We’re back from our week long trip to Tahoe and boy am I WIPED. Here’s what we saw/ate/did:
On the way up to Tahoe my brother & dad picked up lobsters for us to cook. We ate them with my garlic bread & my mom’s green salad. Then we proceeded to drink ourselves silly. I blame it all on the altitude.
Cooper woke up at 5:30AM the next morning (uggh!). Totally figures. Doesn’t he know the meaning of vacation?? We went out to lunch and I had my hangover cure, a Bloody Mary!
I got a Fatoush Salad that was good…but the pita was a bit burned. We went for a walk around downtown Truckee and went back to the house for nap time.
Later on we hung out and I had a gin & ginger ale (my drink of choice this past week!).
Look at the view from the house we were renting. Not so bad, huh?
We watched the sun go down and the moon come up. Hello pretty bluish purple skies!
My mom made her linguine & clams and salad. I made my garlic bread AGAIN. YUM. There was wine…lots of WINE.
The next morning we went on a little adventure!
We drove to lunch at the lake. Cooper fell asleep in the car for about 10 minutes and bypassed his nap that afternoon. This happened on a few other days on vacation and it drove me batty. You can never really predict what happens during vacation with a child, can you? I tried to roll with it.
Lunch time! Or should I say beer o’clock?
Shrimp Tacos! So pretty, huh?
We went for a little walk at the shore.
Casey dressed Cooper that day. Twins!
We took Cooper swimming and of course he LOVED it.
A few hours later I made ribs, a FANTASTIC creamed summer corn (recipe soon!) and my mom’s salad. My dad busted out some really good zinfandel for us to drink.
Did I mention that we brought our espresso machine up to Tahoe? Nerds! This moose likes my latte art!
Bread in Tahoe is weird. It’s gotta be an altitude thing. I’m spoiled with our sourdough at home.
The next day at lunch I had a Blue Moon. My dad liked the taste of it. We had coconut shrimp and other stuff.
Cooper loved playing on the beach.
My brother taught him how to skip rocks. Cooper didn’t get it.
Later that day Cooper had his first legit chocolate ice cream cone.
He ordered “the brown one.” I think it took him over 30 minutes to eat that cone.
We came back home.
Then a few of us went to the clubhouse to work out, only so we could eat more.
Casey, my bro and I got dressed up to go out to dinner while my parents watched my niece and Cooper.
We checked out the Ritz Carlton in Lake Tahoe. I ordered a gin & ginger ale!
We had some fancy wine in appropriate stemware.
Checked out the crazy bar…
Had some apps…..
Shared a few overpriced entrees.
Then got all classy and went to Dairy Queen for dessert!
We *almost* convinced the kids behind the counter to let us have a go at the soft serve machine.
We stayed an extra nigh and watched Stepbrothers as well as Hot Tub Time Machine. We got a bunch of beef jerky and played air hockey. It was a pretty fun vacation! I’m definitely happy to be home but not happy to have to sort out the MOUNTAIN of bags I need to unpack! Stay tuned for that creamed corn recipe. You’re gonna love it.
