Yesterday was rainy. I did some work at school, then headed home to drop off my things before heading out. I was lucky enough to score an invite to the going away apertivo of a gestionale post-doc. After contemplating the public transportation options, I settled on taking the 2 tram, which goes from Piazza Bausan by my house down to the center and continues on. It seemed like a better idea than taking two buses! The rain was still pretty light at that point. I got off later than I should have, but luckily I wasn't actually lost! The streets were pretty deserted because of the rain! I managed to make it to the bar just a minute or two after the appointed time, and looked in the windows for familiar faces, but I struck out. I was worried that I was in the wrong place but then I saw Maria walking into the restaurant. We were the first to arrive! The guest of honor, Olga, hadn't arrived quite yet. In total we ended up being around 10 total.
This place, Bhangrabar, is a semi-Indian place. The aperitivo had a few mild Indian dishes, plus the usual array of desserts, salads, and cheeses. The food was pretty good, and the cocktails were pretty big. I had one of the "Indian" cocktails, a Colonial Cardamom, it was sweet and mild. We stayed at the restaurant for about two hours, then we headed out to find a pub for drinks. I am really glad no one suggested getting dinner. I don't understand how you can have aperitivo and then dinner, it's just not reasonable! The first place we went was actually full, so we ended up high-tailing it over to Beda House, an English pub kinda near my place (near Maciachini and Zara). We are going to have to go there again, the place is huge, well-themed, not too loud, and the prices were OK. There was a restaurant in the back with fancier sit down food. One room of the bar was decorated as the inside of a castle, with fake stonework, including a giant crack in the floor with a treasure room underneath!
Today it was supposed to be rainy, but it's just overcast. I decided to let myself sleep in a bit, and then work on cleaning house. I've tackled a lot of sweeping and laundry. My place isn't filthy by any means, but it's nice to get it a little cleaner. This way I could even have people over for drinks and cheese some evening. And I don't want it to be filthy when Ross comes to visit!
In walnut pesto news, I ended up roasting a cauliflower, and the walnut pesto did go quite well on that. I'm not sold on it for pasta, but I still have to try it on the gnocchi. I also discovered while looking for various cleaning things that I have an electric kettle! The bad news is, there is enough scaling on the inside that I am terrified, so after attempting unsuccessfully to wash it out, I just hid it back in the cupboard! Today I may attempt polenta...
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