I spoke with my mom this morning. As soon as the phone rang, my head started ringing.

Here's why: We recently discovered the Brownstone Village in Arlington which had among its many shops, a delightful wine room and a little italian cafe. Since it is a 'BYO' cafe, we would often stop at the wine room, taste a few wines, pick a selection, and take it to dinner. This wine room also stayed open until 10pm, so naturally when we were done with dinner, we would end up back in the wine room for dessert.

We returned to the Brownstone Village last night. The wine room has changed owners since we were there last. We barely slipped in the door at 8pm as they were counting the register. We quickly picked 2 wines (without tasting them) and $56 later we were scooted out the door.

When we made it into the restaurant and popped the cork, about half a glass for each of us and we both decided to toss the bottle. Yuck-o. So, to make a long story short, I think that's why my head was ringing when I woke up! We've decided not to return to the wine room in the future. What a let down.

But- there is a new restaurant opened in Lincoln Square. Olenjack's. We stopped there on the way home. It is a very promising replacement restaurant for us. The wine list was very impressive- we may try out the food tonight.

In other news: since I did speak with Mom this morning, she requested some pictures to be added to my blog. And some more postings, so I will attempt to do both.

This plate (from Aunt Nell and Uncle Logan) gets alot of use these days.

Here's some pictures of our 10 mile bike ride last weekend:

The little one gets a little cranky towards the end.

I'm so happy to be exercising again! It's been a long, cold winter.

My hubby and I are running a few times a week. And getting some rides in if we're able to break away from work early enough.

Getting ready for El Scorcho. Maybe.

I'm not happy with the new Google logins required to use my blog anymore. Do you have this new Google account? I can't use my Blogger login anymore. I had to make a new Google login. And everytime I try to post a comment on someone's blog, I have to wait for some sort of Email Verification to be sent to my email account before it will let me login.

Which means I never end up posting my comment. Darn it.

The Electric Car

We watched two good movies last week.

1. Mission Impossible 3. I don't think this movie did well in the box office because I believe it came out at the same time Tom Cruise was jumping around on Oprah's couch, but it was a good rental to watch while my hubby was sick on the couch with the flu on Valentine's Day.

2. Who Killed the Electric Car? I am sure that most people can figure out who the culprits are if they just sit and think for a minute. Regardless, alot of interesting info.

Luckily, my hubby is all better now and we got to go to the Stars game yesterday! And I didn't even catch his bug!

A Big Happy Birthday To E-Luv!

It's still cold here. Luckily, I got to spend my recent birthday in Sunny San Diego California! What a relief from this weather!

I am going to attend the funeral tomorrow of a friend of mine from High School. He has been battling brain cancer for a few years now. He lost his battle last week. My heart goes out to his sweet wife and baby girl. I never want to have to go through any of that. Gosh.