Tom’s birthday celebration was such fun last night. We started with drinks at The Pub at the bottom of the steps from our building, chatting and thoroughly enjoying ourselves. About 90 minutes later, we walked a short distance to Luna Rosa for our dinner reservation.
A lovely white-clothed roomy table for two awaited us by a window overlooking the lake. It couldn’t have been more perfect. We ordered our drinks and continued our lively conversation. Then, we were served our delicious entrees. For his birthday, Tom was served a sizable portion of complimentary tiramisu.
Uncommon for me, I took several bites of the delightful dessert, which was too delectable to resist. It’s a rare occasion that we order a dessert, let alone me partaking in its consumption. I’m no worse for the wear today after having several bites. An occasional indulgence is undoubtedly acceptable for me when I seldom eat anything with flour or sugar. It was worth every morsel. Tom enjoyed it, too!
- A few hours later, we returned to our condo and continued the night’s festivities until we finally settled onto the sofa with our two fuzzy blankets to watch another fantastic episode of Landman on Paramount. What a great series! It’s another Taylor Sheridan show we highly recommend.
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Tom’s Rigatoni Bolognese.
I slept poorly after drinking a few glasses of Pinot Grigio wine. I awoke at 3:45 am and never fell back to sleep. I kept thinking about getting up to make tonight’s dinner, which required several steps with lots of chopping and dicing. When I came out of the bedroom, showered, and dressed for the day, Tom suggested we have an easier-to-prepare dinner so I wouldn’t have to do all the work.
But I insisted I could get through it, especially when he stepped in and helped with a few steps in the process. Only moments ago, I sat on the sofa after 90 minutes in the kitchen to begin working on today’s post with the entire fantastic dinner in the refrigerator to be cooked 45 minutes before we are ready to eat tonight, along with a big salad consisting of fresh greens, celery, and grape tomatoes to be topped with homemade salad dressing.
It will be a lovely dinner with plenty of leftovers for tomorrow’s dinner, to which I’ll add another fresh salad. We love leftovers, and this particular dish reheats well. Tom has his German Chocolate Cake for dessert, and I will have a few pieces of the homemade chocolate and white fudge I made a few days ago.
As promised, we’ll post our new itinerary tomorrow along with more photos from Tom’s birthday. Have a beautiful Christmas Eve!
Be well.
Photo from ten years ago today, December 24, 2014:
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