November 14, 2015 An evening at the Center for Ageless Living

November 14, 2015 An evening at the Center for Ageless Living

We sautéed eggs and smoked pork chops for breakfast with slices of Fano baguette.  

Suzette shopped and I worked and then road to Rio Bravo.

At 3:00 we put on our bathing suits and drove to the Garden Gate Day Spa at the Center for Ageless Living in Los Lunas.  We swam in the heated pool for a bit and then soaked in the history hot tub.  I have been having pain on the left side of my neck, so had a massage with Chris at 4:15 while Suzette got a facial with Rose.  At 5:30 I dressed and walked out to the lawn where the students at SODA had set up a labyrinth with chains of Christmas lights.  Suzette was rhythmically beating a large Indian drum made with a piece of hollowed pine trunk covered in deer hide at both ends, tied with rawhide.

We traded turns beating the drum until after 6:00 while people walked the labyrinth and drank hot chocolate and made s'mores sitting on logs set around the fire in the fire pit at the center of the labyrinth.

At 6:15 we retired to the Greenhouse Bistro for dinner.  We each took the three course prix fixe dinner ($19.95) of Tomato Bisque, boeuf bourguignon, and an apple tart.

Every dish was better than the last.  I think this is the best food value in the three county area. 

The tomato bisque had a slight tanginess from black pepper and fresh herbs from the Center’s organic gardens.

The boeuf bourguignon was hearty with chunks of beef, carrots, mushrooms and lots of pearl onions served on garlic flavored mashed potatoes with chunks of potato mixed in.  We drank Beaujolais with the mountain of boeuf bourguignon.

Finally we we served a lovely homemade apple tart made with apples from the Center’s own Apple trees.  This evening and meal exemplifies the Center’s goal of sustainable aging.  Who would not want to live in this type of an environment?

Bon appetit