A fabulously sunny day in Happy Valley! After my PT I drove a couple of my clients around. Felt good to be back in the saddle / driver’s seat again 
We grabbed a sundowner beer at the beer garden — Czech Pilsner for my dude, a crisp rice lager for me. The two girls near us had an adorable shepherd dog with them & we started talking. Turns out they’re in the same local Facebook food group as I where they avidly follow my reviews (shucks), and one of them is going to visit her fiancé in Germany, where he’s doing an intensive language class in May. What a koinkidenk!
Dinner was Sam’s Club exxxxxtra pepperoni Detroit-style pizza that was garbage — not as floffy or crispy a crust as from our local pizza parlor. Just an overload of subpar carbs, which perhaps shouldn’t have been a surprise.
But it was an easy meal before a former grad student of my PIC came over, who’s in PA visiting his mom. We initially had hoped for the first fire on the patio, but temps dropped rather steeply, so we stuck to wine and herb in the playroom 
He left early, and I made up some shrimp bites from Aldi in the AF & whipped up a dipping sauce of chopped capers, peperoncini & a few drops of their brine, mayo, mustard, ketchup, lemon juice, hot sauce, fresh dill. Sauce was better than the shrimp bites.
Thankfully, there will be much better food tonight! 
