It was another beautifully solid day. Every year, this day is special to me in a way no other day or holiday is. It's one of my favorite days of the year. My husband's birthday. Without delving into a lot of very personal detail, my husband's birth and thus, life is, a direct result of the miracle of someone's "choice." Someone I may never meet or know, but someone I'm incredibly thankful for. Where ever she may be in the world or if she is in heaven, I always spare a moment this day to think of her. She impacted my life in a way that even the best thought out words cannot explain nor do justice.
To mark the wondrous occasion of my husbands birth I got my mom on board to babysit, made a chocolate cake, and then I took him out for dinner and a movie. Our dinner reservations were at 430 (insert crass old folks joke) at a swanky place in our fabulous city's Power and Light District called, The Bristol. I'd never been but he had and said it would be good and, oh, incidentally he had a birthday coupon (WOOT!) and decided it was a great chance to use it. We arrive and he drops me off and goes to park. Place has valet but he has some issue about "paying to park." Psh. Bless him. It was bitter cold but he parked and walked the three blocks anyway. There is $10 we'll make better use of another day. God I love him. The Bristol, what a delightful place! (I'll spare the full review but look for it tomorrow on Yelp.) The food was fantastic and I ordered a lemon drop martini that was excellent. Our waiter looked like Toby Maguire, that was a treat. It was so quiet, there was hardly anyone else in the restaurant so we really enjoyed ourselves and Toby. After dinner we headed back up to our part of town to catch a 630 showing of Sherlock Holmes. Fantastic movie! It's also the first movie viewing experience I've had in a while where the back of my chair didn't get kicked excessively, teens weren't chattering in the back row and people weren't violently attacking their popcorn bags and/or candy wrappers every 2 minutes. Delightful! All the stars were aligned for us tonight it seemed. Fantastic early bird meal, celebrity waiter, great movie with a sensible audience AND I even came across a penny heads up when we got to the car. Had to be a good sign so I picked that baby up and we went and got our Leu. On the way home she told us that we weren't her best friend and that we mean nothing to her.....Aaaaaand.....cue reality. But hey, we disciplined her accordingly and laughed it off together after she went down, so it's all good.
I love you husband man. I hope this was a nice night for you, it was for me! Happy Birthday.
Peace out.
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