Z and Don't Feed the Dasies

We kicked off the holiday weekend in style going out to dinner at Z with our friend Kyle.... and promptly missed the fireworks that we had intended to go see. Not that I'm surprised. For the past two years, we've spent several holidays that traditionally have fireworks with Kyle and every single time, we have missed the fireworks. We tentatively made plans to try again tomorrow. We'll see if that happens.

That said, I have no regrets for skipping fireworks to eat at Z. I'm miserable at describing dining experiences, but I guess you could sum it up as upscale American with a atmosphere which makes you feel like you've momentarily walked into a restaurant somewhere in NYC rather than Elm St. in Manchester, New Hampshire. Mondays through Thursdays they have a three course for two special for $50, which is what Matt and I ended up getting.

The starter was Asian Nachos, which was crisp won tons with grilled chicken, jack cheese, sesame peanut sauce, wasabi sour cream, and daikon sprouts. For the entree, I got Free Bird Chicken and Matt got the New England Family Farms Roast Tri Tip Beef, and then for desert was White Chocoloate Bread Pudding. All definately good eats.

My only complaint was the service was a little slower than I like to see.. The courses felt awkwardly gapped.

In other fun news, I was RAKed by Mandy Mystiques at Elemental Scraps today. For the non-digiscrappers... a RAK is a random act of kindness. Sometimes designers will randomly give away a kit for free to someone. I was able to choose whichever kit I wanted from her shop and I ended up choosing:

I promptly turned around and whipped up this cute little layout featuring my cousin's little girl Ella:

Credits: Mandy Mystiques - Don't Feed the Daisies

Thanks for the kit, Mandy!