dinner out :)

[thoreau]

David was so cute today - he'd marked on his kitchen calendar, Tuesday (9.30) as my birthday - and today as "Robert's Birthday (Observed)" - LOL! So tonight we went out to Bistro Evan for a lovely dinner. It is a french bistro in Palo Alto. We decided to go "tapas" style - and eat several of their small/medium plates rather than entrees. (counterclockwise below) We started with a Gruyere/Chantrelle mushroom pancake with a "baby girl" tomato salad and a chilled cucumber soup with yogurt and dill. David preferred the pancakes while I was all about the chilled soup. Our next pairing was a striped bass cerviche (with jalapeno, mint and olive oil) and a interesting salad of fresh peaches, feta, mint and prosciutto - a very interesting and intense set of flavors - we had a bottle of Muscat (David's favorite) with dinner that was grapefruit infused instead of last night's apricot flavor.... most yummy. then came dessert - which was hazelnut cakes on top of brandied pears - and the ultimate!? the fresh raspberry souffle - which was raspberry infused baked egg yolks with a fresh center of raspberries and mint. It was out of this world. I thought David was just going to grab it and run from the restaurant - finding him days later in a culvert somewhere still licking the dish. The service was outstanding - and the evening was wonderful - we stopped by some friends of his who were having a party - (all of which had never seen David in a suit jacket - and were "amazed" much to his embarrassment). It was a truly lovely night....

and Neil? I wore the yellow tie!

Isn't David just adorable? yep!

Comments

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

When you take pictures at the restaurant, do they think that you're food critics from the local paper?

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

nah - just a geek with a camera :)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Good choice! YAY to happiness!

HUGS!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

it was wonderful - and yep - a BIG YAY for happiness....

[nudewoody.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[major7.livejournal.com]

Y'all do look cute together and are making a very nice shared life together so far. Congratulations!

and that is a very cool tie.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

almost all my ties are Jerry Garcia ties

http://www.thesilktiefactory.com/jergarnecmet.html

[balanceinchaos.livejournal.com]

That looks like it was a wonderful evening!

Thank you for sharing the joy!

chocolate is life

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

like Mocha is Love. :)

Thanks!

mmmmm... MOCHA!

[balanceinchaos.livejournal.com]

Heh, mocha is my personal elixir of life...

See, I like my chocolate the way I like my women -- dark (haired), creamy (skinned), mysterious and deep.

I like my coffee like my men strong (bodied), blonde, and sweet (disposition).

So for me, as a bisexual, mocha offers me the ultimate liquid sex analogy! I get the best of my men and my women at one time (now if only I could have that in my bed!)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to me reading your comments about David. I only know him obliquely through square dancing; I don't think we've ever had a conversation in all those years, but perhaps now that there is this additional link, we might in the future!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

David is something else :) a lovely man - I hope the four of us will definitely collide (at least at the WADC convention if not sooner) this year.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

You know, as David is a real mathmatician and all, I have a question.

Does he ever use matrices and polynomials in his job? Or, is this just some BS we had to learn in college?

[bibliocub.livejournal.com]

Two handsome men. You and David have such great smiles. Happy Birthday.

[excessor.livejournal.com]

You two are such a handsome couple! And that dinner looks fabulous. I'm glad you're having such a good time.

[althrman.livejournal.com]

Here is one of those esoteric questions for you. ….

If you and David were a meal, what would it consist of, since FOOD is sideline in your life…..

[bukephalus.livejournal.com]

It all sounds -- and looks -- perfectly splendid! Three cheers!

And yes, David is scrumptious as can be!