Dinner

Well, Mom finally made it here after an hour and 45 minute drive to the airport and making her way through the mess at DIA. Fortunately, she was flying Alaska Airlines and not United. She said the United line snaked all the way back to the bridge area of the terminal, but there were only 5 people in line at Alaska. She also heard another person talking who was taking Alaska who said that Alaska flew in extra aircraft so that everyone with a ticket on their airline would get out. Now that is service. I'm sure United gave all of their customers a kick in the ass and told them to suck it up, right after whining to them how they're company is going broke and they may lose their jobs. Boo-hoo: learn to provide decent customer service is what I say! Damn, that's not very holiday-ee is it?

We loaded her pictures onto my computer, so now I, too, have pictures to post of the great 2006 Colorado blizzard.


I also have a picture of the lovely Marionberry Poppyseed Cake. We enjoyed this after a meal of Salmon En Croûte, Creamed Leeks, and Boiled New Potatoes and a lovely bottle of white wine we bought during our trip to Napa this summer.

Today was crazy for me (though compared to a normal person's day, it was nothing). I feel like I've been going non-stop between the cleaning, grocery shopping, traffic fighting, and driving. In any case, it's nice to have Mom here for the holiday - I wasn't sure it was going to happen when I heard DIA wasn't opening until noon today.

Tomorrow, Mom and I will go shopping and D will go off on his own. For dinner, we have reservations at a place here in Portland that is supposed to be excellent, particularly if you're a foodie. I'm not sure I'm entirely a foodie, but I do love the fine dining experience.