November 10, 2006

  • Poinsettias and Xanga

     


     

    Tuscan Beans & Escarole with marinara

     

     

     

    Apple Gorgonzola Salad Photo: Apple Gorgonzola Salad

    Fresh romaine, gorgonzola, seasoned walnuts, dried cranberries, Granny Smith Apples, Italian Vinaigrette.

    THIS WAS SO STINKIN" GOOD!!!!!!!!!

     

    ENTREES:

    RIGATONI POSITANO(MY FAVORITE!!!!) with chicken, eggplant, marinara sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese

     

    QUATTRO AL FORNO sampling of all our baked pasta specialties 

    Shrimp ScampiPhoto: Shrimp Scampi  on a bed of Linguine

     

    DESSERT:

        

    Dolce Platter

    A medley of dessert favorites, including Double Dark Chocolate Cake, Homemade Cheesecake, Lemon Tart and house made Tiramisu(loaded with liquor)

     

    We were there for the final planning meeting for "The Poinsettia Show"being held on

    FRI.DEC I 9AM-9PM,SAT DEC 2 9AM-5PM ,CLOSED SUNDAY ,MON.DEC 4 9AM-9PM.

    Our theme this year is "Trains",being close to Reading PA ,we will add to our displays a bit of the history of The Reading Railroad,http://www.readingrailroad.org/.

    I am looking forward to the "Xanga Meet" at the show on FRI. DEC 1 in the  eve.So far ,the people planning to be there are SeafoamMermaid22, ThePresidentsCafe, DaBombMom615, rapunzel79,englisher  and suzsea.

    If you are able to get here(Oley,Berks County,PA.Message me for directions.) Please consider yourself invited!!!!!

Comments (49)

  • That food looks yummy...hold on..First!

  • Okay, now....like I was saying, that food looks good. I've never tried eggplant or "gargonzola" (which sounds like Spanish slang for loogie)...but I bet it's delicious! If I did decide to go to the Xanga meet...I'd just show up and not tell anyone. I'd wear a wig and glasses and maybe even a cowboy hat and pointy boots!

  • We also adore this place! Sounds like a wonderful night! Have a wonderful day!!!

    Kimberly

  • Everyone is posting food today nd it is making me so hungry!! Ths all looks so good. I'd have to hit the Scampi and dessert first though just to be sure. You know good friends always make food taste better. Why is that? Have a great day. Ang

  • Well you know how to get my attention. The food looks great. I wish I could be ther to meet you all but I will most likely be on the other coastline at about that time.

    Have a great day

  • that salad looks sssooooo good. I wish I could come see the show. Poinsettias are so pretty.

  • i've been to that restaurant before.

    can't wait to see pics of your show!

  • ah =) very good food!!!!

  • Double chocolate cake stopped me dead in my tracks!! It all looks good, though! I'll bet that salad was awesome with the Granny Smith Apples...Mmm mmm!! Lisa

  • That really sounds like a lot of fun. I love places like that.

  • I am soooooo hungry now!

    Have  a wonderful weekend!!

  • Can you say yummy! That looks gorgeous; I'd love to have a plate of everything up there.

  • thanks..now I am starving..lol....when is the meeting?

  • Beth,

    Thanks for asking! I like my job pretty well. It's a lot of work, but I feel like I'm starting to find a rhythm.  I'm really enjoying teaching science, and math's not too bad either.  And I feel like I am making a difference in the kids' lives, which is the most important thing.

    ~Melissa

    PS-How do you get so many comments?

  • Buca rocks! we have one just down the street from us and we like to take people for special occasions- you don't leave hungry! and the knick knacks are hilarious!

    oh! i wanna come! when is the show? i'll be in PA for Xmas, don't know if i'd be able to convince... well, you're down by Lancaster right? hmm... my husband and his father have been wanting to check Lancaster out.... maybe....?!?!?!

  • Yay it's going to be so much fun! <3 <3 <3

    We have never been there to eat! I always wanted to try it! I might have to sometime really soon!

    My aunt didn't tell me about the train theme. My son will just LOVE it!!

  • well hell...we will be a a military function that weekend with W's unit........

  • Ohhhhhhhh, ouch, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I started a diet last night...

  • Everything looks delicious!!  I'm watching what I eat too between now and Christmas, but I'd have to sneak a taste of that Double Dark Chocolate Cake.  YUMMMY!
    Would love to come and see the show.  Don't know if we'd be able to make it up to PA though.  We're pretty busy from now till the first of the year.  I look forward to the pics.
    Have a great weekend!!

  • i SO wish i lived close to you!!!!

  • What an absolutely divine dinner!  I'd have trouble choosing just one dessert.  I sure wish I lived close enough to you all to go the Xanga gathering!  I hope everyone takes lots of pictures!

    Kathi

  • Buca's is such a great restaurant and such a great atmosphere...

