A layman's take on fine dining.

Tonight I went to dinner at Clay Hill Farm in Cape Neddick, Maine.
I started off with a Wild Maine Blueberry Martini - which was absolutely fabulous.  It was even healthy since it contained a couple fresh Maine blueberries.
The rolls arrived hot, and the butter was slightly flavored - with what, I couldn't tell you.
My appetizer was the Lobster Bisque - which was awesome.  It took some self control on my part to not lick the bowl clean.
The salad was a house spinach salad - it was good but simple; had some dried cranberries, pistachios, and a maple vinaigrette.
My entree was the Grilled Tenderloin of Beef - this came on mushroom risotto cake, which seems to be fancy talk for rice patty.  This too was very well prepared.
And I finished off with the Chocolate Oblivion - this was a flourless chocolate confection with raspberry glaze.  I know chocolate and raspberry are suppose to go well together, but in this case they didn't.  I don't know if they made it too sweet or too condensed, but it was not two tastes that tasted great together.  Luckily the glaze was pretty much just on the sides of the plate, so I was able to enjoy just the chocolate confection, which was quite good by its self.
The restaurant was nicely decorated with fresh flowers and real candles on each table.  Valet parking was required.
Drinks, Appetizers, Entrees, and Dessert for two cost just over $100.
I'd say it's a nice place to go for a special occasion.  I give it 4.5 out of 5.
They lost points for the unmemorable salad, the uncomplimentary raspberry glaze, and for trying to double bill me for my dessert.  But overall great food in a lovely setting.

I sampled a whole lot of nuts.

And the one thing I learned, not a big fan of soynuts.

It was 95 degress here in New Hampshire today.  And it's still only April, WTF?

And it barely hurt at all!

Which surpising since I skipped the novocaine.  This brings my grand total for cavities to three.

Since none of you have seen me in a suit, here's a treat for you...

Reality vs. Theory

Listen closely at around 0:09.

Apparently the economy is worse than I thought.  Today I saw someone paying the 75 cent road toll with a credit card.

I worked on this:

Mmmmm.... comfy.

 The master bedroom was feeling a little cluttered, so I'm trying something a little more streamlined.

 

Message I got on B411:

"my God you are the most hot handsome bear ever in this life..wooof, no words to describe how HOT you are Frank....!!!!!" 

I was playing around with the character generator for a game that will be coming out in September called Spore. The game starts with you being a single celled organism and ends with the species that you evolve into venturing out into the universe. I found out you can make anatomically correct creatures in this program. Check under the cut for my first creature.

( Cartoon nudity under the cut )

Anyone know how long it takes to fatten up a turkey?  I saw a baby wild turkey in my yard today, and was wondering if it would be ready for some good eatt'n by Thanksgiving. 

Saw a dime on the ground today and kept walking.  Apparently my price point is a quarter. 

So I went furniture shopping this weekend and I think I found the set I'm going to get.  I'm going to ponder it over and decide next weekend.  I'm even being optimistic and getting a king sized bed in the hopes that I will find someone to occupy the other side. Pictures of what I'm thinking of getting under the cut.

Updated:  Purchased the set, made a couple of changes, updated the pics to reflect the actaul pieces I'm getting.  Now I just have to patiently wait 8 or weeks.