Stockings and Pizza, but not in that order.
I guess this covers more than just the weekend, but what the heck. A Major Work Milestone was hit last Wednesday, so that pretty much made the rest of the week go smoothly. I think news of this will come out in the form of a PR sometime early this week.
On Thursday night, Beth and I went to Oregano's in Scottsdale. When Glenda and Suellen were here a few months back, they raved about the pizza, so we figured we'd give it a shot. All our prior attempts were met with 2 hour waits, so why not 7pm Thursday night? Well, what luck - we only had a 1 hour wait. :-) We toughed it out, but all the time I kept wondering - can this be right? You see, Oregano's used to be located within walking distance of my dorm at ASU, so I'd go there pretty frequently. I remember it being unremarkable, but a good value. Was this the same place or was I going crazy?
It turns out that this was the same chain, but they have altered their menu quite a bit since my college days. Their roots still show though - the prices are amazingly good for downtown Scottsdale, and pretty good for just about any place for that matter. I got the Cajun Chicken Pesto pizza, and it was quite the wonder. We ordered some "KickBUTT" cheesy garlic bread and were greeted with this massive loaf - it was close to 3 feet long, no joke. Beth got some kind of chicken pasta bowl, also huge. Size definitely matters. :)
We'll be going back, but probably to the location in Tempe - turns out they have relocated about a mile away from the place I remember, so it's definitely more convenient for us than driving into Scottsdale.
But enough about food. I got some quality time in with MacMAME this weekend, and a release is fairly imminent. Beth and I went Christmas shopping earlier this evening. Or rather, we went shopping for Christmas decorations. Our intention is to get an artificial tree fairly soon, so we hit up Target for some ornaments to hang on said tree. It'll be our first tree - we didn't have one last year. I managed to also find a super-tiny stocking at Wal-Mart that says "Ian" so we'll hang one over the fireplace for him. Beth found a much nicer, but non-personalized mini-stocking for Bagheera at Target, so he'll get to participate as well.
We briefly flirted with the notion of giving Bagheera a middle name that was more conventional so we could get him a personalized stocking as well. "Bob" was the best we could do, because it started with a B and sounded nice as a whole - Bagheera Bob Cat. I think I'll start calling him Bob now and see how he takes to it. Perhaps his psychotic behavior can be traced to a dislike of his current name...