Turtle Bread Garden

Turtle Bread is a favorite restaurant of mine and of Dale. It looks like they've now got their own garden growing organic produce. Dale believes the giant ball in the background to be a composter. I think he may be right. It looks like the garden provides produce for Cafe Levain and Pizza Biga as well.

Osaka Restaurant

This past Saturday our friends Mike and Charisse had us out to their boat on the St. Croix. After cocktails on the river we ate at a restaurant in Stillwater called Osaka. They served the best sushi I've ever had. Mike and Charisse were curious as to whether Stillwater can support a sushi place. Time will tell...

Cafe Levain On Mother's Day 2012

Dale and I took Mom to Cafe Levain for dinner tonight. Dale wrote the following in his blog:

"Joe and I took his mom to Cafe Levain tonight for Mom's Day. They have a 'Sunday Dinner' which is a really reasonably priced prix fixe dinner. Amazing - the sirloin with pesto over mashed potatoes and roasted kale was incredible."

Dale's right. The dinner was amazing. The soup was a ramp soup and I learned tonight that ramp is a wild Minnesota onion. Very delicious. The dessert was a butterscotch pudding that was very delicious as well. 

I love that there is a restaurant as wonderful as Levain in our neighborhood. 

Dinner and a Movie - Saturday May 5, 2012

Dale made salmon (my favorite fish and one of my favorite dinners) last night. For dessert we finished up the lavender ice cream from Pumphouse Creamery. Our movie was Mamma Mia!

Cocktail Hour - Saturday May 5, 2012

Dale found some wonderful cheese with truffles in it at Kowalski's. I found it to be somewhat similar to brie in texture. We ate it out on the porch during cocktail hour.