After all the activities and festivities from the last weekend, it was nice to have a pretty quite one. Anna had her students over to the house on Wednesday evening for a gathering and it was nice to meet a couple of them whom I’ve not met before. The ones who knew me were very comfortable with me. We had a good time chatting while a number of them were painting their t-shirts for all state auditions over the weekend. Prior to their arrival, I dropped some food off at someone’s house and that person would be delivering the food to a family from church. The family is someone I’ve known for years and I’ve seen their children grow up. Her husband has a very aggressive brain tumor and it’s not looking good. He was in ICU for a number of day, and the family is dealing with that. An e mail was sent asking people to volunteer to provide a meal for the family and since I work at Paradise, it was the least I could do. I just went onto the website and found out that he has the same kind of brain tumor that Ted Kennedy died from. He has been moved to the Hospice in Johnston which is so very sad. I will most definitely be saying a prayer for their family and do whatever I can to help the family. It’s tough to lose a husband and a father especially when the kids are just teenagers.
Saturday morning, I had breakfast with John and it was a very good breakfast. We’ve not caught up with one another for a long time so it was good to do that. I needed to talk to him about a couple of stuff that’s been running around in my head and it was good to let it off my chest. After the chat, I motored over to Barnes and Noble and caught up with some magazines and that’s always fun. Once that was done, I went to the Ankeny public library for the very first time and it’s a nice library that’s up to date especially with their magazine subscription. Yes! I got myself situated and I can see myself spending time there. Later that evening, I had dinner with Carola prior to the DM Symphony performance. Anna could not make it because her band had a gig just a couple of blocks away so Carola got to use her ticket which was just wonderful. The conductor was originally from China and he’s a very accomplished conductor, composer and a professor at the University of Michigan. He was the guest conductor for the evening. The soloist is a guy from China who plays the pipa which was just amazing. Talk about the skills involved in playing that instrument. It was out of this world. Needless to say, it was a most memorable performance to say the least and I’m glad we got to listen to it.
That’s pretty much all that took place over the weekend.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
What a weekend!
It was most definitely a movie weekend for me. I ended up watching six IMAX movies back to back on Saturday starting at 10AM and ending at 3:45PM. It was awesome! The only reason why I left at 3:45PM is because I had to work at Paradise at 4PM. The Science Center had a deal where you could watch an IMAX movie for $5 or purchase an all day pass for $20. Needless to say, I went with the all day pass. All in all they showed eight movies and I had seen two of them. The rest were new to me and talk about an experience. It was a lot of fun. Now, I know a lot of people most probably think it would have been the most boring or waste of time experience, but not me. I just loved it! I even told the people collecting the tickets the first time that they’ll be seeing a lot of me since after each movie, you had to exit the theater.
When I went to the restaurant, I was told that Friday night was very busy. Evidently there were a lot of people who decided to eat out and everyone decided to go to Paradise which is great for business. I really did not know what to expect for a Saturday night considering the past weekends it’s been really quiet and Aaron had let the servers leave early because there was no point in having them stay and not do anything. Aaron had the night off and the other team leader had the night off too which is why I was called in. The owners came to the restaurant just to make sure things were OK and boy, was I glad they were there. It started off really quiet, then at around 6PM, we had a rush of tables. There were only two of us serving was fine, but we only had a cook. One of the owners was a cook so he put on the apron and helped cook. The other owner ended up bussing/clearing the tables since both of us were busy. We ended up calling in the one server who was on call. Usually, when I’m the leader, I don’t normally take the tables unless we’re swamped. I ended up taking close to ten tables over the course of the night. The guy who was called in to serve was feeling a little under the weather so I helped him out the best I could. In many ways, it was fun but stressed because we all did the best we could, but only having on experienced cook did not help. Thank goodness the people were very understanding a nice which was great. I got a very nice note from the owner to say that I handled the floor very well with the amount of people. That was nice to know that he’s happy with my performance.
