Today is her birthday. Wish her a happy one, won’t you?
We had people over this evening for cake and pie. How good can one possibly be to one’s beloved? Cake and pie. Chocolate cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. Strawberry-rhubarb pie. Seriously. This is, obviously, not something we can do every day. But when we do, oh it is good.
Anyway, we had many friends over, went to Alice and Friends (a favorite pan-asian vegetarian restaurant), watched Eddie Izzard, ate desserts, talked and laughed. It was a lovely evening.
We have an old (can I even say that?) friend visiting this weekend whose birthday was yesterday, so it has been a very celebratory weekend. During the day we went to the Field Museum for my first time. The Forbidden City exhibit on China, and the Madagascar photography exhibit were both stellar. Neither is part of the permanent collection, so I recommend going and seeing. Especially if you can get a Great Kids Pass from your local Chicago library. We still had to pay to see the China exhibit, but it was worth it, and general admission was free with the pass.