April 28, 2022 Lunch - East Ocean. Dinner - Brie cheese on toast and Chicken Pot Pie

April 28, 2022 Lunch - East Ocean. Dinner - Brie cheese on toast and Chicken Pot Pie

I started out the day checking the market and correcting an error in a court setting and watching the market take off on a mighty upswing, especially in the tech sector that resulted in a 3% increase in the NASDAQ. It did not take my portfolio above the start point at the beginning of last year but it got close.

At 9:30 I ate a bowl of granola with milk and blueberries and yogurt.

Then I got ready for my book club meeting.  Peter picked up Charlie and me at 11:30 and drove us to East Ocean for lunch where we were joined by Karl.  Charlie ordered Mongolian Beef, Peter ordered sweet and sour Pork and I ordered Deep Fried Tofu with Mixed Vegetables.

After lunch we returned to my house and were joined by Keith for the meeting we talked until 3:30.  I opened a bottle of De Ponte 2019 Reserve Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, which everyone liked.  It had an wonderful bouquet and was incredibly smooth.  I also put out a plate of chocolate chip cookies for the dessert.

After the meeting at 4:15 I lay down and napped until 5:15.

Suzette arrived around 5:30 and we rested and watched the news for a while.  After she finished her cocktail she wanted to try the Pinot with some of the freshly aged brie from Isigney sur Mere.  I toasted some slices of French bread and cut the rind of a wedge of brie.  We loved the elegant wine with the perfectly aged brie.

A bit later Suzette heated the remaining chicken pot pie and we each ate a bowl of it with a glass of La Granja Viura/Verdejo Spanish white wine ($5.99 at Trader Joe’s).

Later I drank two cups of tea with three chocolate chip cookies.  

We watched Midsomer Mystery and went to bed at 9:30.

The U.S. GDP for the first quarter was -1.4%.  The world may be collapsing around us but we intend to maintain our comfortable life style.

I have lost some of my appetite and may be losing a little weight because I am feeling less pain in my joints.

Bon Appetit

April 27, 2022 Breakfast - Chicken Fried Rice Egg Foo Young Lunch - D. H. Lescombes Winery and Bistro. Dinner - Chicken Pot Pie

April 27, 2022 Breakfast - Chicken Fried Rice Egg Foo Young Lunch - D. H. Lescombes Winery and Bistro. Dinner - Chicken Pot Pie 

I ate five meals today.  The first one was a bagel with cream cheese, cod roe paste, and slices of Manchego with a cup of tea at 4:30 a.m.

The second meal was at 9:15.  I sliced two mushrooms and two green onions and added the PPI Chicken Fried Rice and then, when everything was cooked, added two whisked eggs to solidify everything into a cake.

Suzette and I shared the resulting Egg Foo Young.

Then I completed and sent my client information form to the Indian brokerage firm that I hope will sell my Indian bank shares for me, while Suzette was planting carrots. Lettuce, and dill and killed four grubs in one of the raised beds.

At noon I drove to D. H. Lescombes Winery and Bistro on Rio Grande and ate lunch with Jay Steinberg, who shares an interest with Billy and me in the Ultrahealth property on Central.

I ordered the meatloaf lunch with two slices of meatloaf smeared with a mango/chipotle jam and mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and steamed and sautéed vegetables.  I really enjoyed the lunch but had to box one of the slices of meatloaf.  Jay ordered the chicken salad salad that looked really good.

I drove home after lunch and discovered that the market ended near the flat line.  Then earnings releases drove up Facebook and Qualcomm after the close.  I did not check yesterday or today and hope tomorrow will be good also, I will check tommow. 

I rested until 4:00 and watched Ari Melber on MSNBC.

Suzette went to Lowe’s to buy fresh lasagna noodles that she cut into strips to made Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Pot Pie.  She added diced celery, onion, and carrot to the broth she made yesterday by boiling the chicken carcass with the remaining meat.  

Suzette then added diced potatoes and the lasagna noodles and cooked the pot of ingredients into a stew. Suzette used the lasagna noodles instead of making ribbles. The noodles worked perfectly.

I was not hungry until later, but Suzette ate a bowl of the pot pie around 6:00 and Willy came by around 6:30 and ate a bowl plus a few chocolate chip cookies I made after Suzette finished cooking her chicken pot pie.

