For Thanksgiving each family unit went their own way this year. As we were on our own, we two planned to eat dinner at Old Burdick's (a restaurant next door in the Radisson Hotel). It is not our favorite, but it is the only restaurant downtown and within walking distance that is open on TG. It turned out to be too cold and snowy, so we opted to stay home by the cozy fireside. We had humble homemade veggie soup for dinner.
For Christmas we went to Columbus, Ohio to visit Mikes's sis and hubby, Kathy and Jim and all their animal critters. They have a dog, a cat, a few chickens, and three terrariums filled with exotic miniature frogs. Some she has raised from egg to polliwog to grown up frog. You can read all about them in past entries of this blog.
We arrived on Christmas afternoon. They had redecorated (new paint and such) much of the house, so we took a quick tour, did a meet and greet with all the pets, and then quickly moved into gourmet drinking mode. Jim always offers exciting new liquors or fancy liquor bottles (we recall one that lit when you tipped it over to pour). Today was no exception.
Dinner was a Japanese delight of carry outs from a place in Dublin, Ohio. There was a choice of six bento boxes--I chose the teriyaki salmon and Mike chose the shrimp tempura and steak teriyaki. Side dishes included two kinds of miso soup, a variety of sushi appetizers, kimchi (yes, I know this is actually Korean), and octopus and seaweed salads. We had all the special sauces to dress things up. Chopsticks were a must.
For dessert, we had mochi cookies in a variety of flavors and the ugly (but tasty) iced sugar cookies I had made from scratch at home and brought.
The next morning was a late breakfast of BLTs with avocado, whipped up by Kathy. I rarely eat meat, but it is a bit hard for me to pass up bacon. It is not a religious thing, so no big deal if I go for it.
Later we went to Columbus for a little shopping and a lot of eating. We stopped at the Micro Center technology shop and bought a few gadgets. One thing we all lusted over was the 3-D printer and the working wind turbine model (about 3 feet tall). Neither one terribly useful for us, but both really cool. We staved off the urge to purchase.
Then off to the Short North district for more shopping. We especially liked the Everything-You-Could-Ever-Want-For-Your-Pet store. We bought a few dog toys there. There was also a great game and gadget store, but it was so crowded, we decided to check it out another time.
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