inch by inch

it has been such an amazing spring! hot weather, sunshine, green everywhere, birds everywhere, but also kismet is back in the garden!!

watch as our garden grows, and look to mark your calendar for upcoming garden events!!

today genevieve & i dug raised beds (with emer in the lower bed pulling sod & making beds too), and planted our wee little onion stets (from cate & paul at high ledge farm), as well as sewed some seeds! it is kind of crazy how amazing it feels to be in that garden! Every morning when I arrive, i take a walk around the grounds and note the growth that occurred since i had been before.. sometimes, even while i am working, i feel like i can look up and SEE things GROWING! dandelions have practically blossomed & gone to seed before my eyes in this crazy 80 degree spring heat wave!

join us in celebrating the tiny miracles!

hello spring!!

$10 burgers from 5-6 on new years eve! $5 prosecco all night!



it is midway through december, and though it feels a bit more like october or march, at kismet, we are gearing up for a big celebration! As many of you know, 2011 was a rather difficult year for us & most of vermont- perhaps the most difficult year kismet has seen since we began years ago.
please join us for an evening of celebration! 2011 is over! & a NEW YEAR will unfold before us! please join us in our 1 year anniversary at our new location, and entering our 6th year in business!
we will have dinner service as usual until 9 pm, followed by a brief intermission from 9 till 10- re opening at 10 pm with music, guest celebrity bartender, and a 1 dollar oyster bar & free passed vegetarian apps!

YES! we will be open for new years day brunch!!

c'est la vei

since last time:

yes! we did get the permit for the outdoor seating, and are working with a generous lot of folks to create an extension to the current kismet dining room--

yes! we did get our liquor licence-- mimosa's & bloody mary's and some rum drinks are all we have so far, but hoping that you will help us pick some wines and a couple of beers to add to the menu-- any ideas?

but alas, dining has been S L O W this week- so if you were waiting for an open table-- NOW is the time, because it seems that ALL of the tables have been open a lot lately!!

wild mushrooms!
thanks to Dave, our neighbor/forager, our fridge is FULL of them! and they are amazing in flavor, aroma, and unique appearance-- i feel like a little gnome in her den kitchen toasting, roasting, drying, and sauteing the assortment...

local strawberries-- i know, seems CRAZY because it has been so cold-- but yes, they are around, and as it so happens this time of year, the rhubarb and strawberry meet like two ships crossing in the night, and if we are lucky, we will be processing fresh rhubarb/strawberry jam within the next week or so-- yippee!

and wholly greens!! --local (like 2 miles away) spinach!, salad (with flowers--thanks joe!) from screamin' ridge

and it is life-

kismet is 2 and 1/2- and like a mother of a toddler, i am readying myself for the inevitable business of caring for a child who can walk on it's own... For the last 2 and 1/2 years, we have nursed her, held her close, and kept her in the little baby crib, off the beaten path, in a makeshift home (cozy and safe). We have introduced her to the world slowly and cautiously-- but now she has her little

ego-- her want to thrive-- her relationships and friends and connections-- and it's time to ready ourselves for her inevitable maturity--

as many of you know, we have been looking for a new home for kismet-- something a little bit more DOWNTOWN, if you know what i mean.

Well, we've been looking and two places presented themselves to us. We have been asked many times about the situation and i have to say, it's a little bit stressful- it's like considering three places at once--

where we are, one on state, and one on main--

there's a lot to consider and a bit of risk in each decision--

oh... if only things could be easy!

so-- we are asking for that right now.

On a bike ride after a day at the Montpelier middle school, i had this realization that kismet means fate-- but that it also means faith-- faith that what you do with good intention will pay off later-- so my life is this now-- kismet is becoming her own and teaching me-- that if i believe in fate, i have to have faith and just relax--

do my best, know what i need, and just try-- (aim, fire, shoot!)--

so, i don't have any new news for you, but i will say, that things are looking good, and no matter what-- if you want kismet in your life; she wants you and will always be there--