I ate a few bites at 7:45 and we said goodnight to Willy and went to bed at 8:30.

I stayed up to blog and read Michael Strogoff, Courier for the Czar by Jules Verne.

The most exciting event of the day occurred when Willy arrived. He saw a swarm of bees on our Rose of Sharon bush.  Suzette called a bee keeper who came over and gathered the bees for her hive.

I have never seen a swarm of bees, nor have I ever seen a bee keeper gather a swarm from the branch of a bush.

Bon Appetit

April 26, 2022 Brunch - Bagel with ham and cheese. Dinner - PPI Chicken Fried Rice and breaded shrimp

 April 26, 2022 Brunch - Bagel with ham and cheese. Dinner - PPI Chicken Fried Rice and breaded shrimp

This was a terrible day in the market and a good day of legal activity.

I met with Rahim in the morning and we revised his Purchase Agreement.

Then I toasted a slice of bagel and spread cream cheese on it and garnished it with slices of charcuterie ham and Manchego cheese.

I rested from noon to 1:45 after which I drafted a LOI for Titan.

At 4:00 I drove to the bank and obtained notarizations for my application to be a notarial officer for four more years.

When I returned home at 4:45 I prepared dinner.  I heated the PPI Chicken Fried Rice and baked a dozen Kroger breaded shrimp In the oven for 10 minutes.  The shrimp were overheated and darkened and turned tough, so I will need to work on their prep.  I made a bowl of tartare sauce with Mayo, lemon juice, and pickle relish to dip the shrimp into and drank a bottle of Angry Orchard apple cider with dinner.

I watched the news and began reading Jules Verne’s Michael Stroganoff.

Suzette returned home around 7:30 and did not like the shrimp either.

We went to bed at 10:00.

Bon Appetit

April 25, 2022 Lunch - Salami and Egg Cesar Salad, Dinner - Grilled rib Steak, Baked Potato, Sautéed Mushrooms with red Bell Pepper, and Steamed Asparagus with Hollandaise sauce

April 25, 2022 Lunch - Salami and Egg Cesar Salad,  Dinner - Grilled rib Steak, Baked Potato, Sautéed Mushrooms with red Bell Pepper, and Steamed Asparagus with Hollandaise sauce

Today I tried to eat well to recover.  I made a bowl of oatmeal with raisins, diced apple and brown sugar for breakfast.

I ran several errands and returned at noon with a bag of russet potatoes and made a salad with romaine lettuce, a diced hard boiled egg, five slices of salami diced, a tomato tomato diced, and some sliced onion. I added a few slices of anchovy and freshened up the dressing with anchovies, garlic, olive oll, and fresh lemon juice.  The olive oil was the good stuff willy gave us last Christmas.

I garnished two slices of French baguette with Jarlsberg cheese an melted it for 15 seconds in the microwave.

The salad was delicious.

At 2:00 I checked my portfolio and found that we finally had a positive day of .7%.

I napped until 3:25 and then hosted a zoom meeting of the Titan board until 5:00.

Suzette came home a bit after 5:00 and started baking 4 potatoes and the acorn squash I bought at El Super a few days ago.

I went to the basement and fetched a bottle of 2018 Edict Pinot Noir so we could try an Anderson Valley Pinot in anticipation of our trip there for the pinot Festival on May 19th.  The wine was jammy when first poured but began to open up and was really rich and delicious with berry overtones during the meal.

We racked the steaks to age them and I picked one for dinner from the small filet end.  I then sliced three mushrooms, 1/4 red bell pepper and a shallot that b sautéed in butter and olive oil while Suzette grilled the steak.

Suzette h had shaped and put a handful of asparagus ntomthe steamer before she started cooking the steak.

When she flipped the steak she said, “Start the asparagus steaming”, which I did.

I added about 2 T. of sherry to the mushrooms and turned up the heat to make sure the red bell pepper cooked.

Soon Suzette brought the grilled steak in from the grill. I sliced it and it was rare and undercooked.  We covered it with aluminum foil and let it rest for a couple of minutes while Suzette opened and dressed two potatoes with butter, sour cream, and sliced green onion.

Suzette then plated the plates with a baked potato, buttered and garnished with sour cream and green onion ringlets and four or five stalks of steamed asparagus to which I added two dollops of Hollandaise.

