August 25, 2019 Breakfast – Gazpacho and Boiled Shrimp Snack at Sugar’s Roadside Diner Dinner - Ratatouille with Rice and Smoked Pork Chop

August 25, 2019 Breakfast – Gazpacho and Boiled Shrimp  Snack at Sugar’s Roadside Diner  Dinner -  Ratatouille with Rice and Smoked Pork Chop

We awakened at 7:30 after a not great night’s sleep.  I watched the news shows and PL Soccer Man Union against Bournmouth and then we went to the lobby for some breakfast food.  We brought two eggs, a small container of yogurt, and a bagel back to the room and Suzette poured gazpacho into bowls and put the shrimp on a plate and we each sliced an egg and ate spoonsful of egg, shrimp, and gazpacho.  I then ate the yogurt and finally a mousse left from last night.

We were both a bit hung over so neither of us cared to drink the champagne we brought with us.

We loaded up at 11:00 and headed down the mountain to the flea market at KTAO, which appears to be closed and for sale.

We then went to Bent Street to Robert Parsons’ Gallery and talked to him and fellow from Dallas named Roy Coffee who was a collector.

Then we went to the extensive Judy Chicago show at the Harwood and finally at 12:30 drove south. While we were in the Canyon Suzette said she wanted ice cream so I stopped at Sugar’s that is across the road from the old chili line station at Embudo.  It was packed with families and was serving an extensive menu that included BBQ and hamburgers of all kinds.  A man said he had waited an hour for food, so we ordered Root beer floats with soft ice cream in a large glass of root beer.  We sipped at a table under the trees among the other families.  

 

We ate our PPI potato chips and sipped the root beer floats for a while and then Suzette drove us south to Stephens in Santa Fe while I dozed.

We did not see anything at Stephens, so we drove to Santa Fe Plaza mall to see Zozobra Fest.  There was lots of art this year and Suzette found a nicely decorated tee shirt hand painted with an image of Zozobra on it for $25.00. I did not buy anything this year.

We drove back to Albuquerque and rested until 6:00.  Suzette slept until 7:30 so I made my own dinner by filling a pasta bowl with sushi rice, ratatouille, and a diced smoked pork chop and drank a glass of Emma Reichard rose’ ($4.99 at Trader Joe’s).  Suzette ate ratatouille with a sautéed smoked pork chop later.

I also ate a few more macaroons with a cup of tea after dinner.

We rested and watched TV, mostly to relax and then Suzette went to bed at 10:00, while I stayed up to blog a bit.

I am finally able to attach pictures to the blog from my laptop thanks to Suzette’s assistance.

Bon Appetit