Golf Weekend

Friday night was our 1st Couples Golf League of the season. We do this one Friday/month from May through September. We narrowly missed the rain, but the ol' St. Croix River shielded us once again and sent the storm to the north.
We had 15 couples which was a great turnout. We play a 2-couple scramble and it is a lot of fun. We were paired with the Glasnapps, Jay and Sue. Sue and Nicole are friends and have played golf together before. I really like Jay but he is a very busy guy and doesn't get out to play with the guys a lot. We shot 2 under in 9 holes which we didn't think was a very good score as we left 3 birdies out there, but it was good enough to win. Sue hit a great shot on hole #5 that got us a birdie and she made a LONG PUTT on hole number 6 for another birdie. Other than that we didn't do anything special, just 7 pars. Nicole drove the ball as she usually does. We used 6 of her drives, not bad out of 9 holes. She just pounds the ball off the tee.
After golf everyone has dinner together and last night was a great night at Troy Burne. We have been working hard to get a menu change because everyone is tired of Panino's. As they say, it is all about who you know and we know Brent very well. We have been talking about it since late last year and finally Brent made it happen. He sat down with the chef (not sure of that title) and said we need to try this, this, and this. The main thing is to get a good quality hamburger and a chicken sandwich. Well, this chef, Todd is his name, works at Barkers' in the winter when TB is not open so we had an in there. So, he ordered the same burgers, brats, and hot dogs from Barkers and we are going to be getting a chicken sandwich. Almost everyone had the burger last night and it was great. Now we'll work on the fancy burgers with all the sides, we have to get the BBQ sauce and Nicole wants to get that chicken sandwich going that she loves so well. It was a very festive mood at the clubhouse last night.
After golf and dinner we invited everyone back to our house for dessert and drinks. There were 16 of us that came over which was a perfect amount. I was a little nervous about 30 people coming over, but those with kids had to turn in early to relieve babysitters. We had a rasberry torte from Cafe Latte and it was great. This truly is our favorite thing to do, play golf with friends and socialize after.

We have a big day planned today. I have to get the yard whipped into shape, it is growing fast with all this heat we have been getting. Then we are going to play golf. After that we are going to make sushi. We went to United Noodle in Mpls and got all the supplies that the chef at Cooks of Crocus Hill suggested. Now, we'll just give it a shot. We didn't buy the sashimi yet as we didn't want it to go bad so we are going to Coastal Seafood today to get that. Here are the only 2 things I know about sushi that I learned in the class.
1. Sushi is not fish, sushi is the vinegared rice.
2. The fish alone is called sashimi and sashimi is raw fish

Today we are going to keep it pretty simple. We are going to get sushi grade tuna for our sushi rolls and we are going to get Unagi (freshwater eel) for our wraps. The eel is grilled a little so it is actually warm and we like this the best.

We have been playing croquet as of late too in our front yard, the little patch of yard next to the sidewalk. It's such a worthless little area that I have been deciding what I want to do with it. I really would like to put a putting green there but everyone I talk to about it says it's a waste to do that with a real putting green across the street, but there is something about just putting and chipping that relaxes me. I get my ipod going and just work on it. If i could do that in my own front yard it would be even better, probably because I could drink wine while doing it which I can't do at the club. :) For now, I just mow the grass as short as I can and we setup the croquet. It's pretty fun.

Enjoy the weekend!