Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. (Not to mention me!)

Holiday feasting just a tad early. Just a tad. Seems like me and the usual suspects always have something or other to celebrate every weekend. This weekend was particularly shameful feasting-wise. *groans* So much food!

Friday nite we scoped out the new Senor Carlos Cantina upon Latina's suggestion. Loved it! Loved it all from the Plato De Casa to the yummy yummy yummy sangria to the flavoured tequila shots. "Una mas, por favor!" Finished it all off with some of the best deep fried ice cream I've had in a really long time and a fruit chimichanga. The 3 of us definitely dined together like kings, too bad we're supposed to be little princesses. Played some mini-golf at Schank's afterwards, does that count as burning off a bit of that meal? Probably didn't help that we did that whole "down a tequila, down a sourpuss" ritual post-game.

Daisy commented that I've been partaking a lil more in her lush life lately. She was impressed I did so many shots with her Friday nite. What HAS changed my whole outlook on drinking? *shrugs*

Saturday was dinner with Civic. Anyone who has never tried the Paesano dinner at Lucianos, go! Run! It's so unbelievably excellent. But try to bring 2 people with you...and make sure they're big eaters. Paesano was designed for couple dining but there is waaaaaay too much food. 5 courses, it's insane! Let's see, the ones we chose were the caesar to start (Love Lucianos' caesar salad!) followed by spinach and artichoke dip (Daisy's turn to pick) then seafood linguini (Civic's choice) and Tuscan Chicken (I was the one to pick the entree) and ending up with a luscious tiramisu. Thank goodness we all agreed on the tiramisu or I would've had to beat one of them down. *giggles*

To make caloric matters worse they gave us a free dessert for inconveniencing us. They had to make us switch to another table to accommodate a reservation. The cannelloni dessert was also mmm mmm good but it definitely did us in. It was truly like being a part of an Italian family. "Eat! Eat!" Definitely too much food for 2 people, doable (though groan-inducing) for 3 people. Or at least it's groan-inducing for 2 girls and a guy. I would've probably fared better if I had shared the meal with 2 boys. I certainly reccommend it for all you C-spotters out there. It looks expensive, but considering all the options that are laid out before you it is tremendous value. Only issue that may arise is if you and your fellow diners cannot come to a consensus on one of the courses (which is why we divvied up the decision-making, each had one course where they had greater sway.)