Day 11
So what’s the deal with Hilton Head? Beats me…
Beautiful? Yes.
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| View from the porch |
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| Landscape at Villamare |
Even on a cloudy day, it's gorgeous.
We spend most of our time walking, porch-sitting, shopping,
and eating. And oh, boy, do we eat.
This is Ombra Cucina Rustica
One of the
two owners, Michael Cirafesi, is the former Executive Chef at Michael Anthony’s,
and the author of the Michael Anthony’s cookbook, which is one of my cooking
bibles.
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| Michael's cookbook and recipe handout from first class |
In fact, he taught the first two cooking
classes I took there, several years ago. He opened his own restaurant (Ombra) two or
three years ago, and it was quickly added to our favorites list.
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| Me and Michael |
The first
year we went to Ombra, we met Ned, who was to become “our” waiter. The problem
is – sometime during that first year, my brain changed Ned to Ken, and I can’t
seem to change it back.
So we went to dinner there the other night, and sure enough, I asked for "Ken."
They said there was no one working there named Ken. If I had asked them to line up all the servers, I could have picked him out!
They seated us at a quiet table in the bar, and sure enough it was mere seconds before Ned came out to say hello.
It’s very embarrassing, and has never happened
before; in fact, I pride myself on my ability to remember all our servers from
year to year.. Ned/Ken doesn’t seem to be insulted, but I’m sure he’s a little
hurt. So I determined this year I would get his correct name into a safe spot
in my brain.
First I tried
adding his name to my journal, in the page where I wrote the menu from the
first night we were there:
But I wasn’t sure this was enough, so I tangled his name. If
this doesn’t work, I’ll just have to take him home with us.
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| Ned, playing with Cadent, Fife, Verdigogh, and Puf |
