Velasco's

Every year Bryce's small, one room school has a couple of fund raising events and Wednesday night, 10% of all sales at Velasco's Mexican Restaurant in Petaluma went to his school.  They are very generous in donating and have always worked with local schools for many fundraising events.

I love Velasco's.  I love Mexican food.  I was a happy girl Wednesday night.

A basket of chips are immediately brought to the table.  Little hands immediately go for the basket of chips

And the basket soon looks like this...

I asked Paige "Where did all the chips go?!"  Paige had no idea.

Coors Light for me and Dominic.

Milk for Paige.

Bryce is thinking:  "Gosh, I never get lemonade. This is SO good!"

His plan:  "Maybe if I drink it all before dinner comes, I can have a refill.  I know Mommy sneaks maple donuts for herself when we're in school, I've gotta get my sugar when I can!"

Bryce had a chicken burrito with a side of fries for dinner.

Paige ordered a cheese quesadilla with a side of fries.

Dominic went for the Grande chicken burrito.

And I had the fajita chicken tostada salad with dressing on the side.

Some yummy pinto beans hidden under the lettuce.

A water refill for Bryce.  His plan didn't work.

But they did get lollipops after dinner.

Velasco's is such a kid friendly place with great food and service.  We can't wait to go back!

Happy Friday!  Cheers!

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Chevy's By the Bay

I forgot to mention to you yesterday, that after my Ikea shopping trip, I visited Chevy's on the bay for lunch.  Obviously I was taking FULL advantage of not having my kids with me for most of the day.  This Chevy's is located about 1/2 mile from Ikea and sits right at the edge of the bay in Emeryville with a beautiful view of San Francisco.

I asked to sit out on their deck even though it was a bit chilly in the shade outside, but I didn't want to look like too much of a freak as I sometimes do when I have my camera with me.  Eating lunch all alone is always fine with me {I'd rather have company}, it's just the combination of eating alone and photographing my food and drink that I was worried about....what kind of freak does that?!  I figured I was safe outside.

Chevy's has the best salsa!

The view from my table.

Raspberry iced tea {although I couldn't taste any raspberry}.

Little did I know this guy would shortly become my lunch companion.

This is a public dock that is accessible right from Chevy's deck.

My new friend made a few fly-bys as soon as he spotted my chips.

I'll share my chips after I eat if you don't poop on me.

Landed.

Now I know why these spike - like metal strips are attached to every overhang.

I ordered the tostada chicken salad with apple chipotle vinaigrette on the side.  The guacamole that was supposed to come with it was MIA!  Oh well, I didn't need the extra calories.

My friendly waiter brought me an additional dressing to try and I'm so glad he did because I liked the salsa vinaigrette so much!  I will definitely order it again.

My friend became very brave, he moved to the next table over from me.  Maybe he sensed I was almost finished with lunch?

I don't ever eat the tostada shell from my taco salads and when the waiter came out I mentioned that my friend was hungry, and he proceeded to toss the shell over the railing, down to the water for him.  This made my friend and his buddies VERY happy.  The shell was gone in less than 30 seconds.  No wonder the seagulls hang out at Chevy's. 

Oh, by the way, when I got up to leave, while walking through the restaurant I looked back for one last look of the view and noticed my outdoor table was in perfect view of almost every customer from within the restaurant.  That's what I get for trying to be sly. 

Happy Friday!  Cheers!

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Mi Pueblo

The other day when we attended the Petaluma Art & Garden festival, Paige got really hungry for lunch and rather than have snack food at the festival, we walked up the street to Mi Pueblo mexican food.  And I'm so glad we did.

When I use to work in Petaluma, I would grab take out lunch here once in a while and bring it back to the salon I was working at, so it's been a while since I've been to the Petaluma location.

Paige had fun pretending the painted wall murals were real.

The food was served super quick, which is a great thing when you have a hungry kid in tow.  I ordered the Super Burrito which was HUGE!  I was only able to put a dent in it.  I ordered the shredded chicken version which also included, beans, guacamole and sour cream, lettuce and some rice.  It was really good but I forgot the sour cream and guacamole comes in the burrito and I always prefer to have it on top or on the side....oh well.

Paige ordered her standard cheese quesadilla which was really fresh and the tortilla was soft.  So many times when we've ordered quesadillas from chain mexican restaurants, the tortilla is hard and the cheese is not spread out evenly inside......definitely not the case here.

She was liking it and she ate the entire quesadilla.

Paige also informed me, during our lunch conversation that she had been to this restaurant before with Nonny, Leila, Emma and Shelley (grandmother and cousins).  And they sat at the very same table.

We liked it SO much that we went back yesterday and brought Grampa and Grandma (my parents) with us.

(sorry mom, but almost every picture I've ever taken of you, your eyes are closed....I'll try again next time)

All because Paige wanted another quesadilla :)  Happy girl.  I ordered a shredded chicken taco salad and my parents ordered chicken enchiladas....all were really good and the place was packed!

Happy Wednesday!

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Las Guitarras

The other day, after the kids and I finished at the Farmer's Market while walking back to the car, we walked by the Mexican restaurant, Las Guitarras.  Dominic and I have eaten there many times before but the kids haven't.  The outdoor patio looked so inviting, Bryce practically begged me to eat dinner there.

Since Dominic had a meeting that evening, I gave in to Bryce's request.  We picked out an outdoor table to eat at.

With our waters, chips and salsa also showed up at the table.  They bring you two salsas.  Both are on the mild side.....the green was very mild (no heat at all) and the red had a little bit of heat to it.  We dug in.

They do have a children's menu available.  Bryce wanted a burrito, so we ordered the ground beef version for him.  Along with the burrito came rice and beans.

He really liked it.

A peek inside Bryce's burrito shows ground beef, beans and cheese.

Paige wanted a quesadilla......cheese, which also came with rice and beans.

She was diggin it.

I ordered the chicken tostada salad that came with lettuce, beans, cheese, topped with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.  Really good and fresh.

The patio has a huge fountain which the kids enjoyed throwing pennies into, to make wishes. 

I really have to be 'on top of my game' when I take these two out.  Our entire dinner conversation went something like this............

"Mom, do you have pennies for us?"
"Mom, can I tell you my wish?" 

"Will the wish come true?"

"Who grants the wish?"

"How do they know what I'm wishing for?"

"Who gets all those coins in there?"

"How long will it take for my wish to come true?"

"Can I get in the fountain?"

and on and on and on.......

The three of us had a fun dinner date together.  Next time, hopefully daddy can come along too.

Happy Saturday!

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