Happy Monday!
I hope that everyone had an excellent weekend.
I wanted to share some news with you this morning.
I accepted a new job last week!
I will be working full time in my field again, with a new company.
Let's visit the positives and negatives about my decision.
Positive: I will be doing what I went to school for, which helps me to justify the 60 billion dollars I have in student loans.
Positive: I will be (hopefully) expanding my skill set and knowledge base, and doing more challenging work.
Negative: I will be going from wearing jeans to work, to wearing business professional attire...aka: business suit.
Positive: I will be making more money, along with having more comprehensive benefits.
Negative: It isn't enough money for me to retire at age 30, hire a housekeeper, or travel the world. Boo.
Negative: I will be leaving my coworkers, who I love and who have been amazing and supportive and flexible while I went through my divorce and all of the other bullshit that went with it.
Positive: I am feeling stronger and in a much better place now, and I am very ready for a new adventure!
Wish me luck!!!
To celebrate my new opportunity, Steve and I went to my favorite restaurant.
The Scenic Cafe.
Sigh.
We started with the Taleggio Fondue with homemade croutons:
Excuse the pictures - they were taken on an iPhone.
Delicious!
Then we shared a pistachio-crusted goat cheese salad (can you tell that we like cheese?), but I forgot to take pictures of it.
For my main course, I had the Braised Lamb Shank.
Yummy.
Here is the description from the menu:
braised lamb shank
gnocchi béchamel roasted tomato olive oil
capers feta basil
Steve had the Grilled Quail.
The menu description says:
grilled quail
soft polenta wild rice mascarpone cheese
duck liver sherry cream sauce marsala crimini
quail egg peas morels
Steve didn't love his quail...he thought it was a little oily and even a little gamey. He also said the wild rice wasn't cooked. Major bummer.
Steve and I agreed that the best part about The Scenic is their starters. The fondue, the artichoke slather, sashimi tuna tacos, the curried blue mussels - they are all to die for.
The last couple of times that we have went, our entrees have been good, but not quite the level of fantastic-ness that we have come to expect from The Scenic.
But never-the-less, we had a great time and enjoyed the atmosphere, the wonderful service and each other. If you are ever in Duluth or up the North Shore, it is definitely worth stopping in.
Disclaimer: The Scenic didn't pay me to review them or to write anything about them (nor have they ever). The opinions expressed are mine.
January 24, 2011
New Adventure and New Scenic Cafe
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