Oh, I should tell you that on Friday, Anna and I celebrated one year of dating. Yay! I took half the day off and to start off her morning, I got her another Vermont Teddy Bear and this time the bear had on a shirt to say, “Without Music, Life Would B flat (and the flat was a musical flat note!)” She loved it. I dropped her off at school and when I was done working half a day, I picked her up and we went for lunch at the restaurant where we would be having our rehearsal dinner. I had sent the owner a note and she was so happy to see us. I had a shrimp paella dish and Anna had a taboulli with scallops. Both dishes were out of this world amazing! Talk about a great way start the day. After lunch, Anna reminded me that we had to go to Josephs to pick up her engagement ring which was dropped off a week ago to be cleaned and checked. When I arrived there, Mikell, the guy who sold us the ring, greeted me and that’s when Anna sprung me a surprise by telling me that I got to pick something as my gift. Evidently, she was in cahoots with Mikell and he had picked a couple of stuff that he thought I liked. I was more than pleasantly surprised and after some thought, ended up with a glass globe that spins a little. I love it because it’s really elegant and I have the best place to put it. Both Anna and Mikell were so happy that they pulled off the surprise and I really like my gift so at the end of the day, it’s a win-win situation for all of us.
After lunch, we walked around the mall then watched the movie, the “Informant” starring Matt Damon. It was a pretty funny movie especially is you’re a Steve Soderberg fan. I liked it, but Anna did not like it too much. When the movie was over, we went to the restaurant where I proposed and sat at the booth where I went down on my knees. The host was so gracious and congratulated us. Our server was my friend, Nick who has been my server every time I’ve dined at Flemings except the one time when I proposed. He was happy to see me and I introduced him to Anna. When he found out that I proposed to her at the exact booth, he was disappointed not to be there. Dinner was marvelous and the food amazing as always. At the end of dinner, Nick presented Anna with a box of truffles as a congratulatory gift. That was really neat of him, and it says a lot for him to go out of his way a little. While chatting with Nick, I found out that he used to work at Pizza Kitchen in Ames that’s owned by the owners of Paradise! Talk about a small world. I told Nick that he should drop by when I’m working and it would be an honor to serve him. What a great way to spend an anniversary!
On Sunday, the 2nd Sunday Singers sang at John’s church in Norwalk then they had a pancake breakfast for us which was really nice. I’ve not seen John for a couple of weeks so it was good to see him again. Brunch at Paradise was really slow, but at 2:30PM, the restaurant got busy with a party of eight and another three tables. I only had one cook and he did an amazing job. Between the both of us, we managed to pull it off. I continued working alone right until 6PM when Aaron came in. The server who was supposed to work, had a family emergency so she could not come in. By 7:30PM, I was beat and I told Aaron that if it was OK with him, I was calling it a night. He let me go which was nice. He ended up serving and we had two cooks by then. It was one of those evenings that was good for the restaurant, but I was more than tired by the time I got home.
So, that was my weekend – fun, enjoyable yet a little stressed.
When I went to the restaurant, I was told that Friday night was very busy. Evidently there were a lot of people who decided to eat out and everyone decided to go to Paradise which is great for business. I really did not know what to expect for a Saturday night considering the past weekends it’s been really quiet and Aaron had let the servers leave early because there was no point in having them stay and not do anything. Aaron had the night off and the other team leader had the night off too which is why I was called in. The owners came to the restaurant just to make sure things were OK and boy, was I glad they were there. It started off really quiet, then at around 6PM, we had a rush of tables. There were only two of us serving was fine, but we only had a cook. One of the owners was a cook so he put on the apron and helped cook. The other owner ended up bussing/clearing the tables since both of us were busy. We ended up calling in the one server who was on call. Usually, when I’m the leader, I don’t normally take the tables unless we’re swamped. I ended up taking close to ten tables over the course of the night. The guy who was called in to serve was feeling a little under the weather so I helped him out the best I could. In many ways, it was fun but stressed because we all did the best we could, but only having on experienced cook did not help. Thank goodness the people were very understanding a nice which was great. I got a very nice note from the owner to say that I handled the floor very well with the amount of people. That was nice to know that he’s happy with my performance.
