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Let the celebrating begin!
I received my first birthday gift yesterday! From Annie (thank you, thank you!) She gifted me with books from Amazon and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

And last night was lamb chop night! Mmmmmm…. Every year, a couple of days before my birthday, Georgie takes me out for lamb chops. It’s my favorite, naturally, and Georgie aims to please. Dinner last night was at Dylan Prime, in Tribeca. This is not your father’s steak house! The decor was very nice, atmosphere as well. We got a good table – not too close to our neighbors, but close enough that we could check out what they were eating (a must!). For starters we had ceasar salads, probably the low point of the meal, but not bad at all. Georgie had the scallop appetizers, but they smelled too fishy for me – so I passed. I had the Colorado rack of lamb – G had a New York Strip. Devine! For our “Accessories” (their way of saying side dishes) we had the Yukon Gold Mashed potatoes which were heavenly. Lots of butter, lots of whipping. We should’ve ordered one for each of us. (Do you think it’s bad behavior to lick the bowl? What about dragging your finger through it for that last little morsel?) And I ordered the baby brussel sprouts in balsamic! Yummy! I love brussel sprouts. They were very good, and G even tried some.

The pièce de résistance was the dessert. I had the Molten Valrhona Chocolate Cake and my god. I.thought.I.would.die. This was by far the best chocolate cake/souffle type dish I’ve ever had in my life (and trust me, I try them all! Nothing better than runny chocolate cake.) It was sweet, but not too sweet. The secret of it, I think, was how light the dish actually was. Talking about licking the plate. I’d go back just for this dish! And I don’t even like chocolate that much. Georgie had the Dylan Chocolate Turnover with Bananas and Marshmallow, which he said was just as amazing. What a wonderful meal! Thank you my love!

My dad may come up to visit today, and if he does, we’re probably going out to dinner – to Cara Mia in the city. Another great meal is in the works!

Knitting news!
I started swatching for my Manos vest, which from now on be called School Daze. I’m so happy with it! I’ve got the front cable just about figured out – I’m going to split the swatch to see how it will work out with the v-neck and then I’m going to do my calculations to cast on! This designing thing is pretty cool.

And I cast on again for my Ribby Cardi. Thanks for the comments about it yesterday. I don’t mind ripping it out – to get it right. If it’s a little big – no problem, but too small, no way. I’ll let you know how it goes.

A public apology!
Apparently I owe you all an apology. When I post my links, I generally send them to a new window: target=”_blank”. I’ve since found out that this is bad, very bad. I’m not quite sure I agree with Nielsen’s argument, but I’ll try it out for the time being. In the meantime, if you want to open up the link in a new window, hold down the shift key when you click it. I’m so, so sorry.