"Dinner and Games with Friends: A Perfect Evening"
Feb 29, 2024 - 10:03pmSummary: The speaker had Patrick, Kyle, and Claire over for dinner and board games, and they enjoyed a nice evening with chicken and apricot spinach dish. They also enjoyed a kale salad and rice with toasted almonds. They had a fantastic time playing The Crew and discussed plans for Easter and learning how to play bridge with their grandpa.Transcript: This evening I had Patrick, Kyle, and Claire over for dinner and board games. And it was a nice evening. I made chicken and apricots and spinach from a New York Times recipe, and that was pretty nice. I enjoyed it. Patrick seemed to enjoy it. It's quite similar in terms of the one pot nature as the other thing. It's the same onions. Put the onions around the side. Put the chicken in the middle. Do the thing. Throw some shit in it. Throw some other shit in it. Pretty basic. Starting to get an idea that this is just something you can do to make one pot meals, basically. Onions. Classic onions. And we had that with a kale salad, which was really nice. And the kale that I got from Specialty Produce is just... Absolutely fire. And some rice. Super simple. Pretty dang good. The toasted almonds, big hit. Really good. And beyond all that, we had a fantastic time playing The Crew, which I really enjoyed. And I'm really glad that everyone else seemed to enjoy it as well. It took a little bit for us to all get into it. And get the rhythm. But once we did, it was good. Definitely starting to get difficult there at the end. And need to think more about, you know, how to play trick-taking games effectively. Also, thinking about Easter. Need a plan for that. And also specifically plan to go to Grandpa's place for at least a day around Easter. That's something really, really important to me. And I would love to learn how to play bridge. And this is something that I don't want to forget by the time I go up there. So, I'd love to spend a day with him playing and learning bridge.
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