Stella Vita

It has been really rough for me to try to add to this blog since I've moved to New Mexico. There aren't a lot of places to eat really and haven't done a lot of traveling. We mostly stay at home with the 2 dogs, Alley and Roger, and the cat, Buster.

I thought about adding a page of my favorite recipes that I've collected mostly from websites and from grocery stores....but didn't know how that would be. Maybe soon I'll start to add those. For now, I have a restaurant to review here in the loverly, yes I said love-er-ly town of Alamogorodo, NM.

Stella Vita
I recently went there with my husband. They have a seasonal menu that they keep up to date and items that are rare to this area, as well as native to New Mexico.

We ordered a bottle of Rojia and had the artichoke and bruschetta.

For our mains:
My husband had the duck with grits and green chilies. His came with zucchini veg. He had the choice of soup or salad and opted for the tomato basil soup.
I had the fillet with the Burgundy reduction. It came with mashed potatoes and bacon spinach. I also opted for soup, but had the cream of mushroom.

For dessert:
My husband had the Italian Layer Cake.
I had the creme brulee.

Considering that this must be the nicest restaruant in Alamogordo, we still saw people in there with unruly kids and tee-shirts and even a track suit.

New location. New Mexico

So we are now in New Mexico and living in a "city" that has a population of about 40,000. There is a Wal-Mart, 2 Sonics, and to my chagrin zero sushi restaurants. The town is nice and quiet and if you want to do something on the weekends you have to plan ahead.

Really I'm back!

New Year and some more motivation to work on this. If you notice on the left, I have added some gadgets to search my blog more effectively. You can search by Places that I've eaten, Things that I've seen, and Trips I've Taken. Also because I have written some of these long after the actual trip or experience, I have a label that you can search by the year that it, whatever it may be, has taken place.

This year we are moving to New Mexico. I'm excited and have lots to looking forward to--friends & family, a new start and sooo many things to see. I have a long list----so watch out U.S.A!!! I've been waiting a long time for this and I think this may hurt somebody, hopefully not my waistline.