and the beat goes on

August 5, 2005 by j.

Just got back from a birthday luncheon thrown by my very fun and very generous co-workers (thanks guys!) Totally yum but I am STUFFED. Thanks for putting that together, Eleanor.. and for surprising me with my Kevin It sounds like the beginning of a joke though - so a filipina, a venezuelan, a colombian, a vietnamese, a puerto rican, an irish german (or a german irish), a chinese, and a spanish/mexican/kansas hybrid walk into a bar…

Last night, Kevin took me to Zola’s downtown for a veeery swanky and delicious dinner. Not to be too much of a country bumpkin, but they gave us black napkins for our laps and matching black cocktail napkins for our drinks (instead of the white stuff everyone else was using), because they noticed we were wearing dark clothing and didn’t want to lint up our clothing. It’s a detail that impressed me. Everything was delicious, Kevin’s dessert was really interesting - a flight of single malt butterscotches, a 15 yr old, a 20 yr old, and a 25 yr old. Or something like that, I don’t remember the ages. It was really tasty. I had a chocolate bombe, which I pronounced bom-bay and gave our waiter the giggles. The entire meal took about three hours, with the waitstaff taking pains to not rush us through it - I absolutely loved every minute of it, the food, the talking, the laughing. I did, however, get very very sleepy the moment I stepped out of the restaurant - is that why people drink coffee after a rich meal?

Tonight he is taking me to a Nats game so we can watch them trounce the Padres. The Nats’ record at home is 34-19, so I’m counting on a win! Either way, an extra large hot dog and a lemonade will help me get over whatever the score is.

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