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Boppy Hearthday, You Two
Mar. 11th, 2003 11:15 amI'm sleepy this morning. Luckily the pres of our company is in Europe, so I can sleep on his office couch at lunch.
So, I'm 40 years old. Saturday was the big day, but I like to make my b'day into a festival of at least a week's duration. We had L/GHEI guests from France staying with us Thursday night and Br'er Rabbit and I toured the town with them Friday, being treated to a wonderful dim sum lunch at Rol San. New dish of note: Tofu skin stuffed with mushrooms. hao chi!
Friday night, Snake took me out to Elixir for a breathtaking Persian-themed meal. We started with Escargot in a tomato and tarragon reduction and then both had lamb dishes. Snake's was a pungent and savoury half-rack and mine was a shank in an apricot cream sauce with saffron. We polished this down with Chardonnay and finished with both desserts on the special list: a chocolate cheesecake and a homemade orange blossom ice cream. I felt pampered and loved and satisified, especially since we are usually the kings of cheap ("Appetizers? What a rip-off. No thanks, we'll just have water with the meal and ice-cream at home"). YAY!
Saturday morning started with homemade poppy-seed lemon muffins and was spent mostly lounging around. I spent two hours talking to a friend I'd lost touch with and invited her to my party which will take place next Sunday. After lunch I was given my main present, a Boss V-Wah. I played with it extensively all weekend. This present did not come as a surprise as I took the arrogant step of creating a present list this year. If anyone is feeling generous and celebratory, there are still a couple of unfilled items thereon.
I was craving a good hamburger, so the Rabbit, the Snake and I headed to the Artful Dodger for dinner and then went to see the Brazilian dance troupe, Grupo Corpo. Excellent. (Cooler link, but in Portugese is this. And here's a bit of video.)
Next Sunday, we're having an afternoon party featuring oysters and other savoury delights and then cake. Why next week? I didn't feel like cleaning the house on my birthday.
What's it like being 40? Fine so far. But, damn! I kept saying "Those dancers are so young!"
Oh! And our French guests took a CD of my recent songs with them to give a friend who has a pirate radio station in France. Cooooool.
So, I'm 40 years old. Saturday was the big day, but I like to make my b'day into a festival of at least a week's duration. We had L/GHEI guests from France staying with us Thursday night and Br'er Rabbit and I toured the town with them Friday, being treated to a wonderful dim sum lunch at Rol San. New dish of note: Tofu skin stuffed with mushrooms. hao chi!
Friday night, Snake took me out to Elixir for a breathtaking Persian-themed meal. We started with Escargot in a tomato and tarragon reduction and then both had lamb dishes. Snake's was a pungent and savoury half-rack and mine was a shank in an apricot cream sauce with saffron. We polished this down with Chardonnay and finished with both desserts on the special list: a chocolate cheesecake and a homemade orange blossom ice cream. I felt pampered and loved and satisified, especially since we are usually the kings of cheap ("Appetizers? What a rip-off. No thanks, we'll just have water with the meal and ice-cream at home"). YAY!
Saturday morning started with homemade poppy-seed lemon muffins and was spent mostly lounging around. I spent two hours talking to a friend I'd lost touch with and invited her to my party which will take place next Sunday. After lunch I was given my main present, a Boss V-Wah. I played with it extensively all weekend. This present did not come as a surprise as I took the arrogant step of creating a present list this year. If anyone is feeling generous and celebratory, there are still a couple of unfilled items thereon.
I was craving a good hamburger, so the Rabbit, the Snake and I headed to the Artful Dodger for dinner and then went to see the Brazilian dance troupe, Grupo Corpo. Excellent. (Cooler link, but in Portugese is this. And here's a bit of video.)
Next Sunday, we're having an afternoon party featuring oysters and other savoury delights and then cake. Why next week? I didn't feel like cleaning the house on my birthday.
What's it like being 40? Fine so far. But, damn! I kept saying "Those dancers are so young!"
Oh! And our French guests took a CD of my recent songs with them to give a friend who has a pirate radio station in France. Cooooool.
