Rubicon and Rhubarb

So, on Weds, the in-laws experienced the wonders of Sacto's light rail system and explored downtown, visiting the Crocker Art Museum, the CA Railroad Museum (but they missed the toy train collection upstairs!), and the Capitol Mall...while I experienced the joys of grading papers in my office for hours and Gropius was working in his office.

But, we met in the late afternoon at our favorite microbrewery, Rubicon, for a "schlug" to fortify us for the ride home.





The in-laws also examined the offerings from the Water Boy restaurant, the nicest one in town. (however, we are taking them to a nice(r) restaurant in San Francisco this evening)



Last night, to use up the rhubarb that had been sitting in my fridge for about a week, we made a rhubarb cake from Martha Stewart's website. Here is the unexciting photo of the entire cake:



And here are a few close-ups of the cake itself. It's really easy to make (like a "drop" cake) and the rhubarb is just cut up and stirred into the cake batter--there's no need to soak it or sugar it heavily, so it's quick to make, too! There is a sprinkling of sugar and cinnamon on the top and we cheated by putting it under the broiler for a second after it was through baking to make the top nice and crispy crusty.