locked up tight and a return to RBI
we made the first friday red bud island trip of 2011.
launching the kayaks
we kept our tradition of "what happens on RBI stays on RBI" the kids were allowed to slam as many zingers/twinkies along with jugs of lemonade or soda. we dumped a few beers down the hatch.
the swan looked so graceful in the evening light, then it attacked my kayak.
we spent the weekend at our wimberley off-grid project. kat took the kids to the butterfly festival while I closed up a bunch of small projects. it felt good too! the perfect weather helped.
kat installed the dead-bolt and hand-set. I adjusted the door frames till they fit with the locks. this is the first time we've been able to lock the doors when we leave.
the composting toilet works great!
kat clipped a bunch of suckers from the big oak by the cabins. they are doing so well since we removed the cedars.
some friends came down for dinner at marco's italian in the wimberley square. we always ask to sit outside when the kids are with us. marco wasn't too crazy about our choice but I think it was for the best as we let them run and play like wild animals while we sit around and have deep philosophical conversation about really important stuff.
food and service was good. we'll be back.
#1 son climbing up to the sleeping loft in the tall cabin.
went on a bike ride the next morning, #1 son crashed pretty early into it.
I rode back to the cabin to get the first aid kit. kat bandaged him up and we left his bike on the side of the road and let him climb on the back of mine. (his bike was still there when we went back for it later.)
then I had two passengers on my bike! that'll show me to laugh at those people on the travel channel that put the whole family on a small scooter. we rode to the general store and let #1 son get an ice cream treat. he had a quick recovery after that.
we love the brunch at the santa rita cantina. those crispy-bacon jalapeno and cinnamon pancakes are SO good. and kat's huevos motulenos were also good.
but the best meal we had last week....
we met some friends at fabi+rosi for their austin restaurant week offering. at $25 per person pre-fixe it was one of the cheaper options for ARW. I'll have to say it was also the best meal we had in a good while. the food was great, the service was good and it took us FOUR minutes to get there from here, four minutes door to door! they allow you to bring your own wine so we brought a sampling of cabernet from oakville. we dined for three hours, the time flew by! we had so much fun and that was only monday night. (I opted not to drag the big camera, no food pics, very dim in that place)
the pic above was my prep work for pizza at home night. I first tossed the mushrooms in olive oil and sea salt. I roasted all the items above for almost three hours at about 300. the mushrooms got all crispy. I peeled the toms and put the roasted onions and tomato into the osterizer with some garlic and olive oil. that made the most delicious pizza sauce (below). I topped the pizza with provolone and the crunchy mushrooms.
the daughter was kristi yamaguchi for the school live wax museum.