today, we celebrated one of our group’s birthdays by spending the afternoon at Pine Ridge Hollow…

we drove out in a hybrid electric car and spent a couple of hours wandering through all the shops…

we followed that up with an excellent dinner at the restaurant…

our meal started with beet chips and goat cheese ranch dipping sauce, oh my, so tasty…

four members of the group had pickerel piccata while I had the lamb shank…

my lamb was braised and flame-grilled, came with tabbouleh, fennel slaw, whipped labneh, and a drizzle of chermoula… I had to look up a number of the items on Google but they made a delightful combination;-)…

everyone’s meal was delicious and just a touch different than expected…

the birthday “girl” had schmoo, while others enjoyed the frozen lemon meringue…

we conscripted a fellow restaurant member as they were leaving to take our traditional photo…’you can see we were having a lot of fun;-)…

a leisurely drive home ended another of our special days…