I poured the wine and we ate an amazing dinner.  The steak was super delicious even though rather rare.  The wine perfectly complemented the steak and sherry flavored mushrooms.

After dinner I toasted a slice of French baguette and buttered it and garnished it with slices of brie cheese.  That did not go as well with the Pinot as the steak did.

Later Suzette and I made ice cream sundaes with cherry Amaretto flavored ice cream, maraschino cherries, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream.

We watched the Roadshow and then went bed at 9:00.

Bon Appetit

April 23, 2022 Lunch - Fried Potstickers. Dinner - Steamed Kyozo and Shrimp Chow Mein with Bok Choy

April 23,  2022 Lunch - Fried Potstickers. Dinner - Steamed Kyozo and Shrimp Chow Mein with Bok Choy 

Today unexpectedly turned into an all Asian Cuisine day.

Breakfast was granola, blueberries, yogurt, and milk.

For lunch at 1:00 I sautéed 9 potstickers and made a dipping sauce with soy, garlic and chili paste, and sliced green onion ringlets.  I drank green tea.

I rested and Suzette came home around 3:30. At 4:30 we received a phone call from Nancy as we were resting in bed asking us if we were coming to their house for dinner after the symphony.

We apologized that both their dinner invitation and the symphony had slipped our memory.

We immediately got dressed and arrived at Popejoy about 5:50.

The concert was fabulous. The first half featured Michelle Cann, an African American, who played a concerto by Florence Price, an African American, and then the best rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue I have ever heard.  Everyone loved it.

After the Symphony we drove to the Blaugrund’s.

Nancy had prepared steamed Kyoto with a lovely Trader Joe’s dipping sauce for appetizers.  We opened the new 2021 Chloe New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc that was elegantly dry and mild without any citrus.

For the entree Nancy made rice bowls of sautéed shrimp and bok Choy with chow Mein noodles spiced with a dash of Sriracha that were very delicious.  

Dessert was even more interesting.  Nancy filled ramekins with mango sorbet and mango ice cream and garnished the top with slices of candied mango.

It is hard to create an interesting dessert for Asian dinners and this was one of the best accompaniments I have ever seen.

We were served small shot glasses of lemincello with dessert to make the dessert experience even more pleasant.

We talked and talked until well past 10:30, about all manner of things and went home bleary eyed and happy.

We could not believe that we were so lucky to have gotten the call from Nancy because it spontaneously created a wonderful evening of music and food that was completely unexpected.

Bon Appetit 

April 22, 2022 Lunch - PPI Egg Foo Young and rice. Dinner - PPI grilled Steak Sautéed with Shishito peppers, creamed macaroni, and Spinach

April 22, 2022 Lunch - PPI Egg Foo Young and rice.  Dinner - PPI grilled Steak Sautéed with Shishito peppers, creamed macaroni, and Spinach

Today I finished filling the larder with produce and replenished our every day wine supply.

I also think I have regained my stamina from the bout of turista.

I started by going to Tricore for a fasting blood draw at 9:30.  When I returned home I ate the leftover Miso Noodle soup with the addition of an egg at 10:00 and hoisin sauce.

Then I began the process of renewing my notary public by ordering a stamp that complies with the newly enacted law and bought a surety bond.

At 2:00 I ate the last few bites of Egg Foo Young from East Ocean with the leftover rice from my lunch with Peter.

Then at 3:00 I checked in with Willy and told him I was going to Trader Joe’s and offered to buy him a Korean BBQ marinated steak and Kimchi.  I then drove to Trader Joe’s and bought the BBQ stuff plus a milk chocolate bar and a box of prepared Chicken Tikka Marsala.  I then went to the wine department, where I bought 17 bottles of wine, all under $8.00 per bottle, all wines we have drunk and enjoyed before, to replenish our everyday wine stock and two bottles of cognac to replenish our cognac.

I was finished at Trader Joe’s by 4:00 so I then drove in heavy traffic on I-40 and Rio Grande and Central to El Super where I bought oranges, lemons, limes, a papaya, two mangos, onions, celery, carrots, parsley, Roma tomatoes, garlic, 12 lovely Shishito peppers, and a head of Romaine lettuce.

This took almost an hour and tired me but I made it home by a few minutes after 5:00

After Suzette helped me unload and then I drank a glass of root beer to get a little sugar into me and rested for a few minutes.

