Mon 9 Nov

Very nice weekend in Door Co, though I ate altogether too well and the scale reflects it. We had lunch Friday at Carmella's Bistro in Appleton, a relatively new Italian place that I heard numerous rave reviews about, well-deserved I might add. I had housemade gnocchi with housemade marinara and dad had fusilli with artichokes and shrimp in a lemony sauce. Dessert was a take on mint strachiatelli with mint gelato, chocolate sorbet, small pieces of brownie and sauce. Friday we had the $19.99 fish special at CHOP, and I had frigging lobster tail as my choice. It has been a very long time since I had lobster tail previously. The special included their house fresh popovers, and I think we paid a slight uncharge to get the seasonal salad which was a delicious beet salad. Saturday and Sunday mornings were breakfast at the White Gull, of course. On Sunday, they had homemade cinnamon rolls, so we brought two home for today's breakfast. We went back to CHOP on Saturday, intending to do their date night menu, but because we went early right after church, we qualified for their early bird menu which was similar but about $20 less. Dad had potstickers and I had mushroom bisque for appetizer, Dad had a steak with flavored butter and I had an amazing huge pork chop for entree, and Dad had a salted caramel sundae and I had carrot cake for dessert. After hitting the brand new Costco in Appleton on the way home, we stopped at SAP, the sister business to Carmella's that specializes in brunch and sandwiches. This was the only meal I ordered that I didn't really like, as I ordered a Croque Monsieur and theirs was prepared differently from what I expected. It was on thickly sliced, very sweet brioche bread, minimal ham, and gooey melted cheese on top. The overwhelming taste was very sweet. I did have a cup of cream of parsnip soup on the side that was quite nice, though. Food: 7:55 am White Gull cinnamon roll, 1/4 med cantaloupe, 98 g blackberries, coffee 11:30 am Almond cookie green tea 12:30 pm 2 handfuls popcorn 2:30 pm 2 Oreos 5:30 pm 4 oz leftover ham, 1/2 c cheesy potatoes, 1 c acorn squash, 2 tbl cranberry sauce, 3 licorice ice 7:00 pm Bailey's on the rocks, 5 licorice ice Exercise: 9:05-9:20 am Treadmill 9:30-10:30 am Body Pump class 12:40-1:00 pm Walk to Suzuki 2:30-2:45 pm Walk home 3:00-3:20 pm Walk to Gilfry 4:15-4:35 pm Walk home