last night, karen and i ran around doing some errands... and by errands i mean christmas shopping. unfortunately, karen and i are very behind in our christmas shopping. usually, we are done fairly early with our christmas shopping. this year, however, has been a strange year to say the least. christmas simply snuck up on us. i can't believe christmas is next week.
anyway, while we were out and about, we decided to go to the scarlet oak tavern located on queen anne's corner in hingham. too bad i suck at the scarlet oak tavern. neither karen nor i have been there in a while. karen's parents had recently gone and told us that they enjoyed the food there. as we had not been there ourselves in quite some time, we decided to go there.
it turns out... it still will be quite some time before we go to the scarlet oak tavern. last night, the place was absolutely packed. there was no parking available in the parking lot. the wait to be seated was over an hour. i was surprised because never would i have thought that the scarlet oak would be that busy on a thursday night. (this is normally where i would disparagingly shake my head and mutter "hingham" under my breath.) i am not sure if people were trying to get in a last meal before the big forecasted snowstorm or not.
needless to say, we did not dine at the scarlet oak tavern. instead, we decided to go to not your average joe's which is located just down the street in neighboring norwell. i'm actually happy that we ate there instead... after all, i love the food at not your average joe's.
based on the recommendation of our waitperson, i tried the not your average joe's chicken oscar... it was very delicious. (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound.) and for anyone curious, yes... my urine smelled funny afterwards. (the chicken oscar comes with asparagus.)
anyway, not your average joe's was great. for the heck of it, we decided to get ourselves a gift card for the restaurant. not your average joe's is running a promotion where for every $50 gift card you get, you also get a $10 gift card for purchasing it. in essense, it boils down to a free money. since karen and i frequently go there, we thought... why not? besides, it was like a little pre-birthday celebration for me. yay... not your average joe's!
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
I Suck At The Scarlet Oak Tavern
today is my fifth year wedding anniversary. it's amazing how quickly time flies.
anyway, karen and i usually try to exchange traditional anniversary themed presents. (for example, the first anniversary is paper so i got her a gift certificate to a spa; the second anniversary is cotton; the third anniversary is leather; etc. leather... hee hee.)
well, the fifth anniversary is wood. (snicker snicker... okay, i'll get my mind out of the gutter.) as this anniversary snuck up on us so quickly, we decided not to exchange presents this year and consider the second floor addition as our present to one another. the rationale being that the second floor was constructed from wood. my coworker (tim) thought we should have celebrated our anniversary with fireworks (that's beside the point).
in addition to not exchanging presents, we decided to stay local this year. as we were staying local, we went to the scarlet oak tavern located in hingham for lunch. now, i suck at the scarlet oak tavern.
the place is much different from the restaurant that used to be there. the bar area has been enlarged. the area looked nice and clean. my first thought was that my brother in law (pj) and i should have brought my friends (hot amy and jen) there when we were pimping them out. after all, there would probably have been well dressed snooty hingham-ites there. karen, however, disagreed because she thought that the men at the bar would have been all married.
regardless, the food there is delicious. i had trout almondine. i had debated between that and a scallops and bacon pizza. the plate was delicious. even the corn bread they gave us was good... nice and moist. yum. of course, we also had to celebrate with dessert too. i had pecan pie; karen had a lemon mousse.
needless to say, we were both stuffed after lunch. (i think i'm doing a pretty darn good job of putting back all that weight i lost from the high intensity interval training.) i'd definitely go back.
anyway, karen and i usually try to exchange traditional anniversary themed presents. (for example, the first anniversary is paper so i got her a gift certificate to a spa; the second anniversary is cotton; the third anniversary is leather; etc. leather... hee hee.)
well, the fifth anniversary is wood. (snicker snicker... okay, i'll get my mind out of the gutter.) as this anniversary snuck up on us so quickly, we decided not to exchange presents this year and consider the second floor addition as our present to one another. the rationale being that the second floor was constructed from wood. my coworker (tim) thought we should have celebrated our anniversary with fireworks (that's beside the point).
in addition to not exchanging presents, we decided to stay local this year. as we were staying local, we went to the scarlet oak tavern located in hingham for lunch. now, i suck at the scarlet oak tavern.
the place is much different from the restaurant that used to be there. the bar area has been enlarged. the area looked nice and clean. my first thought was that my brother in law (pj) and i should have brought my friends (hot amy and jen) there when we were pimping them out. after all, there would probably have been well dressed snooty hingham-ites there. karen, however, disagreed because she thought that the men at the bar would have been all married.
regardless, the food there is delicious. i had trout almondine. i had debated between that and a scallops and bacon pizza. the plate was delicious. even the corn bread they gave us was good... nice and moist. yum. of course, we also had to celebrate with dessert too. i had pecan pie; karen had a lemon mousse.
needless to say, we were both stuffed after lunch. (i think i'm doing a pretty darn good job of putting back all that weight i lost from the high intensity interval training.) i'd definitely go back.
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