Oh, I should tell you that on Friday, Anna and I celebrated one year of dating. Yay! I took half the day off and to start off her morning, I got her another Vermont Teddy Bear and this time the bear had on a shirt to say, “Without Music, Life Would B flat (and the flat was a musical flat note!)” She loved it. I dropped her off at school and when I was done working half a day, I picked her up and we went for lunch at the restaurant where we would be having our rehearsal dinner. I had sent the owner a note and she was so happy to see us. I had a shrimp paella dish and Anna had a taboulli with scallops. Both dishes were out of this world amazing! Talk about a great way start the day. After lunch, Anna reminded me that we had to go to Josephs to pick up her engagement ring which was dropped off a week ago to be cleaned and checked. When I arrived there, Mikell, the guy who sold us the ring, greeted me and that’s when Anna sprung me a surprise by telling me that I got to pick something as my gift. Evidently, she was in cahoots with Mikell and he had picked a couple of stuff that he thought I liked. I was more than pleasantly surprised and after some thought, ended up with a glass globe that spins a little. I love it because it’s really elegant and I have the best place to put it. Both Anna and Mikell were so happy that they pulled off the surprise and I really like my gift so at the end of the day, it’s a win-win situation for all of us.
After lunch, we walked around the mall then watched the movie, the “Informant” starring Matt Damon. It was a pretty funny movie especially is you’re a Steve Soderberg fan. I liked it, but Anna did not like it too much. When the movie was over, we went to the restaurant where I proposed and sat at the booth where I went down on my knees. The host was so gracious and congratulated us. Our server was my friend, Nick who has been my server every time I’ve dined at Flemings except the one time when I proposed. He was happy to see me and I introduced him to Anna. When he found out that I proposed to her at the exact booth, he was disappointed not to be there. Dinner was marvelous and the food amazing as always. At the end of dinner, Nick presented Anna with a box of truffles as a congratulatory gift. That was really neat of him, and it says a lot for him to go out of his way a little. While chatting with Nick, I found out that he used to work at Pizza Kitchen in Ames that’s owned by the owners of Paradise! Talk about a small world. I told Nick that he should drop by when I’m working and it would be an honor to serve him. What a great way to spend an anniversary!
On Sunday, the 2nd Sunday Singers sang at John’s church in Norwalk then they had a pancake breakfast for us which was really nice. I’ve not seen John for a couple of weeks so it was good to see him again. Brunch at Paradise was really slow, but at 2:30PM, the restaurant got busy with a party of eight and another three tables. I only had one cook and he did an amazing job. Between the both of us, we managed to pull it off. I continued working alone right until 6PM when Aaron came in. The server who was supposed to work, had a family emergency so she could not come in. By 7:30PM, I was beat and I told Aaron that if it was OK with him, I was calling it a night. He let me go which was nice. He ended up serving and we had two cooks by then. It was one of those evenings that was good for the restaurant, but I was more than tired by the time I got home.
So, that was my weekend – fun, enjoyable yet a little stressed.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
What a wonderful week and weekend.
What a wonderful week and weekend we had.
On Wednesday night, Anna and I met up with Sonia and Jeff (her fiancé) for dinner. They will be headed to India for a couple of months so it was most definitely good to catch up with them before they left. Sonia prepared a roasted chicken and it was more than yummy to say the least. All in all a wonderful evening.
