I'm feeling pretty yawn-y, thanks to a couple of nights of showings of the Roediger Theatre and an early start to today. Last night, there were about 20 folks on hand for The Empire Strikes Back, and Sunday night a few more than that came out for Drop Dead Gorgeous. I love these summer nights and it's fun to hang out and enjoy shows on the big screen. I'm hoping the chocolate fudge with walnuts, and the cinnamon chip cookies, were suitable snacks for the crew. Monica Alonso brought over some of her famous mac-n-cheese, and that cleared out half the audience to run inside and wait for it to be served up hot.
The night began with grilling out: burgers on the grill with Bradley, Trevor, Chris, Shane, Beau, Brian, Stephen, and Danny (Meal No. 11 in the new kitchen). In some ways, we think it's our last hurrah with Trevor, before he moves out to San Diego to undertake a masters program, and probably to fall into habits of grave sin and debauchery. You can see he was visibly moved by the finality of it all. And hey: those burgers were pretty good. And the company for the evening was great.Preceding Sunday night's film, there was also some grilling out, for Meal No. 10: filet mignon, company mashed potatoes, Caesar salad, and poppy seed rolls. Fudge for dessert, too. It made me mighty happy to have a thick medium-rare steak in the new kitchen. It's been a long time coming.
In the next few hours, the final inspection by the City should occur. Pete had to come and address two issues related to insulation over the new kitchen space; otherwise, we were looking pretty good. Pete and I met Saturday and did a sort of final "walk-through" of our own, noting the things that still need to be addressed or tidied up. Another sign that things are just about done.
Late-Day Update: I prepped enough burgers last night such that there were some leftover but ungrilled, so that became Meal No. 12 this evening.
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