A Mellow Evening

Last night, after the Bravura, everyone was wiped out by the sun, so we hung out by the pool or in our rooms.  It was a pretty mellow time. 

The pool is saltwater and heated, so it feels great anytime day or night.  I did some reading, and we all just kind of hung out  until dinner.  The Stapletons had smuggled a huge beef tenderloin in, and we grilled that up  along with peppers and onions, a salad, and some risotto.  Had some great wines to go with it, including a Brunello, a Super Tuscan, and a 17 year old Cali Cab.  I absolutely loved just hanging at the villa, grillin' and chillin'.

Then, as we do every night, we sat by the pool.  There were two points of excitement -- one when Carol caught the frog on the patio.  Torie was saying that it would jump on Carol's face, so it promptly jumped on Torie's face.  A bit later, Maddy would try to catch it, succeed, and then freak out like a girl, so the frog would escape.  There's a happy ending, because as I was starting to shut down the main house, the frog hopped off into the dark. 

The other excitement was Toni's dessert -- she made a Titanic, which is cake, ice cream, nuts, chocolate sauce, bananas, and other great stuff. 

Again, we went to bed last night relatively early -- not sure we can stay awake and watch the Duke-Michigan State game tonight!