Luncheon, Phones and Great Music

We went out to lunch yesterday; a slightly fancier one than usual, to celebrate our anniversary.** After telling myself twice to take the camera, I left it in the kitchen at home, so there are no photos of the scrumptious crab and shrimp cakes with crusty potatoes or the eggplant parmesan with spaghettini. And of course, no photos of the Caesar salad or the Caramel Creme Brulee either. Bummer. It was excellent and the service was good. The maitre d' placed us in what she said was the coolest booth in the place (in temperature, not socially) and we appreciated that, since outdoors, it was 91*. I recommend Brio and although I've only been to the one in Raleigh, I know they are scattered all over the country. They are worth a try, wherever you find one.
** Thanks for all the nice wishes for our anniversary!

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I posted about switching from a land-line phone to a cell phone yesterday. It was all mr. kenju's idea (you can go back one day and read the post). Since his stroke, he often has trouble with short-term memory loss. I was on my cell phone with my son this morning, and he wanted to speak to his dad, so I walked down the hall to the bedroom. Mr. kenju said, "If you'd plug that phone back in, you wouldn't have to walk down the hall to find me." I quickly reminded him that the phone plug was for the old AT&T land line, and I couldn't "plug anything in" since that line is now disconnected. It struck me as really funny that he would say that, and I laughed so long and hard that my stomach muscles fairly screamed with pain. I haven't laughed like that in a long, long time. Then he asked "What about the phone in the kitchen?" and I lost it again; laughing another 3-4 minutes. Of course, I could tell him about the phones until I am blue in the face, and he still might not remember. I think the only solution is to buy another cell phone (using the same number) and put it in his room so that he can answer that line if need be. I don't think he really thought it through when he was complaining about having to pay for that line, and had he done so, he might have decided we should keep it anyway. C'est la vie!

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Several people sent me this link in email and all music lovers should go there without fail. It is a performance of the song "Africa" by Perpetuum Jazzile, an a cappella choir from Slovenia. It starts very low, so don't turn the sound up too loudly or you'll get blown away when their volume returns.