Wednesday, 12/29/2010

Spencer's girlfriend, Kate, arrived from Chicago late last night.  It was nice to finally meet her this morning!  The six of us, Jennifer, Spencer, Kate, Ben, Katie and I, went to Zoolights at the Portland Zoo this evening.  It was very cold and we even had some snow:)  We all got hot cocoa or coffee as we entered the zoo to take the edge off.  Katie did great with her cocoa.  I don't think she spilled any of it.  It was true progress for her!  What a spectacular light display!  I was really impressed.  There weren't many animals out to see, but we did see a momma elephant and her baby Sam, otters, monkeys, snakes, penguins, and fish. 

Kate, Spencer, Jennifer, Ben, and Katie

After the zoo, we drove to Montage, a restaurant which serves Cajun comfort food.  We've tried to go there several times and have been thwarted each time.  We thought we would be home free tonight since it is a Wednesday.  Nope.  No such luck.  There was an hour wait when we arrived.  We ended up going to Gustav's, very close to Jennifer's home.  It was actually a much better option for us in the end.  Katie didn't nap today and fell very asleep on our way from Montage to Gustav's.  She didn't wake up as Ben got her out of the car, into the restaurant, or as we laid her down on the bench of the booth we were seated at. 

Ben and I shared a small order of chicken alfredo with penne noodles.  It was really good.  Jennifer had Königsberger klopse-- poached pork and beef meatballs, caper sauce, and spätzle noodles.  Kate and Spencer shared a plate of rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, and brussel sprouts.  I don't think they ate many of the brussel sprouts.  Ben, Spencer, Kate, and I all enjoyed Hacker Pschorr Dunkel Weisse-- a true dark, German hefeweizen.  Yum!!!  

Katie woke up after the bill had been delivered to the table.  We think she thought we were just sitting down.  She acted like she should be getting her dinner soon and was not happy when we said it was time to leave.