Labor Day Weekend

Background Information:
2 years ago we were given a gift certificate for a night's stay at the Anniversary Inn. About this same time we attended a silent auction (bad idea) where we purchased, among other things, dinner for two at Zoom in Park City.

Saturday afternoon we went down to Orem, got some Cafe Rio for lunch, dropped Noah off, and headed out for our weekend get away, starting with Park City. We got up there a little early so that we had some time to wander around and look through galleries etc. I was glad to find that for the most part we have the same taste in art. Park City was really cool to go to though. It feels very "out of state", like somewhere in the northwest, and with an almost aristocratic air to it. Maybe that's encouraged by the number of Mercedes, Jaguar, etc. cars parked along the streets, and people looking slightly uptight as they walked around in their well-fit zip up fleece jackets. (it was a little cold and rainy) We walked up and down main street (I was excited to see the infamous Harry O's), and then headed over to our free dinner at Zoom. The certificate just said "Dinner for Two" on it, so we weren't really sure what to expect from it. I was thinking two entree's. Turned out that it was an appetizer, two entree's, and two desserts. We were so stinking full from appetizers and dinner that we had them package our desserts to go. (we have yet to eat them, and I bet that they're bad by now) The food was pretty darn good, but I wouldn't go back honestly. I think it's insane for someone to charge $36 for a meal, and I could have gotten just as good a steak at a regular steak house without having to deal with the "poshness" of park city. But it was still cool to go up there and have dinner prepaid style.

After dinner we headed down to park city to use up our stay at anniversary inn. We had previously reserved the Romeo and Juliet Suite for ourselves, just cuz it looked really pretty and elegant. Here are some really cool things about Anniversary Inn. They have cookies at the front desk for you to munch on while you're checking in. There is cheesecake and chilled apple cider in the room waiting for you. At a time that you specify, they bring you a snack later in the evening, things such as chips and dips, crackers, cheese and salami, spinach artichoke dip, etc. In the morning they deliver breakfast to your door at a time that you specify. There is a giant sized jetted bathtub. They also have movies that you can borrow for free, and they bring them to your room. All in all it's a very pampered experience, and it was a great weekend getaway.

Then we came back to real life feeling nice and refreshed. We went to the new Texas Roadhouse in Lehi/AF with our awesome neighbors the Hulett's. We'd never been there before, but they love it, and we'll gladly take their recommendations. Let's just say that this particular chain has great potential, but where they just opened, they need a few months to work out the kinks. My chicken and Elizabeth's ribs were great. The guys got steaks that were both RARE. My husband likes rare meat, but honestly, this was barely cooked. So we got the steaks sent back. Z's came back fine, Dustin's came back overdone. So they gave him another steak, double the size of what it was originally, and gave both guys their meals for free. It worked out fairly well in the end, but at the time it was pretty annoying to have to deal with so much just to get a steak for the boys.

Monday Zander had LOTS of homework to catch up on, so we really just had a lazy day. We spent the day in the house eating the abundance of leftovers from the rest of the weekend, went to the park for a little while with Noah, and just had a nice long relaxing end to a fantastic weekend.