Falling in love all over again...

As much as I adore these 4 children, Matt & I relished every quiet moment away from them last weekend. Thank you Mom & Ken for caring for the boys while we played!

My Uncle Mark hooked us up with a company condo in Bellevue, near Sun Valley, at an irresistible price. This left us with more money for REALLY GOOD FOOD. And that is what we did, eat, all three days worth. There are no pictures because we were too busy eating REALLY GOOD FOOD.

This is where the love part comes in. Matt continually surprises me on our dining adventures with what he is willing to try. We made the drive up in time for lunch on Friday & found a spot in Ketchum called Glow. All organic, all vegan, & mostly local, place to eat. You have to understand that Matt & vegan in the same arena will always take my breath away! Not only was he excited to try this but he was enthusiastic about all the new textures & flavors when the plates of coconut meat, lentil toast & squash pasta actually arrived at the table! It is one thing to look at a beautiful menu & posh design of a place but to actually put this in your mouth! It was all good but mostly new tasting. Ahhh...this was going to be really amazing weekend.

After being sufficientely cleansed at Glow, we wandered to Leroy's Ice Cream & botched it all. 2 big scoops for both of us. Matt was left out in the cold with his poor choices in flavors. ( Cookies & Cream? Really?) But I hit the jackpot, Toasted Coconut & Lemon Bar. Ohhh, baby, top 10 of all time, for sure!

That night we went to Globus. This was a bit sentimental for me because my first job was at the Globus in Boise, when it was still open. The Ketchum Globus brought back all those sweet memories & man, was it tasty! By far the stand out there was the vegetarian Pad Thai, they do it right. We are still waiting for a worthy Pad Thai near Boise, this one put the Treasure Valley to shame.

Rolling out around 11 am, yes! I love my long lost friend... SLEEP! I was hoping for breakfast but afraid I would have to settle for early lunch when we stopped at Papa Hemi's. And we were glad we did. I had an amazing monster-sized apple pancake, the kind that is so good you want that big a portion. Out doing myself, I even sampled Matt's trout & grilled veggie omlet with goat cheese. Ten pounds? SO WORTH IT! When we were done we were asked if we wanted to try a fried Twinkie. (?)

We had an early dinner at Rickshaw, this was all Asian tapas. You were supposed to order at least 2 of their small plates per person so we got to try a lot of yummy new things. Matt's favorite was the Bok Choy. Who is this guy? I am seriously SO IN LOVE. He is busy trying to re-create this at home, he loved it that much.

Dessert at Vintage, the most romantic place ever. I am not the sappy sort but this place had me swooning. Music , lighting, even the desserts had names that were embarrassing to say. The best part about any of these places was that, except for Globus, we just stumbled across them. My Aunt Lisa said we managed to find some of the local's secret spots, all by accident!

In a spontaneous moment without kiddos, we caught the late showing of The Ugly Truth. Mostly ugly, very little truth. I want to like Katherine Heigl but she surrounds herself with idiots on screen, after awhile I just think she is the idiot.

Not wanting to leave, we had lunch at Kethum Burritos. This did not help, their fish tacos were delish. But alas, we headed back to reality... with very full bellies.

One more thing, we stopped in Mountain Home for something to drink on our way back & I caught Matt getting a sandwich at ARBY"S!!!!!!! What? There's the man I know & love.