Dinners and Wine and Dresses, Oh My!

I have so many pictures of food and dinners and such. It's kinda embarrassing and borderline weird. I get it. But for some reason it makes me happy to share the lovely things I get to dine on.

 38 Central. Menu's on clipboards, Oregon wine ever flowing.

 Shawna in a dress. WWWHHHHHAAA?? So pretty.

 Champagne Fish and Chips with Rosemary french fries.

 For me? The "All Grown Up Macaroni and Cheese" with fresh Oregon made cheese from the creamery in Medford.  For an appitizer we had Braised Pork Belly with apple and cinnamon sauce and a Green Apple Cole-slaw.

 The waiter didn't laugh to loudly when I asked him to take our picture. Of course, we were one of two tables on a Tuesday night so he had better humor us!

 This was a different dinner at Cicily's Italian right down the road. I was craving something, ANYTHING with rich marinara sauce. Decided to step outside the box and have some clams for an appitizer. (I am not a fan of seafood, but need to try it all to see if I like it!) These are Clams in a white wine reduction sauce with fresh basil and Roma tomatoes. Fairly tasty when paired with a glass of red wine and fresh baked  baguettes schmeared with a little pesto butter.

 Shawna had the Spaghetti Bolongnaise and I decided to go for the Grandma's Recipie Spaghetti and Meatballs. Both exceptional decisions.

 Shawna Tagler RN.

 Jessica Evans RN

 For dessert we went for the Italian Cheescake and coffee. Yum-o.



 Hot Hot!

Then, because we are movie whores, we topped it all off with The Help. Yup... I cried a lil (totally soft and lady-like though). Shawna even squeaked one out! She tried to hide it, but I heard her sniffling.

 This is at a great little restaurant called Four Daughters. I guess four Irish sisters were not so impressed with the over-abundance of Asian food and the lack of the Irish spirit, both in tasty treats and atmosphere. Thank goodness they thought that, this place is too cool. I tried the Guiness Meatloaf with garlic smashed potatoes and garlic green beans.

 Shawna went with the Classic Shepard's Pie. We ended up switching because we both liked the others' dish better. We did try the Tiramisu there, but I since I am not a fan of soggy desserts Shawna lucked out on that one.

 These were some sort of potato and bacon and cheese deep fried bites. They had a fancy name, but I can not remember it. Suprisingly went well with the sweet marinara sauce and lemon glaze stuff on the side.

Did you know that the headquarters of Harry and David is in Medford, Oregon? True story. The store right down the road is pretty cool. All the fresh goods are organic (of course), and they have the largest selection of wine and treats.