Easter at Ruth and Luke's Lake House

 We spent Easter weekend very busy with Caryn and the boys at her friends lake house. We ate Mexican and Cuban food that Ruthie prepared. It was the best. This was brunch of refried black beans and a fried corn tortilla, onion, chicken, salsa combination (I don't remember the name) all topped with Mexican cheese and absolutely wonderful.

 Of course we started our day with a Bloody Ceasar, then went on to drink our way through the day. Caryn and Ruthie had a great time picking drink recipes and trying them out. Mitch and I enjoyed drinking them.

Here's Ruthie and Luke, our gracious hostess and host. We had a great time at the Lake House.

 To make the weekend more interesting, Brayden lost both front teeth. We were wondering if the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny crossed paths during the night.

Not to be outdone, Rylan celebrated his April 2 birthday a little early. Happy third birthday, Rylan!!

Caryn's Birthday at Steak 954

 While Shayne and Sarah we in Miami, we decided to spend an adult evening at Jason's restaurant, Steak 954 in Ft. Lauderdale. WOW! The food was fantastic and we got to taste so many different things. This is duck confit and a quinoa citrus salad I especially liked.

Then Jason surprised Caryn with a multi-layered wonderful cake and champagne on the fourth floor pool deck overlooking the ocean. A very nice ending to a great night.

A Grama's Dream

Shayne and Sarah came to Florida for a Disney and Beach vacation. What fun it was to have all four grandkids, Brayden, Addy, Rylan, and Macy, in the same place and the same time for a couple of days. We all kept busy and had a great time.

Bazaar on Miami Beach

Our Christmas present to Caryn and Jason was to "eat out" at any restaurant except Jason's. They chose The Bazaar by Jose Andres on Miami Beach, a restaurant that uses some food chemistry to create spectacular and very unusual dishes. We enjoyed 27 different small plates of very unique good food.

This is Not Your Everyday Caprese  salad with micro basil and liquid mozzarella balls--an encapsulated liquified mozzarella that explodes to fill your mouth with flavor when you bite it.

We enjoyed the Bagels and Lox, a version with a dill cream cheese and salmon roe--one little bite of goodness.

 Our personal bartender came to our table to create a creamy rum drink that was frozen with liquid nitrogen so that as it melted it was not watered down with ice cubes.

There were four desserts, but the deconstructed Key Lime Pie was my favorite. Just take your fork and drag it through the ripple of key lime pie filling and pick up some of the toasted meringue and crunchy crust and top it off with the lime foam. Yum, yum, yum!


It was truly an experience in eating.The Bazaar by Jose Andres