this past weekend- Sheep and Wool, a good restaurant, and more Sheep and Wool

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marnen and I went to the Sheep & Wool festival. We spent a lot of time in the specialty foods area. The cooking demo really needed a microphone, but we had a good time. And we developed a shopping list for me the next day, when I was returning with my lunch cooler (so I could pick up some really yummy cheese).

Saturday night we went to the Bonefish Grill that just opened in Poughkeepsie. If you like fish and seafood, this is a good place. The wait was long, so we ended up eating at a "community table" in the bar area. I ordered the Ahi Tuna (pan-Asian style) and Marnen got the trout with Lime Tomato Garlic sauce. I also ordered the house "martini" (Stolichnaya vodka, Champagne, cranberry juice, garnished with an orange slice) which was very nice to drink. Then they brought out a warm loaf of bread with a dish of olive oil and a little bit of pesto. But the pesto was strong enough to hold it's own and blend nicely with oil. Then our salads came out (very well too), and then our main dishes. Marnen even ended up bringing leftovers home, which almost never happens. I brought home most of mine as well.

Later on, I was able to get Marnen to watch Real Genius. And to find out, he tends to dislike wiz-kid movies, and why (the sterotypes).

Sunday, Marnen had a concert and rehearsals, so I went back to the Sheep & Wool festival. I picked up the cheese (a very nice and strong bleu), and some other spice mixes and a wasabi sauce.

I also got a larger pair of knitting needles, some lambs wool, a ball of nettle yarn (more on that another time, but basically it has to to with my childhood and the story of the Seven Swans), and I found a skien of wonderful silk yarn in a bargain bin. It's already on my size 8 needles... and I'm on my 9th row. It's wonderful and soft... if I don't want it to stay the natural off white I'll dye it later... I had to start working with it before I pawed it to death.