It’s a good feeling to get everything done over a weekend that you’d hoped you’d get done going in. The weekend had a couple notable highlights.
The first, not surprisingly, was the astounding meal we had on Saturday evening at Simone’s Plain and Simple. And “astounding” really isn’t much of an exaggeration. Between the gorgeous sunset over the farm valley that rolls out below Simone’s hilltop home to the mind-boggling flan she served for dessert, it was another memorable meal. Of the four pizzas we had (two of each kind), my two favorites were the eggplant, tomato, onion, and white pepper, and the Amana bacon, sweet onion, cream, and yogurt. For an appetizer we enjoyed a cold sorrel soup, which was perfect for such a muggy evening. There was also a very nice salad of tossed greens (which we watched get picked as we were eating) served as a cleansing course after the pizza and before the aforementioned flan (pictured).
I also enjoyed two very good biking days; thirty miles on Saturday morning with my brother and one of his clients, and 50 miles round trip up to Sutliff for a cold PBR on the bridge on Sunday. Yesterday’s ride was very hot (it was in the lower 90s here), but the headwind on the return trip wasn’t too bad at all (we actually enjoyed the breeze). We stopped for lunch/breakfast in North Liberty on our way up to Solon.
I also managed to get the lawn mowed and the garden taken care of, so all the items on my list for the weekend got checked off. Hopefully next weekend will be as nice as this one…or at least relatively dry for our ride in the annual Tour de Brew on Saturday.