Yesterday, as you know, was my birthday. And I tend to say, "Eh, it's just another day...", but the truth is, every birthday is an event. It is. A birthday marks the passing of a year. It marks the gaining of wisdom (hopefully) and the loss of inhibitions. A birthday is a beginning.
Last night, I went to dinner with a friend to the Twisted Fork in Raleigh. I've never been disappointed there--and I wasn't last night, either. I ordered the "Sweet Tea Roasted Chicken". It was a half (!) chicken that had been brined in sweet tea and then roasted to perfection. It was moist, juicy and delicious. The skin was brown and crisp, and it was WAY more food than I could eat. I shared half of it with my friend who took it home. I ate half of my half--which was plenty. It was served with garlic mashed potatoes (which were real potatoes, and judging from the color, Yukon golds at that) and "succotash". Their version of succotash wasn't the usual corn-and-lima-beans combination that I know--instead, it was corn, red peppers, green beans and a bit of bacon. Delicious. I ate half of everything and packed up the rest for dinner today!
I was comfortably "stuffed" but my friend ordered dessert (which the server used as a place for a birthday candle for me). I took just a small bite off the end of the most decadent deep chocolate cheesecake I've ever had. It was terrific, but amazingly rich. I couldn't have eaten more than the bite I did eat! (I wouldn't have been able to eat it all even if I hadn't had the chicken first! After all, sugar is not my friend, remember?)
After dinner, we stopped at World Market, my favorite store, where I used my FREE Explorer's Club birthday gift certificate worth $10 to buy two pairs of earrings! Happy birthday to me, indeed! The one pair had a stone that matched perfectly the sweater I was wearing!
It's Wednesday! Make it WONDERFUL!
Last night, I went to dinner with a friend to the Twisted Fork in Raleigh. I've never been disappointed there--and I wasn't last night, either. I ordered the "Sweet Tea Roasted Chicken". It was a half (!) chicken that had been brined in sweet tea and then roasted to perfection. It was moist, juicy and delicious. The skin was brown and crisp, and it was WAY more food than I could eat. I shared half of it with my friend who took it home. I ate half of my half--which was plenty. It was served with garlic mashed potatoes (which were real potatoes, and judging from the color, Yukon golds at that) and "succotash". Their version of succotash wasn't the usual corn-and-lima-beans combination that I know--instead, it was corn, red peppers, green beans and a bit of bacon. Delicious. I ate half of everything and packed up the rest for dinner today!
I was comfortably "stuffed" but my friend ordered dessert (which the server used as a place for a birthday candle for me). I took just a small bite off the end of the most decadent deep chocolate cheesecake I've ever had. It was terrific, but amazingly rich. I couldn't have eaten more than the bite I did eat! (I wouldn't have been able to eat it all even if I hadn't had the chicken first! After all, sugar is not my friend, remember?)
After dinner, we stopped at World Market, my favorite store, where I used my FREE Explorer's Club birthday gift certificate worth $10 to buy two pairs of earrings! Happy birthday to me, indeed! The one pair had a stone that matched perfectly the sweater I was wearing!
It's Wednesday! Make it WONDERFUL!
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