Shadow Shot Sunday - Pasta Rustico

In the last post on this blog, I opined about the seeming debacle of the same day cancellation of the 2015 Ansonia Harvest Festival. As chair of the Ansonia Cultural Commission, this was my first event planned exclusively by myself...and with the rain, wing and flying vendor tents, the Mayor Cassetti made the call that it was to be cancelled - now! He is a real leader for sure, and we are refunding all vendors for the lack of a true cancellation or postponement policy.

What does all of the preceding have to do with Shadow Shot Sunday 2? Well, Patti, Allegra and myself decided that a meal of comfort food at the Original Antonios in downtown Ansonia would be a help. And a it was, the Pasta Rustico (cavatelli, sausage, roasted garlic, broccoli rabe, white beans and olive oil) along with a side order of shadows on the floor behind. The day was son forgotten...for 24 hours at least :)

My FB ruminations are here...

Ruby Tuesday - Cosmopolitan

Once, nobody used a phone at a restaurant - I must be getting older...photo by Patti

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back on this (US) Labor Day Weekend, and I revert back a couple of months to a family dinner at a favorite place, the neat Antonio's Original at the junction of Main and Bridge Streets in the heart of Ansonia. This meal included two cosmopolitan cocktails with the requisite red from the cranberry juice - so, this apéritif is now today's ruby... 

Shadow Shot Sunday - Savory and sweet

Chicken w/hot peppers

Antonio's 'bag of donuts' desert

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back, and we are on the prowl for shadows. We often set out without knowing where they are, yet hope to capture a few wherever we may be...

My birthday was this week (57 should you ask, but who's counting :), and we went to dinner at a neat place downtown called Antonio's Original, an eclectic eatery. Not expensive, but with a fun menu that also included a side order of shadows...since Allegra had her I-Phone, I requested a picture or two...On top, the contents within the stemware left a shadow that immediately captured my attention...

My chicken was good, the balsamic sweetness countering the hot peppers. Desert is great there, I chose what was referred to as a bag of donuts - eight, freshly fried and covered with powdered sugar, served with sweet dipping sauces (caramel, chocolate and vanilla). Not to mention a few spherical shadows.

(Calorie count is not important when celebrating a birthday. There are 364 days to wokk those off...). Naturally the time spent here yesterday is not just food, but conversation and time together that makes a celebration fun... See many more shadowy iterations at SSS2!