Josie on the walk downtown (she put her outfit together herself just for the show, complete with cheetah print shirt, black scarf, and silver earrings).
Unfortunately, Cream and Flutter is about as unvegan-friendly as you can get (they don't even have soy milk for the coffee), but we ate downtown before we went to Cream and Flutter and there was some fruit at the art exhibit attached to Cream and Flutter. One of the downsides of our eldest going to public school now is that all the kids have a pretty firm bedtime now. We used to be able to go out to events and the kids would be fine all night, but now they all start to fade around nine. Josie was super disappointed when we left before Ryan was done and begged me to stay with her until the end, but we were with our friends Monique and Aidan who sweetly offered a ride home in the chilly night air. I knew staying until the end would mean walking over a mile home with a heavy sleepy four and a half year old in my arms.
We arrived very early to get seats (the place was packed by the time we left). Josie was hoping Ryan would ask her up "on stage". I don't know where she gets these ideas. She wasn't disappointed to just watch him perform though.
Saturday after Josie's soccer game, we all walked a few blocks to take the bus to Caffe Paradiso. We met Parker's charming art club teacher (a student at the local university and we've heard she is interested in veganism) and checked out their work.
I love the idea of this project. They were supposed to send a text message to the world.
After taking in the art exhibit, we walked to a newish Thai restaurant on campus. Bangkok Thai and Pho 911 is in the same space that used to be Zyggyz and before that it was the original Basil Thai (whoa, we have been in this town too long now). Anyway, the ambiance is the same. Slightly greasy and fast food feeling, but the food was pretty good for the price.
Rob's Mussamum Curry with Tofu
Parker's Yellow Curry with Tofu
Josie's Pad Thai with Tofu (no egg)
Dema's Pad Lard Nar with Tofu
My Eggplant with Basil Leaves
We all agreed the curries were good, but not great (everything was a bit greasier than we like), but we would get the Pad Lard Nar or the Eggplant with Basil Leaves again. We would take our Klean Kanteens and bamboo forks next time because all they have is plastic wear and Styrofoam cups. We ate our fill and I walked with the boys to the library and Rob walked with Josie to the Walnut St. Tea Co. We met up halfway home to all walk home together. We thought about renting a Zipcar for the day, but it was so much nicer taking the bus and walking. We didn't get as much done, but it was so much more fun doing it. We made it home in time to visit with our friend Kurt (former neighbor) in town from California and Rob and I used the long afternoon walk as an excuse to take a luxurious late afternoon/early evening nap. We had family movie night of Sky High (pretty cute and one of the characters is veg!) and popcorn with nutritional yeast and pepper.