Suzette, who had been working since 5:00, drank a scotch and we sat and watched the news and discussed dinner.  We definitely wanted something simple.  I finally decided to use the PPI Grilled steak and creamed elbows to make a one dish dinner by sautéing Shishito peppers, onion, and garlic and adding fresh spinach and the steak and macaroni. My menu idea was to emphasize the pleasing combination of steak and sautéed fresh shishitos.  

Suzette must have liked the idea because she jumped up and went to the kitchen and started chopping onion and garlic and sautéing them with six Shishito peppers in the new premium olive oil we were given for Christmas and some butter, while I de-stemmed a pile of baby spinach leaves. When the sautéed ingredients were cooked we added the diced PPI grilled steak, macaroni, and spinach.

I opened the bottle of 2016 Izadi Spanish Rioja we had in our wine rack.  It had a rather pungent anise after-taste so we added ice to eliminate the after-taste.  Soon, Suzette had heated all the combined ingredients and plated dinner.

We loved the combination of sautéed onion, garlic, and Shishito peppers with the steak, creamy macaroni, and spinach.  In fact, we both agreed that we had created a new tapa and new recipe to add to our favorite recipes.  Drinking a good Spanish Rioja Tempranillo seemed perfect for the newly created tapa dish.  Izadi rates 3.9 on Vinvino and is priced around $18.00 per bottle, so a good wine for a good meal.

After dinner Suzette opened the box of chocolate hearts the Blaugrunds gave us at the Boeuf Bourguignon dinner and we opened one of our newly acquired bottles of Chevalier VS cognac and watched the last episode of The Last Kingdom, where the four kingdoms are united under Alfred’s son’s rule with the help of the Danes and Ufred is made Lord of North Umbria, one of the four kingdoms. The four main kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England were:

• East Anglia.
• Mercia.
• Northumbria, including sub-kingdoms Bernicia and Deira.
• Wessex.

Suzette then found a new episode of The Marvelous Miss Maisel that we watched.

We went to bed by 9:30, happy after a long day of work and a new exciting dish with a good wine.

Having just bought a pile of good rib steaks this week and discovering fresh shishitos at El Super, I can see that we will be cooking this dish often this summer.

Bon Appetit

 

April 21, 2022 Lunch - Greenhouse Bistro. Dinner - Roast Chicken and Steamed Asparagus

April 21, 2022 Lunch - Greenhouse Bistro. Dinner - Roast Chicken and Steamed Asparagus 

Today we instituted a new regime.  I drove to the Center for Ageless Living for lunch and a swim and picked up a roasted chicken to take home for dinner.

We are going to try to repeat this routine once or twice weekly.

Suzette had an 8:00 meeting so she left early.  I felt weakness, so ate a bowl of granola with milk, yogurt, blueberries, and a banana at 8:30.

I then felt weak at 10:30, so I toasted a small slice of French baguette and spread it with butter and apricot preserves and garnished it with slices of Manchego cheese and drank a cup of tea with it.

I arrived at the Center at12:15 and was soon joined by Suzette in the Bistro.  Denise, who is Food and Beverage Director was our waitress. Josh the chef, said hello when Suzette arrived.  Suzette ordered a small portion of the smoked trout salad and I ordered the Lasagna Blue Plate Special.  Both dishes were made to order. I ordered pink lemonade to drink.

My lasagna was a full platter with a large square of lasagna and a garden salad including slices of fresh mushroom, cucumber, red bell pepper, and radishes.  I ordered Thousand Island dressing for my salad that was served in a ramekin.

The lasagna was rather unique it had thick layers of fresh ricotta and a light tomato coulis instead of the more usual heavy marinara sauce.  The chef later told us he makes his own tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes and herbs from the Center’s garden’s.  The dominant flavor was of ricotta cheese, which I found refreshing.

The garlic bread was also freshly made using thick slices of sandwich loaf baked on premises. 

After lunch I changed in the Men’s locker room and Suzette met me in the pool.  Lauren, the Spa attendant handed me a plastic noodle for support and buoyancy and I was able to develop a pretty effective scissor kick as I lay on my back held up with my arms resting on the noodle.  I did four laps of the pool in 25 minutes while Suzette swam.  Then she returned to work and I soaked in the hot tub for another ten minutes.

I then dressed and picked up the roast chicken at the Bistro and drove home.

