Friday Lunch
May. 13th, 2002 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckAs we were leaving the museum, Suzanne and Jeff ran into someone they knew. I wasn't clear if she was from high school or from Suzanne's college days. At any rate, she now works at the museum and was able to recommend a place for us to have lunch. Since Jeff and I both enjoy Mexican food occasionally while our spouses don't, we were happy to go along with Suzanne's interest in trying the recommended Mexican place.
The baby fell asleep in her stroller (a very neat set up. Basically, the car seat can be attached to the stroller frame securely without disturbing the baby; I think there's also a seat in the stroller itself, but I didn't see that because we put the car seat on. There's an area underneath for storage and a bit where Brendan can stand with a strap to keep him from falling off) during the three block walk to the restaurant. Jeff and I both offered to help push, but Brendan refused to ride if either of us was touching the stroller.
We had to wait a little for a table to clear. Suzanne bribed Brendan with crackers and a juice box in order to keep him moderately still. Then, after we were seated, Brendan refused to eat any of the foods on the menu, demanding instead a burger and fries. The waiter indicated that nobody'd get upset if Suzanne went a couple of doors down and bought him what he wanted, so she did. Suzanne and I both got wet burritos while Jeff got enchiladas. I used up all of my protein allocations for the day on that burrito, but it was worthwhile. I can't say that the food was wonderful (the guacamole was awful! And they only mostly left the tomatoes out of my burrito), but it wasn't awful.
After a brief struggle with Jeff, Suzanne paid for lunch. I thought about getting involved but decided to let the siblings squabble. Suzanne mentioned the possibility of ice cream to Brendan, but we didn't see any place that sold it on the way back to where we were parked. Brendan complained about that the whole way. Fortunately, he fell asleep almost immediately after we started driving. Jeff hadn't actually believed that this would happen and so insisted that we head to Island Park just in case Brendan woke up on the way. (Part of this is that Jeff's wife lived less than a block away from the park for two years but he'd never visited it or even known it was there.)
When Suzanne dropped me and Jeff off at my place, I gave her the bag of Yachana jungle chocolate I'd bought her as a Mother's Day present. I'd wanted to be sure to give it to her while Brendan was either occupied or asleep so that she didn't have to share it with him (I'm fairly sure he wouldn't like it much since it's not really very sweet. It's basically crushed and roasted cocoa beans with a little sugar and pineapple juice mixed with a bit of dried pineapple. I found it through the Hunger Site's store and decided to order some to give as gifts and generally try out).
The baby fell asleep in her stroller (a very neat set up. Basically, the car seat can be attached to the stroller frame securely without disturbing the baby; I think there's also a seat in the stroller itself, but I didn't see that because we put the car seat on. There's an area underneath for storage and a bit where Brendan can stand with a strap to keep him from falling off) during the three block walk to the restaurant. Jeff and I both offered to help push, but Brendan refused to ride if either of us was touching the stroller.
We had to wait a little for a table to clear. Suzanne bribed Brendan with crackers and a juice box in order to keep him moderately still. Then, after we were seated, Brendan refused to eat any of the foods on the menu, demanding instead a burger and fries. The waiter indicated that nobody'd get upset if Suzanne went a couple of doors down and bought him what he wanted, so she did. Suzanne and I both got wet burritos while Jeff got enchiladas. I used up all of my protein allocations for the day on that burrito, but it was worthwhile. I can't say that the food was wonderful (the guacamole was awful! And they only mostly left the tomatoes out of my burrito), but it wasn't awful.
After a brief struggle with Jeff, Suzanne paid for lunch. I thought about getting involved but decided to let the siblings squabble. Suzanne mentioned the possibility of ice cream to Brendan, but we didn't see any place that sold it on the way back to where we were parked. Brendan complained about that the whole way. Fortunately, he fell asleep almost immediately after we started driving. Jeff hadn't actually believed that this would happen and so insisted that we head to Island Park just in case Brendan woke up on the way. (Part of this is that Jeff's wife lived less than a block away from the park for two years but he'd never visited it or even known it was there.)
When Suzanne dropped me and Jeff off at my place, I gave her the bag of Yachana jungle chocolate I'd bought her as a Mother's Day present. I'd wanted to be sure to give it to her while Brendan was either occupied or asleep so that she didn't have to share it with him (I'm fairly sure he wouldn't like it much since it's not really very sweet. It's basically crushed and roasted cocoa beans with a little sugar and pineapple juice mixed with a bit of dried pineapple. I found it through the Hunger Site's store and decided to order some to give as gifts and generally try out).
