fabulousness of it all rubs off on you!

Food glorious food

Now without wanting to sound like a hungry belly, I’m going to do a review of my food from the weekend because it was a good food weekend! And I’m having to put in some extra hours at the gym this week to make up for it…

Friday as you all know was lunch at coffee mill. Their frappes are heavenly and their smoked marlin bagels are out of this world. I just love that place, it is so calm and mellow depite being right in the middle of New Kingston. Shame about the parking though…

Friday night I kinda skipped food. Gin and Tonics and birthday cake provided all the sustenance that I needed! I was too busy talking and laughing to eat food, a great time was had by all. (Although looking back at the photos now, I didn’t realise quite how precarious my new dress was on top – no wonder all the guys loved it!)

Saturday morning the man was at a golf tournament so I was required to smile sweetly at people which have pre-lunch drinks there. Then it was lunch with the girls at Restaurant East, our favourite lunch spot. It’s a gorgeous Japanese restaurant with good service and great food. Although I had one misfortune – I enjoyed the food so much that I was unable to eat most of my dessert! Sushi, teryaki chicken… mmmmm

Saturday evening I was supposed to go to a friend’s birthday party, but I skipped it… stayed in bed instead… (and someone needs to tell me how to use iconthingys in blogger as I wanted to put in a nice wink!) Apparently the jerk there was excellent though!

Sunday I was taken to Cafe Aubergine for lunch. Although they have just opened a branch in Kingston, we decided that it was a good day for a drive out so headed out of town – it’s in Monegue on the way to Ochi, the drive takes just over an hour. The hills were looking good and the trucks weren’t on the road so it was a good journey. And it was totally worth it. The food was excellent – stuffed crabs, salmon in dill sauce and lemon mousse with a really nice bottle of chardonnay…mmm…. The only problem was staying awake on the drive home!

And the weekend was finished with homemade melted cheese on toast – perfect sunday evening food!

So now I’m looking forward to the Kingston Restaurant Week which is coming soon, an excellent opportunity to try out all those places you’ve been meaning to go but haven’t quite made it to yet!

It’s my birthday…

… so a very bad for me coffee was in order at lunchtime. Decided to save the alcohol until this evening but in the meanwhile, this drink on the right hit the spot!

I got one of those forwards today about your personality based on the month of your birth. Apparently, someone born in october…

Loves to chat (I think most people who know me would agree with that!)
Loves those who love them (Of course!)
Loves to takes things at the center (Not sure what that means)
Has inner and physical beauty (Glad that’s been recognised!)
Lies but doesn’t pretend (Hmm, white lies or proper lies?)
Gets angry often (Not really)
Treats friends importantly (Definitely)
Brave and fearless (Er, no, I’m a scaredy cat)
Always making friends (yup)
Easily hurt but recovers easily (Yes, I tend to get upset and then get over it quick)
Daydreamer (Sorry, didn’t read that, my head was in the clouds)
Opinionated (Of course as I am always right!)
Does not care to control emotions (Hmm, not quite – I care to, I’m just not good at it)
Unpredictable (Nah)
Extremely smart (I wish!)
but definitely the hottest AND sexiest of them all! (Well, I’d agree with this one… but every month ended with it!!)

Why did I have to come back?

I woke up this morning, still hoping to be in Treasure Beach. I opened my eyes and couldn’t see the sea through windows that covering most of the bedroom walls. There was no smell of coffee in the air and I couldn’t hear the pelicans hitting the water as they dived for their breakfast. I was back.

And to make it worse, the school year begins this week which means that traffic was back on the road. And that cold that had disappeared in the fresh air and sunshine? It was back as well.

But at least I have some good memories of my weekend. A gorgeous villa, complete with a private beach and a veranda with a fabulous view of deserted coast line. Good company – we’ve managed to come out of our first weekend away together feeling happy. Excellent food.

But the good weekend does mean that I now have to do some serious thinking – can I really picture my life with a man 18 years older than me?? If so, then I suppose I’d better upgrade him and find him a new name!

A quick post…

Just to say that I am off to Negril for the weekend!!! A quiet weekend (with the parents!) on an excellent beach with good food …. just what I need right now.

And one of my collegues just gave me two perfect looking mangos so i can take them down with me and eat them in the sea – excellent.

anyway, better go – have a (very small and slightly dodgy) plane to catch.

Have a good weekend!

The weekend

Something Good
I went to Hellshire on Sunday and ate too much food. But it’s hard not to – the lobster was amazing, the festival was light and fluffy, and the fish was very tasty. I took 2 American girls who are here working in a school downtown for a month and they thought it was fab. However, we had to accompany them to order their food – otherwise the cost doubled! It was a glorious sunny afternoon and it wasn’t too busy. I didn’t venture into the water… but the child we had with us did and showed us what we were missing by refusing to get out and then showering us with water when he came running up the beach eventually.

There were the usual guys there selling things ranging from jewellery to natural oils for massages, from horse rides to copied cds and dvds. These guys have gone up market now – one of them was walking around with a portable dvd player to prove to people who were thinking about buying his dvds that they really worked!

Something Bad
I was woken up in the middle of the night by 5 gunshots, which sounded like they came from the road directly outside out house. About an hour later, the car alarm went off. And then about 2 hours later, the dogs started to go wild. So all in all, I didn’t get a good night’s sleep! We couldn’t see anything amiss this morning, but we live in a fairly rural community with lots of bush so something could be in there – we didn’t look. I’m hoping that someone saw an intruder in their yard and let off the shots to chase them away, the alternative reasons just aren’t nice to think about.