After our day at Great Pond Bay, we decided to eat at home. There were some nice scallops in the freezer, some Southgate Farm organic salad greens, baby heirloom tomatoes and basil, fresh mozzarella, and a bottle of Crossing Vineyards Sparkling Blanc de Blancs in the fridge. We could really do something with all that.

So we (I mean I) did. Well, Michael opened the bottle. He did a good job, too. It was VERY fizzy and squirted out all over the place. And it was lovely. Crisp and dry, just the way I like it. We have been fortunate enough, this year, to have met Tom and Chris Carroll who own the Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Pennsylvania. And they gave us a bottle of their fabulous sparkling wine. Tom’s words as we left were, “Don’t save it for a special occasion, just drink it”. So we did. And it was sort of a special occasion. It was Sunday and we had a day off.

I assembled a salad with the greens, mozzarella, basil and tomatoes, and whipped up a Coquilles St. Jacques over brown rice pilaf. Goliath shared a bit of it with us and gave it two paws up!

We worked until 6:30, were in the area, and we hadn’t been to Elizabeth’s since they moved from The Palms to H2O. We thought we’d give it a try.

We were warned by the clients we’d just massaged that it hadn’t been that great on two out of the three times they’d been there recently, but we HAD to try it so we’d have something to blog about.

We started with a bottle of Bogle Pinot Noir. Yum! It went well with our spinach and beet salad appetizers. And also with our entrees.

Michael had the pan seared, then oven roasted mahi with some sort of orange sauce, fried rice and mixed veggies. I had the corn chowder as my entree. I tasted the fish and thought it a little more dry than I like it, but it was tasty and the sides complemented it well. The chowder was not piping hot, but I thought the temperature perfect because I hate burning my tongue on soup. It was creamy and full of corn and other yummy veggies, with nice bits of rosemary and savory herbs. Excellent!!

Thumbs up for our experience at Elizabeth’s at H2O!!