dinner at nana's tonight was good, though not quite as good as i remember it being, oh so long ago. i have memories of extravagant ingredients, lavish service and pure luxury. but that was probably 3 years ago or more, and guess i must have a selective memory.
don't get me wrong, the food at nana's was fine. more than fine. in fact, the dessert was truly kick-ass (blueberry gingerbread with brown sugar cream and lemon sauce)... it was the best thing i had all night. ray had lobster for his main course, which he really enjoyed, and i had tuna, which wasn't terribly remarkable. the risotto we split as an appetizer was very good... but of course, that's what scott howell is known for.
still, it was all good fun, and a wonderful experience (and thanks to my sweet boyfriend for ending my 5-day birthday celebration with a bang) but next year maybe i'll just suggest something more simple & casual like pop's. or maybe we could go the other direction and go to four square or second empire or something. heh heh. (i told ray i'd treat him to arby's for his birthday... he really likes their BLT. :-)
anyway, while i was enjoying the tasty gingerbread dessert i was reminded of kevin. no one has really heard anything from kevin in months, he's been so engrained in politics. more power to him, i say. i'm very proud of him... doing his best to oust GW this fall. good work. but i do miss him a lot.
so ray & i just up and decided to swing by and pay him a visit on the way home from nana's. it's not really on the way home at all, and it was approaching 10pm (which, for a baker such as kevin, is late) so we decided to call first. he didn't pick up the phone, but in our message we said we were coming by and to expect some banging on the door in about 15 minutes. to his credit, when we showed up he gladly opened the door for us.
we sat & chatted for about 20 minutes or so --long enough to make sure he was still alive and happy-- and we caught up on the details of what he's been up to. it was a nice (if short) visit; ray & kevin now have a lot of political passions in common (though they come from distinctly different platforms); it was fun to hear them talk of their individual exploits at the durham county board of elections building. what geeks. ;-)
when i got home i discovered my tape of 'the west wing' ran out halfway through the episode. dammit. if any of you saw tonight's program, PLEASE tell me what happened after CJ picked up the hoynes zip disk off the floor? i must know. (it'll be a few days before the television without pity site posts their summary, and i don't think i can wait that long!)
Posted by xta at February 26, 2004 12:15 AM | TrackBack