Something that’s been on the calendar for some time was a talk by Maya Angelou on Thursday evening. Needless to say, she’s a living legend and her writings have proved inspirational internationally. The talk was scheduled to start at 7PM and the doors were to open at 5:30PM. Prior to the doors opening, Anna and I had dinner at a restaurant within walking distance to the Knapp Center where the talk was going to be held. It’s a dinky little place, but very famous for their tamales. We had a good dinner and were in line by 5:20PM. There was already a good crowd there and this was a good hour and a half prior to her talk. I saw a number of people I knew in attendance and read the papers to pass the time. When Maya walked on stage, all of us gave her a three minute long standing ovation. Everyone was pumped to hear her speak. Her talk lasted not more than 45 minutes, but she really did not need to speak any longer. Her message came across loud and clear and it was about rainbows in the cloud and how all of us are rainbows to one another whether we realize it or not. Such powerful words delivered to a captive audience.
After work on Friday, Anna and I went to our second cake tasting, and I believe we’ve decided that Sweet Binney’s (www.sweetbinneys.com) will be preparing our wedding cake. Anna was more than impressed with the cakes we tried. She even got a taste of the cake I had for my 30th birthday! The meeting went very well and right now, it’s down to finalizing the contact, etc. It’s one more thing to cross off our checklist. We proceeded to the East Village to be part of the World Food Festival. A number of vendors from many different countries were there preparing their food and I got to taste some really good food and some not so good. Anna had a pupusas from El Salvador and liked it a lot. The food I loved the best was a dish prepared by this vendor from Ecuador. I told him that I knew a couple of guys from Ecuador who work at Paradise and he knew them. The food was very flavorful and too bad he does not have his own restaurant. Later that evening, we went to the Kurt Elling concert at Drake. Anna’s a huge fan of Kurt and the best way to describe his genre of jazz would be vocal jazz. The auditorium was almost sold out and it was a fantastic concert. Jazz music is very much alive and well and it has a great following in DSM. After the concert, we attended the post concert reception at Lucca Restaurant which is in the East Village. We ended up chatting with the bass player for some time because he’s originally from England and we talked about football. Later that evening, Anna got the courage to approach Kurt Elling and talked to him. She even got a photo taken with the guy and was all giddy that she has a photo with Kurt Elling. It was very cute because she was like a little kid and was beaming the rest of the night.
I got up earlier on Saturday to get groceries and some cooking done because later that evening, we had some friends over for dinner and I had a busy Saturday. I got two dishes cooked then it was off to our monthly men’s lunch. After the luncheon, I headed to Joel’s place because he needed my help to get a curtain installed in his garage so when he washes his car, the water does not splash all over. We could not get it all done that afternoon, but we did get the majority of it taken care of. I then went to Cownie soccer field to watch one of my former religious education student play for his college. He did fine, but I know overall, he was disappointed with the way his college played. They were down 0-3 by halftime and I had to leave to get more cooking done. It was good to see him, and we’ll catch up during Christmas break, I’m sure. Our friends arrived at 6:30PM and everyone loved the food I cooked. Needless to say, this was the first time they had Malaysian cooking. I prepared beef curry, ginger chicken, baby bak choy, friend omelette and fish curry. While eating dinner, everyone chatted with one another and it dawned on me that I was the odd person out because everyone there was a teacher. In so many ways, it was good for Anna to have her teacher friends because they all could relate to one another. I do a pretty good job emphatizing with her, but at the same time, I realize I’m not a teacher and there are things other teachers can help her out with. All of us had a grand time and there’s nothing like having great food, wine and company.
So, talk about a busy week and weekend. On Sunday, I had 2pm-5PM off because the owner kind of goofed up my schedule. It worked out A OK because Kristi came by the restaurant and we got to catch up with one another. It’s been a long time since we connected so that was really good. I ended up leaving the restaurant at 8:30PM which was later than I expected, but that’s OK. We had a nice flow of people and that’s always good for business.
That was the week and weekend that went by. It’s not going to be as exciting this weekend for sure. Anna and I celebrate our one year anniversary of dating this Friday and I’ll be taking half the day off from work and the evening off from Paradise. She has the day off from school and we’ll probably have lunch at the restaurant where we’ll have the rehearsal dinner then it’s off to watch a movie before a nice dinner somewhere. I’ll have to pick my brain to figure out a nice restaurant for us.
