IVO & ALLISON

Allison is in New York! That's right. My little sister is in for the weekend and we're going to make sure it's nonstop food and fun for three days straight!

We started Friday night with a little college basketball. Allison is a Butler grad, so we watched them (sadly) go down to Florida. Good game. But poor Butler just didn't get it done.

Once we were finished, we split posthaste for Alec's favorite restaurant in all of NYC - Ivo & Lulu. We surprisingly got in very quickly and immediately got some wine poured and starters ordered.

Meena started with:
- smoked mussels in cilantro chili butter

Alec did the:
- baked pear with blue cheese and honey garlic oil

Allison stuck to the baguette.

For main courses, Meena and Allison both had the:
- broiled chicken with goat cheese and papaya puree

Alec had the:
- wild boar and sage sausages in a blueberry sauce

As always, everything was amazing. So amazing that I really didn't get photos until we were done. Whoops. It was just too good. Sorry, folks. I think Allison enjoyed it. I hope! Because I just love it so so so so much. And it's so great to have Allison here!

We were even able to introduce Allison to James and Diana! They were eating in the neighborhood, so stopped by after and had some drinks! Well, everyone but James. Anyway, it was mad fun!