Serenade

Monday, February 25, 2013


John announced our plans for Friday evening as we walked out of the office–Indian food, maybe a few episodes of Frasier and bed before 10. He was right down to the hour we fell asleep, and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect night to end the work week!

John woke me up early on Saturday coming back from a morning run, but I talked him into a little snuggling–after a hot shower. We poached eggs and made a little bistro salad for breakfast, then I slaved over my editorial calendar for this spring and summer (holy weddings!) while John practiced. That afternoon we pulled on our coats and headed out to run a few errands–files boxes from The Container Store, a few new calligraphy nibs for me from Flax and laundry–before we made our way to Fillmore Street for an early dinner. I ordered the 5-spice chicken and John, the sardine banh mi, and we split a basket for sweet potato fries at Bun Mee, then we somehow found room for a Valrhona chocolate frozen yogurt and an espresso across the street at Fraîche. We strolled around the neighborhood for a bit, then headed back home just in time to catch a gorgeous sunset over the Pacific. I caught up with my baby brother while John took advantage of a few more practice hours, then the two of us crawled into bed with a DVD of Riccardo Muti's 2006 Don Pasquale. We both fell asleep during Ernesto's nighttime serenade (it was very convincing!) and woke up during the final quartet! 

I stayed in bed while John ran some very early morning errands–and he surprised me by coming home with bags full of groceries! We feasted on fresh croissants and berries while reviewing Mastering the Art of French Cooking's coq au vin recipe. Still sipping his morning coffee, John started peeling pearl onions and slicing mushrooms for dinner, and we had pans simmering before 11am! John spent nearly the entire day cooking, save our midday run to the beer store for Saison ingredients, leaving me to find inspiration for the week ahead and wonder what I'd ever done to get so lucky. We thoroughly enjoyed the products of his labor just after 4pm and kicked back with a bottle of pinot noir and Capote–our own Oscars celebration. After that decadent meal we cleaned house, took an evening stroll and curled up in bed with our computers–a quiet end to a wonderful weekend.


Tell me, what were you up to this weekend? Were you cheering for Oscar-winners, trying new recipes or catching up on sleep?

10 comments:

  1. My poor husband was sick so our weekend was canceled plans & down time. Yours sounds much better! Have a great week~

    always, koru kate

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  2. I loved Shirley Basey and was so happy Argo won best picture... Though I was not happy with Adele's performance because it was sort of unemotional... Have a great week!

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  3. Definitely trying (three) new recipes! Had friends over for dinner and they enjoyed the home-cooking! Kind of made me feel like Wendy taking care of the lost boys =)

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  4. a had a bad experience with a coq a vin. not sure where i went wrong and have yet to try again. i'm sure you aced it!

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  5. I love that picture - so sweet!

    We painted our mantle during the Oscars. It was a real party...let me tell ya.

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  6. ah! In reading this I could practically smell your kitchen!

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  7. I'm totally envious of all of the time you spent cuddling with your man! My beau and I got some in, but not nearly as much as we hoped for... but there's always next weekend! xo style, she wrote

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  8. Your weekends are such a dream. We had a totally slobby, television filled, no cooking weekend. You are my weekend inspiration. Maybe when we are both in Seattle. xo

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  9. Sigh. I need to get back into my Calligraphy. My fountain pen has no ink at all.

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  10. So amazing! What a perfect way to celebrate. I tuned in on Sunday, but I only made it until 10:30... it was so long! That means I was able to catch the whole red carpet though - that's really the best part. ;)

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