Oh, I did forget to mention that we had out first snow fall on Saturday morning. When I got up there was snow on the ground. The weather has most definitely changed and it’s not cooler than usual which is a little weird, but A OK by me. I’m not quite ready for snow yet because it seems that the middle of October is just a little too early, but crazier things have happened before.
On Wednesday night, Anna and I met up with Sonia and Jeff (her fiancé) for dinner. They will be headed to India for a couple of months so it was most definitely good to catch up with them before they left. Sonia prepared a roasted chicken and it was more than yummy to say the least. All in all a wonderful evening.
Something that’s been on the calendar for some time was a talk by Maya Angelou on Thursday evening. Needless to say, she’s a living legend and her writings have proved inspirational internationally. The talk was scheduled to start at 7PM and the doors were to open at 5:30PM. Prior to the doors opening, Anna and I had dinner at a restaurant within walking distance to the Knapp Center where the talk was going to be held. It’s a dinky little place, but very famous for their tamales. We had a good dinner and were in line by 5:20PM. There was already a good crowd there and this was a good hour and a half prior to her talk. I saw a number of people I knew in attendance and read the papers to pass the time. When Maya walked on stage, all of us gave her a three minute long standing ovation. Everyone was pumped to hear her speak. Her talk lasted not more than 45 minutes, but she really did not need to speak any longer. Her message came across loud and clear and it was about rainbows in the cloud and how all of us are rainbows to one another whether we realize it or not. Such powerful words delivered to a captive audience.
After work on Friday, Anna and I went to our second cake tasting, and I believe we’ve decided that Sweet Binney’s (www.sweetbinneys.com) will be preparing our wedding cake. Anna was more than impressed with the cakes we tried. She even got a taste of the cake I had for my 30th birthday! The meeting went very well and right now, it’s down to finalizing the contact, etc. It’s one more thing to cross off our checklist. We proceeded to the East Village to be part of the World Food Festival. A number of vendors from many different countries were there preparing their food and I got to taste some really good food and some not so good. Anna had a pupusas from El Salvador and liked it a lot. The food I loved the best was a dish prepared by this vendor from Ecuador. I told him that I knew a couple of guys from Ecuador who work at Paradise and he knew them. The food was very flavorful and too bad he does not have his own restaurant. Later that evening, we went to the Kurt Elling concert at Drake. Anna’s a huge fan of Kurt and the best way to describe his genre of jazz would be vocal jazz. The auditorium was almost sold out and it was a fantastic concert. Jazz music is very much alive and well and it has a great following in DSM. After the concert, we attended the post concert reception at Lucca Restaurant which is in the East Village. We ended up chatting with the bass player for some time because he’s originally from England and we talked about football. Later that evening, Anna got the courage to approach Kurt Elling and talked to him. She even got a photo taken with the guy and was all giddy that she has a photo with Kurt Elling. It was very cute because she was like a little kid and was beaming the rest of the night.
I got up earlier on Saturday to get groceries and some cooking done because later that evening, we had some friends over for dinner and I had a busy Saturday. I got two dishes cooked then it was off to our monthly men’s lunch. After the luncheon, I headed to Joel’s place because he needed my help to get a curtain installed in his garage so when he washes his car, the water does not splash all over. We could not get it all done that afternoon, but we did get the majority of it taken care of. I then went to Cownie soccer field to watch one of my former religious education student play for his college. He did fine, but I know overall, he was disappointed with the way his college played. They were down 0-3 by halftime and I had to leave to get more cooking done. It was good to see him, and we’ll catch up during Christmas break, I’m sure. Our friends arrived at 6:30PM and everyone loved the food I cooked. Needless to say, this was the first time they had Malaysian cooking. I prepared beef curry, ginger chicken, baby bak choy, friend omelette and fish curry. While eating dinner, everyone chatted with one another and it dawned on me that I was the odd person out because everyone there was a teacher. In so many ways, it was good for Anna to have her teacher friends because they all could relate to one another. I do a pretty good job emphatizing with her, but at the same time, I realize I’m not a teacher and there are things other teachers can help her out with. All of us had a grand time and there’s nothing like having great food, wine and company.
