Pork Chops, Again....

In my last post, I rattled on and on about the delicious pork chop I had at Tables.  Last weekend, we decided to visit one of our favorite haunts, The Avenue Grill, for dinner on Saturday night, and for some strange reason, I was drawn to the pork chop once again.  What is with me and pork chops all of a sudden?  Maybe it's because it seems like such a fallish kind of meal.  It's one of those comfort food kind of meals.  But, just for the record, if you're interested, the Tables pork chop, hands down wins, and although the chop at Avenue Grill was good, had I not had those delicious chicken pot stickers and those blue cheese dirty martinis to start off the meal, I may have been a tad disappointed (there is always a bright side remember). 

The past two weeks, I've been home in Denver.  I had the great opportunity to be a part of installing and decorating Denver's first ever St. Jude Dream Home.  The house is located in Castle Rock, Colorado and tickets are $100.  It's a great house, with a "Modern Farmhouse" feel to it.  Only 11, 000 tickets are being sold, so for $100 bucks, chances are pretty good.  This week,  was a busy week styling photo shoots for new products arriving soon.  I'm working this weekend at Escoffier in a "Clean Baking" class.  Mostly gluten free stuff, day one is over and went pretty well. The class continues tomorrow and then .....wah, wah.....off to Nebraska on Monday,and all the fun is over!   But (again with the bright side) following that I'll be spending 2 weeks at home in Illinois...working, but home nonetheless.  Then upon my return....only 4 short days until COSTA RICA, baby!  Oh, it can't come soon enough.