Saturday, February 23, 2019

Simran Visit - February 2019

Lost Dog Wash Trail
While Rakesh and Ria stayed in Utah skiing, Simran came to AZ to spend the week with Shawna after their girls weekend in San Diego.  Shawna worked during the day while Simran relaxed and did some work.  The weather was quite cold and rainy so limited our ability to do walks outside.  But in the afternoons and evenings, we explored a bit.  After indulging in San Diego, we decided to detox the first couple of days so Simran cooked a few healthy meals that we had for lunch and dinner - Shawna liked having a 'wife' around!  Carrying on the coffee trend from our weekend in San Diego, we checked out a few local coffee shops including Maverick Coffee, Press and Cartel Coffee Lab.

Yes, that is snow!
On Thursday evening, we were supposed to do a food festival in the Japanese gardens but it was rained out so instead we got take out and watched A Star is Born.  On Friday, we stopped at a local Mexican grocery store (not as nice as the one we saw in San Diego) and then met up with Keith at Barrio Cafe for dinner where we shared Queso Fundido, Kuali de Cameron, Chile Colorado (best of the dishes) and del Mar grilled fish.  Dinner was very good but not as amazing as we had remembered it being.

On Saturday, we hiked for a couple of hours at Lost Dog Wash trail and then had a light lunch (salad and shishito peppers) at Doughbird.  Back at home, Simran packed up and then Shawna took her the airport.