I napped from 3:30 to 4:30 and then zoom meditated from 5:00 until 5:30. Luke joined the meditation today and Suzette and I spoke to him by zoom for almost an hour after the meditation.

Suzette was hungry so at 6:30 I fetched the chicken and tore off the leg and thigh and placed placed them on a plate that Suzette microwaved.  Suzette also steamed 10 stalks of asparagus for an incredibly quick dinner.

The chicken that had been stuffed with fresh tarragon from the Center’s garden and lemon and cooked in the Combi cooker was really delicious.

Loyda came and helped me carry the four new bottles of wine that arrived from De Ponte and the bottle of Kahlua we brought back from Mexico to the basement and I brought up a bottle of 2006 Norton Reserve Malbec and a bottle of Standing Stone Vineyards Dry Riesling Timeline from the  Seneca Lake Aka, Finger Lakes, NY that I chilled for dinner.  This was one of the bottles I received in the case of Hermann Wiemer wines I ordered recently.  The wine had great depth of character and complexity. MIT was not a simple Riesling.  Suzette’s comment was, “This wine deserved a more complex dish such as chicken in a cream sauce.”

I agreed but found the wine immensely sippable and we each had a second glass after dinner.

Here is a review, 

Under the leadership of the Hermann J. Wiemer team, this entry-level, off-dry Riesling is an outstanding success. A boisterous, perfumed nose yields aromas of citrus blossoms, pomelo, lemon oil, tangerine and fresh yellow apple. The juicy palate gives way to ripples of juicy pear, apple and pineapple flavors, lifted by a persistent vein of orange-laden acidity. It's impeccably balanced and incredibly concentrated and fresh, with a gentle stoniness riding underneath it all. While enjoyable now, it has the structure and fruit to hold well through 2030

We each ate a couple of squares of chocolate with cognac and watched Midsomer Mystery after dinner and Rachel.

I also ate a bowl of ice cream.

Bon Appetit

April 20, 2022 Lunch - East Ocean. Dinner - PPI Steak and Creamed Macaroni with Spinach and Red Bell Pepper

April 20, 2022 Lunch - East Ocean. Dinner - PPI Steak and Creamed Macaroni with Spinach and Red Bell Pepper

Another day of simple food except for one new dish at East Ocean for lunch.

At 10:00 i toasted two thin slicks of bagel, spread them with cream cheese, amend garnished them with slices of Manchego cheese and salami.

Then at 11:30 I picked up Peter and we drove to East Ocean for lunch.

We had agreed to order Fried Tofu with Mixed Vegetables and that was enough for me but Peter decided to order shrimp Egg Foo Young and I asked for extra sauce.  I am glad he ordered the Egg Foo Young.  It was wonderful and the dark brown sauce was especially delicious when we dipped pieces of the thick omelet into it.

There were enough leftovers for three additional meals. Peter gave me a box with some of the egg Foo young and sauce soaked rice to take to Suzette for her dinner.

I went home and napped from 2:00 until 3:00 and then worked for a while and then read more of the Mysterious Island until Suzette arrived.

We have instituted a new diet of eating less.  Suzette calls it her Three bite Diet.

We walked about 1/2 mile to Megan’s house and compared notes on our respective trips to Uruapan for the craft fair and then walked home.

Suzette heated 1/2 of the Egg Foo Young with rice for her dinner and I heated 1/2 of the steak and creamed macaroni with Spinach and red bell pepper for mine.

Our stomachs have shrunk and less satisfies us now.  I drank the last 1/3 glass of the Murphy Goode 2013 Pinot Noir and Suzette drank water.

Very unexciting but very satisfying food.

I drank a White Russian made with rum, milk, and Kahlua later.

Suzette went to bed at 10:00 and I stayed up to watch Rachel and read.

Bon Appetit

April 19, 2022 Breakfast - Oatmeal. Lunch - Miso Noodle Soup. Dinner - Grilled Steak with Macaroni Shells and Spinach in a Cream Sauce

April 19, 2022 Breakfast - Oatmeal. Lunch - Miso Noodle Soup. Dinner - Grilled Steak with Macaroni Shells and Spinach in a Cream Sauce

When recovering from a bout of muscle weakness, such as I suffered yesterday, I usually over eat and feel over stuffed.  That is what happened today.

