Thursday, March 20, 2008

Another Girl's Night, Another Blurry Photo

I'm not sure how this keeps happening--we have had servers take photos at our Girl's Nights every month for the last couple of years and all of the sudden they are all turning out blurry. Not good. Tonight was dinner at Thanksgiving Point Harvest Restaurant, and we had two absences again (Mary and Kelly), but still had a really good time. However, the food was not good tonight. Usually, Harvest Restaurant is so good, and has been one of my favorites for years. However, there's a new chef there and things have really gone downhill. Karla and Angela will be so sad to read this, but one of our favorite appetizers there (the Parmesan zucchini, of course) is awful now. The new chef changed the recipe all around and it tastes like cheap greasy tempura that you could get for $1.99 at a Chinese buffet. Even the sauce is different now and there is no flavor to the veggies, just very bland and oily. I actually sent this dish back, it was so bad. Broke my heart to realize that it's gone now. Lisa took about 2 bites of the spinach salad and couldn't finish it, and John declared all my leftovers "inedible" and "tasteless". *sigh*

News from tonight's dinner:
-Lisa was bitten by a snake named Max this week. I feel slightly responsible because John and I gave the snake to her kids (long story). Lisa, I'm glad we didn't give you a rattlesnake!
-Bonnie was "hired" with no pay to be our biking team's manager. It's a prestigious job, but we feel she's up to the task.
-Once again, we spent an inordinate amount of time discussing what we are going to wear when we ride (rather than how we're going to train), and decided on black stretchy pants and deep red jerseys. With matching lipstick.
-We learned technical riding terms like "bonking", "goo" and "sweepers" from Lisa.
-Lastly, Bonnie was in rare "pun" form and came up with several options for our bike team name, and after much consideration (and probably driving the couple at the table next to us out for a romantic dinner crazy), we decided on our team name for the ride! Here were the ideas that were thrown out, and you'll notice they all have a biking theme:
  • We Have Spoken
  • Geared Up (Kristina wanted a Richard Gere tie-in here)
  • Helen Wheels
  • Tired
  • Flat Tired
  • Rose Pedals
  • Helmet Headz
  • Heavy Pedalz
  • Jersey Cows (moooove on over)
  • and lastly, our favorite, and our new team name "RIDEZILLAS"
Love the Girl's Nights! Next month can't come soon enough :)

2 comments:

Angela said...

I'm so bummed about Harvest! For your next Girls Night Out you should go to Cheesecake Factory. It's a guaranteed good time!

emilyfcutler said...

my dear, you have so much fun. I love you! I sure like Flat Tired...but Ridezillas works. Maybe Ridezillettes? heh. okay, no. i'm gettin excited for this sunday's MST Book of Mormon!