As soon as we arrived in town on Friday evening, we went straight to Valle Luna (if you haven't had the fundido, you MUST, you are missing out) to celebrate my middle brother and my Daddy's birthday. Rick and I will be in Europe during both of their birthdays, so we wanted to have a special dinner to celebrate them. I didn't take any pictures, I am terrible, but it was a wonderful time of gorging ourselves on great Mexican food, cake, and ice cream.
The next day we ran errands, got some new sneaks for Eurofest walking, and met up with our dear friends Joe and Jill at the mall where they were having lunch with their adorable son, Tyler. Rick and I experienced our first flash mob when we were trying to navigate our way through the crazy crowds. It was interesting, but I was more eager to meet our friends, and shutting down the escalators was not helping my frustration level.
Saturday evening we went to the Cardinals vs. Chargers preseason game with Rick's parents and his sister, Samantha, and her friends. It was such a wonderful time, and Samantha's season ticket seats were sweet! So close to the field, it is much more of an exciting game when you are up close, rather than straining to see from the nose bleeds.
It was so nice being able to spend quality time with Rick's family in such a fun environment. The one thing I miss about living in Phoenix (besides friends and family, of course) are the professional sports. I love love attending games for the Cardinals, Dbacks, and most of all, the Phoenix SUNS! Any time we can come up for a game, it is a guaranteed good time.
On Sunday, Rick and I went to our friends Joe and Jill's place so Rick and Joe could do one of their many fantasy football drafts, and Jill and I could spend some quality time together, and I could kiss all over her baby, Tyler. He is such a good boy! He is getting so big, and never fusses and will sit while we have our girl talk over lunch and shopping excursions. I love him, and her!
Sunday was Rick's sister Samantha's actual birthday, so we all headed down to Postino's Wine Bar in Phoenix. This place is one of the best spots in all of Arizona for fresh, delicious food. Their boards of bruschetta are out of this world. We ate and drank and laughed and celebrated. A perfect way to end a wonderful weekend eating at my favorite spots, with my favorite people.
This quote was up on the chalk board at Postino's:
"Where there is no wine, there is no love." ~Euripides
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