A Weekend for Me/Us

This past weekend we jetted off to our fav little town Fredericksburg. Situated in the Hill Country of Texas, this little German community has quickly become a favorite weekend getaway for Jenn & I. Last week we had a suprise visit from our great friends from Chicago Dr.'s Chad, Joann, and son Guthrie. They were in Austin on a little vacation and decided to drive out to see us and spent the night here as well. We had a great visit and felt recharged in the friend department, at least for a little bit. On thing Chad told us during a converstaion was how important it has been for him to be sure to take care of him! I think I was just writing about that recently and then got to thinking about getting out of town for the weekend. I got up Friday morning and asked Jenn if she wanted to call in to work and we could pack up and get out of town to Fredericksburg fo the weekend. She was like well lets go to work and then head out right after that, sounded great to me! Since it is the slow season down there we had no problem gettting a room and we left here at 7pm Friday night. Amos was in his pj's and it was his bedtime so he slept peacefully in the car the whole way. We got there in no time at all and got all situated and had no real plan for the weekend except, relax, eat, drink good wine and brew. Saturday rolls around at a liesurely pace and we head out to stroll the streets and do what we do best, window shop and people watch. We had a fine lunch at Hannah's on Main, fellow culinary school grads, walked around some more and window shopped even more. The weather was perfect and it felt like it has been some time that we had all been outside, I think I even got a little sun on the face. It felt great to be out doors getting the fresh air not thinking about what was going on back home with the restaurant or our jobs. We had very relaxed afternoon, Amos napped back at the room and then we went to dinner at the Fredericksburg Brewing Company. We really like that place and feel very comfortable there. Amos was quite the ham while at dinner and kept numerous tables entertained. It is funny to see him in action. After dinner we went back to the room, put Amos down for the evening and just talked and worked on the garden plan and called it an early night. Sunday we planned to get up and go have brunch at another favorite place, the Rathskeller. It is in the basement of an old building and just the kind of place we would love to create here, warm, inviting, cozy, unique, etc... I always have to Hill Country Hash ( sauteed duck breast, diced potatoes, peppers, onion, all topped with Hollandaise sauce and 2 poached eggs)! I just love it. We usually have a mimos and coffee and just sit and take it all in.