Easter Weekend

Rich, Dave, and I headed up to Binghamton, for easter. I had Good Friday off of work, and we figured it would nice to cook our first big holiday meal. On Thursday night, Scott and I headed up to his local irish music session. At the hall, the Binghamton Kazoo Band was having a birthday party for one of its members. A nice woman gave us kazoos, and they later serenaded us with a kazoo and singing rendition of Harrigan. (And, to think, a month ago, I'd never even heard this song before.)

On Saturday, we headed up to Watkins Glen, NY. We wanted to see the waterfalls at Watkins Glen State Park, but unfortunately, the trail was closed due to dangerous conditions. We did get to walk around a little bit. I always like to see cliffs or rock cover in a blue layer of ice. We met up with Cynthia, and headed over to the Seneca Lake vineyards. The Fingerlakes area specializes in ice wines, fruit-based wines, and sweet wines. Starting at the tip of the lake, we started at the Castel Grisch Estate Winery, Lakewood, Arcadian Estate Winery, Fulkerson Winery, and going up as far as the Glenora Wine Cellars. Glenora was packed. My favorite was Lakewood with its Mystic Mead. It was a great time. We went home and I made the Farfalle with Cheery Tomatoes, Arugula, and Goat Cheese.