End of the Weekend Fatigue

This weekend has been a busy one for me, as I went out both Friday & Saturday night. Before you say “that’s not a big deal”, remember that I’m not in my 20’s anymore, so it’s a tough thing to do. Friday night I went out with colleagues in Little Italy. We went to a lounge that I hadn’t been to before, and hung out, talking and drinking. I had a few mojitos, which were good, but after two or three, my stomach started protesting. I typically drink beer or wine, so the combo of rum and mint was not agreeing with me. *sigh* Saturday I had to recover enough to run some errands in the morning, but that wasn’t too stressful, so that was okay. I was going to have a nap in the afternoon, but didn’t get around to it. Then I was off to the Toronto Maple Leafs game Saturday night. They were playing the Chicago Blackhawks, which was exciting because I’ve never seen them live before, plus they’ve got a couple of exciting young players on the team. Of course neither of these two teams is MY team, so I didn’t actually care who won, but in case you were wondering, Chicago won 6-3. MY team, the Montreal Canadiens, won last night. heh heh.

After the game, we headed over to a nearby bar to check out the end of the baseball game, as my friend is a baseball fan. We had a few drinks, some bad appetizers, and hung out. That was fun. But again, I was out late, and ended up sleeping in Sunday morning. I slept in till 10:40, which, for anyone who knows me, will know that is late. Normally 8am is late for me, so I was obviously tired.

And now I’m currently making some beef spezzatino, which is Italian for beef stew. Normally this particular recipe is eaten with polenta as well, however it’s a little hard to make small batches of polenta, so I’m going to eat it with some potatoes. Hmm, although as I write this, I realize that I could turn the spezzatino into a carne e piselli spezzatino, which is Italian for meat & peas stew. I do have some frozen peas in the kitchen, so I could definitely toss them in. Hmm, I’ll have to think about that. This recipe is my Nonna Angelina’s recipe, which she taught to my mother, and then also my aunts (who married my mom’s brothers)…gotta make sure that her sons were well-fed! haha. Seriously though, I’m not sure if this is a Failo family recipe, or maybe even a Ratti family recipe…I’ll have to ask my aunts if they know next time I speak to them.

Speaking of my spezzatino, it’s time I go take a look at mine and see how it’s doing. Buon appetito everyone!