Sure, we like to have plans, get together with friends and family, and attend an occasional celebratory party, but sometimes there is nothing like a weekend of no plans or agenda. It was a beautiful weekend in Philly - crisp and cool with lots of sunshine. We had no set plans but filled the weekend with all that makes us happy.
Friday night it was beers, pizza & Phillies with our next door neighbors. Ending the week with a series win of 2-0 over LA definitely put a skip in our step for Saturday.
On Saturday, we did our weekend walk around town, got our fresh squeezed lemonade from the pretzel shop and headed to the farmers' market to pick up our favorite things. Look to the side of this post for a link to "Favorite Candles and More" to see what we picked up. We washed the car, drove around with the top down on the Jeep, picked up mums and pumpkins to decorate our front, and then gardened. We ended with a dinner date at Los Sarapes - mojitos, margaritas, and the best Mexican meals topped off our night.
Sunday we took Val for a long walk. We call it our cross country walk around g-side. It is about 7,000 steps with tons of hills. We prepared stew (recipe below - so good) for dinner, apple crisp for dessert and relaxed the rest of the day with a bloody mary in hand. Mr. Kenney and Pat joined us for dinner.
So now are sitting in front of the TV and are watching the Phillies fall apart in the first inning and hoping for a come back.
FIVE HOUR BEEF STEW
2 lbs. boneless chuck cut up in cubes
1 large onion chopped
1 cup chopped celery
4 potatoes cut up
6 carrots cut in 1 inch pieces
1 cup peas
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1 can tomato soup
1/4 cup Burgundy wine
Layer all ingredients in a roaster. Sprinkle dry onion soup mix over the top. Combine tomato soup and wine and pour over the top. Cover and bake in a 250 degree oven for 5 hours. So rich and decadent.
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