taste of hillcrest
last night was a taste of hillcrest, and by the end of the trip, i was absolutely conked out with a serious case of over-indulgence. since i got there earlier than the girls, i decided to start in on the tastings without them with some of the nearby participating restaurants. one of my favorite breakfast places, crest cafe was serving up mac/cheese/ham/jalapeño deliciousness... with wine. i was sort of surprised that they were serving alcohol, but it was a nice complement to the pasta... at least the one taste i had until i spilled the glass all over my ticket and shoes. i sampled a few more spots in the area and heather finally caught up, where i introduced her to crest, and then we decided to venture into another location on the tour: the brass rail. which is a bar. not even a bar pretending to be a restaurant, it's a straight up bar (well, maybe "straight up" is the wrong term :) so they, of course, were handing out shots. interesting. jennifer finally caught up with us, and we were off, quickly hitting a few more alcoholic and non places on the way in attempt to get as many tastes in on
the limited hours to try the 40 places listed. by the end, with mostly liquids filling my limited capacity, we all felt a little too full for anyone's good. but at least i managed to put away 19 places out of 40, with the girls doing 15 and 17 as well, so i guess it was to be expected.
and then i rolled home, and promptly fell deeply into a food-coma'd sleep. so full. good thing i'm doing relay for life tomorrow to help work some of that off!
current mood: mmmmmac&cheese