My cosy is still there this morning! And I’m in the current post on the Outdoor Knit blog!

Just had a very enjoyable birthday dinner evening with the in-laws. Lots of laughter and good food and everything went to plan, even the experimental presentation of the entree – wasn’t sure whether it was going to be the one-mouthful-wonder that I hoped for but it was! Quite successful. Bit of a Top Chef-styple interpretation of Insalata Caprese.

Tomato & mozzarella bites
Spanakopita & salad greens
Warm spiced apple cake & whipped cream

And an Alsace Grand Cru Pinot Gris – I don’t like pinot gris (that famous quote of mine says it all “eeeeuw it tastes like the smell of a rotten lemon found in the bottom of the fruit bowl”) but this one was quite nice. The Grand Cru was probably the mind-changer … damn expensive taste!

On our way out to the movies this afternoon (via the cosy trees, which were still wearing their knitting) we saw the Audi TTS in ’solar orange’. Didn’t look too bad – probably not quite the orange I’d have in a car and usually I don’t like the TT but the S version isn’t too bad. Doesn’t look as bug-like as previous versions.