  • Now i need to go make that salad. (tummy rumbles)

    blessings,

    ~three

  • gah! I feel jealous... I never had authentic italian food... only the kind of italian food you can get in macaroni grill... their food my be good but I don;t think it is completely authentically italian... itmight be but I dunno becuase I dunno that much about the italian culture.. I'm culturly deprived... oh well...

    good to know that you had some great food and stuff

    FACEOFDOOMNESS

  • I wonder if they [the old ladies] even realize they're so. . .old lady like. . .

    Probably not.  And that's for the best I guess.  Acting the way you are, just because it's the way you are, instead of "trying to be" something for others.

    A xanga meet sounds like a pretty cool idea.  Not that I'd be close enough to attend, or that any of the people I'd like to meet would be there (one of them's in China, lol) but it's a great idea all the same.

  • RYC: phooey! i won't be up in time for the show, i'm not sure exactly when we'll be coming up to PA or when sam will be driving over to meet us, but i'll check with everyone and see if somehow we can come see you guys- will let ya know!

  • Oh mu goodness, it looks like it would be worth the trip just to eat that food.  The salad looks fantastic..  Doc would love it to.  I think we would  have to go for the sample plate... 

    The poinsetta display sounds so wonderful..

  • You've went and done it!!  Made me hungry for Italian!!  I love Italian food and would eat it regularly if I could.  I love pasta and sauces and bread and rich desserts!  Everything sounded and looked delicious!  Have a great weekend. 

  • Ok, now I’m hungry.

  • I've been to this restaurant before, too. Delicious. But, must bring a good-sized crowd with you to eat.

    Christy

  • LOKS ABSOLUTELY DELISHIOUS

  • Even though I just ate, I am hungry again. The food looks great.

    RYC: thank you for the comment. My daughter is actually very rude and confused. She doesnt mean to be, but it something I must learn to live with and she has to learn to control. She has Aspergers Syndrome. It's a learning prosses for us all.

  • Youth Conservation Corps...sounds like a fantastic opportunity. Was it a volunteer thing or was it a paid position??

    How did you first hear about it and what about it sounded appealling to you??

    Christy

  • Working for the National Park Service.. now, that's different.. Sounded like a very important job for conservation and maintaining trails, etc.

    How did you find out about this job??  Or, was it a volunteer service?

    Christy

  • Mmm...that salad was fantastic, wasn't it?  I need to eat at Buca more often. 

    P.S.  Don't forget that Englisher will be at the xanga meet too!  And probably most of her siblings as well...

  • Sure sounded like a great meal and it looked wonderful.  yummmmmy
    Thanks for the anniversary wish - you are a sweetheart.
    have a great week end.
     ~hug~

  • I am so starving!! all that food looks so yummy :) ryc: yeah I love the birds singing to but sometimes they are to loud and I want to wack em with a broom hehehe they live in the bushes outside my window

  • mmm.

    keep praying, sis.

  • Dang it all looks soooooo good! Its so fun getting to meet xanga friends. Now I'm going to have to google where your going to be. LOL I'm cleaaaaar up here in NorthWest Ohio!
    *HUGZ*

  • Mmmm! Chocolate Cake! Yum!

  • It's true; I'll be hanging out at the greenhouse 'cause I kinda work for Beth's husband and that weekend I'm pretty much going to be living at the Poinsettia Show.

  • That food looks DE-Licious!!!!  I heard of that place ... it's in Reading, right??  I don't get out much!!  But, I'm so glad I will be coming to the Xanga reunion!!  I'm really looking forward to it!! 

    Wow .. big accident in Oley ... that was horrible.  I hate that intersection .. there are always accidents there.  You know it's big when Oley is on Channel 6 news!!! 

    Have a wonderful weekend, Beth!!! Alicia

  • I don't know the other people coming to the reunion, but it will be fun to meet some local Xangites!!!

  • That food looks wonderful!!!!

    Wish I could come to the Xanga meet.....want to come to our down in Arkansas at the end of the month?

  • I think I will enjoy too this Italian meal !
    The Poisettias show will be certaily a wonder and I cannot wait to see the pictures .

     Love           Michel

  • Hey Girl!  Sounds like a fun place!  It's not Grandma's but fun! Blessings!

  • I love that restaurant. The food is soooooo good! Have a great weekend! Love,

  • You know...I realized my mouth was starting to water when I saw this...

    I've only been to Bucco Di Beppo's once (cause it's such a fancy, fine, and a little more $pen$ive place, and a little out of the way from where I live) but seeing this makes me want to go again!

    You have the coolest entries!  

  • Thank you

    My goal is to be able to make my point and not piss everyone off so much they stop listening. I am not so certain I have been able to do that.
    Now its party time, off to the Yellow Beak tavern. Live music and hot boys, at lest that is what I am told.

    And don’t worry about me I am not all that wild anymore.

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