Every year since we got married, Kathleen and I have spent Christmas Eve at home making a special dinner. The first year was Cornish game hens, then a whole roasted turkey, and this year we made rack of lamb.

Post Frenching/Cleaning:

Marinating:

Seared on the stove-top, now roasting in the oven:

Ready to eat!

It was awesome. This qualifies as the most expensive meal I’ve ever prepared at home, but was totally worth it.

Hector, from Pura Vida and Top Chef, has started setting up a burrito stand under a tent in the lot across from Pura Vida on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Kathleen and I finally made it by for a try on Sunday. Yum…

A while back, we went to dinner at Woodfire Grill, before going to see Sondre Lerche at the Earl. Kathleen had gotten reservations back in December for me for Christmas, and this was the earliest date that was available! Also, this was the show that we both bought each other tickets to for Christmas.

On Saturday night, Kathleen, Michael, and I went to see Cinematic Titanic at the Alliance Theatre.

It was basically everything I’d hoped it would be, essentially MST3K: live. The movie was “Danger on Tiki Island,” which was perfectly awful and great riffing material for Joel and the gang.

We also ate at Soul Vegitarian for the first time ever, even though we’ve lived across the street from it for two years now. It was some pretty darn good food.