For my birthday, Vicki and Caroline treated me to dinner at Calafia in Palo Alto on President's Day. It's a slow-food restaurant. I'm not sure what that means. I think it has something to do with local, natural ingredients. I got the lentl tofu loaf, which was actually pretty good. The gravy made the dish. As Vicki pointed out when I was debating ordering it, "it comes with gravy; it's gotta be good." We ordered the Death by Chocolate for dessert, which was a flourless chocolate cake. It was very rich. We could have used some milk. They also gave me a Wonder Woman hoodie because I have three kids and I used to collect comic books (a result of having an older brother). It was nice to catch up with the Capricorn Twins (both have the exact same birthday).
The Saturday before my birthday some of my high school friends treated me to tea at Lisa's Tea Treasures. I love going out for tea. It's so girly and fun. On both of these outings, I brought Mathis with me since I figured he'd sleep the whole time, which he did. However, these days I end up having to hold him when we go out to eat.
On my actual birthday we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown San Jose. We got there around 5:30 and still had to wait about 20 minutes for a table. It was nice to go out even though Hansel was sick. I ended up buying a "shamrock." The proceeds go toward MS research, and the shamrock is good for a garlic cheesebread. But of course you can't use it until the next visit. So, we'll have to go back. They get you every time. At least the money goes to charity.
Below is the only photo I have from any of my birthday celebrations. Beck is trying to roll his tongue.
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