I woke up at 6:30 and at 7:00 made a pot of oatmeal flavored with brown sugar and raisins.  Suzette ate a small amount and I ate a bowl full.

Then at 10:30 I drove to Jodie’s to shuttle Aaron back home and then drove to Highland Pharmacy for my 11:30 appointment for my Covid booster shot.

After that I drove home and made lunch.  I wanted a hardy noodle soup like yesterday’s soup.  I boiled 2 quarts of water with 1 T. of  dried wakame seaweed for a few minutes and then tossed in 1 tsp. of dehydrated dashi and a dried shitake mushroom. Then I added a bundle of rice vermicelli and a bundle of wheat noodles and cooked the mixture for about 20 minutes.  I added the diced tops of six asparagus, six snow peas destemmed and cut in half, and 1 1/2 T. of red miso plus a dash of sesame oil and Chinese rice cooking wine.  Finally, I added about six chicken mini dumplings and the last 7 oz. of soft tofu cubed and cooked the mixture another 15 minutes. I sliced thin slices of green onion to garnish the soup and added a squirt of hoisin sauce (the dark stuff on top of the soup)

The result was a lovely miso soup thick with noodles.  I ate two bowls as I watched Liverpool beat Man United decisively with two goals scored in the first twenty minutes.  Liverpool is first and Man U. is struggling to hold onto sixth place in the PL.  Liverpool’s players were creative, organized, and effective, while Man U. was disorganized and put on the defensive most of the match.

At 2:00 I turned off the match and checked my portfolio.  It was a monster day with the Dow up over 500 points.  Even with today’s gain my portfolio that had recovered half of its loss from its high this year stood at only 1/4 of its gain.  In other words it lost 1/2 of the recovery from its low of the year, while I was on the trip. I guess this not going to be a very good year for equities as long as the world economy is in chaos caused by Covid, disruptions in supply chains, reduced demand, and the war in Ukraine

I napped for an hour and then paid some bills and at 4:00 walked to the bank and withdrew money for needed repairs for the mini.

When I returned home I read The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne until Suzette arrived a few minutes after 5:00.

She was hungry, not having eaten anything since breakfast so we decided to cook dinner.  

We had discussed dinner in the morning and decided on a menu of grilled steak, pasta in cream sauce utilizing the piece of Italian tallegio cheese I had bought at Smith’s before the trip. I cleaned the molded parts of the rind off the cheese and then diced 1/4 red bell pepper, 1/2 shallot, and two cloves of garlic that Suzette sautéed in olive oil.  She diced the tallegio, boiled a cup of small shells, started the grill, and peppered and salted the steak.

Suzette then grilled the steak and added the tallegio and about 2 T. of heavy cream to the sauce in the skillet and de-stemmed 2 cups of baby spinach leaves.

I watched the pasta and sauce while she was involved in grilling the steak.

After she flipped the steak, she added the fresh spinach to the sauce, drained the pasta, and added it to the skillet.  We stirred and folded the spinach and drained pasta into the cream sauce mixture until it thickened and the steak was finished grilling.

I sliced the steak and we put slices of steak on top of the pile of creamed spinach and pasta mixture.

Yesterday I bought a 16.3 lb. slab of USDA Choice rib steaks that were on sale for $5.97/lb. at Smith’s and the butcher was kind enough to cut the slab into 1 1/4 inch thick steaks.  The thickness aided Suzette in cooking the steak to a perfect medium rare.  We liked the flavor of the steak and its tenderness. I feel like I got a good piece of meat and we had about 12 steaks left.

I opened a 2013 Murphy Goode Pinot Noir that was light and lovely for the meal.

I thought the sauce could have contained more tallegio and less cream but Suzette liked it.  In truth we did not have enough tallegio to use only tallegio in the sauce.

We were both still feeling the ill effects of turista and could only eat 1/2 of our dinner.  Suzette put up the rest for another dinner.

I ate some ice cream and we both ate a few cookies and drank another glass of wine and sipped cognac and Calvados, but we could not finish the wine either.

Suzette said that the lack of eating from turista reduced the size of our stomachs.  I am sure it reduced our appetites.

Suzette went to bed at 10:00 and I stayed up until 12:30 and got up again at 1:30 as I and my body adjusted to the return to health and Albuquerque.

We will see how long it takes to or if we get back to our normal diet.

Bon Appetit