Russian dinner

Susan and I returned to Winter Harbor on Sunday morning after a quick overnight trip to Orono. We spent the rest of the day catching up on household chores and of course walking out to Schoodic Point. That evening we drove to where the Russians are staying. Earlier in the week the girls and Alex had invited Patrick and us for dinner before all the changes of course. Patrick showed up shortly after we did and had brought along Rosemary, a chef from Boston and the newest member of the café staff.

Anyway, we spent a wonderful evening eating and talking – at first the topic focused on Gerrish’s Café but we eventually moved on to more important topics like what our parents do (or did in some cases). A very curious approach to conversation but entertaining and illuminating. (photo: l-r - Alex, Rosemary, Susie, Patrick, Elena, Lydia and Guzel.)

The kids fixed a delicious meal of Russian specialties: blinis served with a scrumptious salad much like our potato salad I suppose but filled with what seemed a vast array of flavors. This was followed by another delicacy from central Russia, a beef soup. Of course we kept consuming the blinis (tasty little crepes) throughout the meal – they must have made four or five hundred of them!

A grand evening to be sure and a propitious way to start out the new week and, it seems, a new job.