Al fresco - defined as an adjective meaning "in the fresh air; outdoors". Or, if you're my 4-yr-old nephew, "al fresco means eating outside!" A couple weeks ago he learned this little tidbit from his dad and repeated this to me several times (usually starting his sentence with an excited "guess what, Tita?!" as most of his sentences to me do), however he was quite perturbed when he later discovered that eating outside made him "hot". Ha! Out of the mouths of babes.
But I must say that this is truly one of my favorite aspects of summer (in addition to summer fruits and cute open-toed shoes!); last weekend we grilled out, had some wine at an open-air bar www.thegrapevineofnovi.com , and went to a backyard bbq at our friends' house (thanks Kim & Mike!) complete with summer white sangria. We continued the trend this past holiday weekend, with picnicing and fireworks at the Greenfield Village, picnicing and fireworks in Birmingham, a bbq at my sister's house, and tasty treats downtown/midtown at the Comerica Cityfest. For someone who attacks most outdoor activities with at least 45 SPF sunscreen, I couldn't get enough of the outdoors these last couple days, and even suggested we take our niece & nephew to the nature center in Troy, and the next day the hubs agreed to a not-so-brisk walk on the Paint Creek trail through Rochester.
So here's to doing the whole Michigan summer al fresco - enjoy!!
P.S. Full disclosure: no, alas, this is not a picture of our backyard garden, rather, it is the charming chateau hotel Le Clos D'Amboise in France where we'll spend the last two nights of our fall Europe excursion.
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