So, talk about a busy week and weekend. On Sunday, I had 2pm-5PM off because the owner kind of goofed up my schedule. It worked out A OK because Kristi came by the restaurant and we got to catch up with one another. It’s been a long time since we connected so that was really good. I ended up leaving the restaurant at 8:30PM which was later than I expected, but that’s OK. We had a nice flow of people and that’s always good for business.
That was the week and weekend that went by. It’s not going to be as exciting this weekend for sure. Anna and I celebrate our one year anniversary of dating this Friday and I’ll be taking half the day off from work and the evening off from Paradise. She has the day off from school and we’ll probably have lunch at the restaurant where we’ll have the rehearsal dinner then it’s off to watch a movie before a nice dinner somewhere. I’ll have to pick my brain to figure out a nice restaurant for us.
Oh, I did forget to mention that we had out first snow fall on Saturday morning. When I got up there was snow on the ground. The weather has most definitely changed and it’s not cooler than usual which is a little weird, but A OK by me. I’m not quite ready for snow yet because it seems that the middle of October is just a little too early, but crazier things have happened before.
Monday, October 5, 2009
What a fun filled week!
Wow, talk about an exciting week! On Wednesday, Anna and I went to our first cake tasting. We tasted some of this lady’s cakes at the bridal forum a couple of weeks back and were pretty impressed. You can check out her website at www.sweetestperfections.com and view some of her creations. Prior to the tasting, she gave us options to choose when it comes to the type of cakes/filling/etc. Anna and I made our choices and sent it to her. She works out of her home and her entire basement is a commercial sized kitchen. Needless to say, the cakes were really good and we got to sit and chat with her pertaining to some ideas we had for our cakes. She was very open to our suggestions and willing to work with us. All of us had a very good experience with one another. It also helps that she’s a big foodie like me so we connected on that level too! After the cake tasting, Anna and I visited the Foell family. The cake tasting was less then three blocks from where Panom and David live. I definitely wanted to pay them a visit to see how Panom was doing especially with the death of her mom. She’s doing better and she also shared with us that she’s pregnant! Yay! The baby is due the very end of April or maybe even early May. I’m so excited for them and personally I’m wishing they get a girl just to even things a little more. They already have two boys and I know Panom would really love a girl. The boys are excited to say the least.
On Thursday, we went to Wicked, the musical which is most definitely one of the hottest musical tickets out there right now. Can you believe that if you did not get tickets when we did, the cost of a premium seat would be $130?! It’s crazy. Oh, prior to Wicked, Anna treated me to dinner at Miyabi 9 which is my go to Japanese restaurant. As soon as we walked in, the chef/owner recognized me and I apologized for being away for so long. I once again, ordered the omakase and it was to die for. He did a couple of different things that were just out of this world. Anna decided to play it safe and ordered off the menu. She did order a scallop nigiri, and loved it. I gave her different tastings of my orders and she was more than adventurous to try some of them. What a great way to get the evening started! The musical itself was a lot of fun and it had more than its fair share of catchy tunes. I can see why a lot of people love it and keep going back to see it. Now that I’ve seen it once, would I pay $130 to see it again? I won’t, but it does not take away from how good it was.
We went to Mass on Saturday evening because Anna was the cantor and also because after Mass, it was the welcome reception for our new priest. He went to Mundelein seminary some years back and knew a couple of faculty there. What do I think of him? Well, he’s not John or Jim, but I’m sure he’ll do fine. They’ve been a couple of things going on at St. Kate’s involving this new priest, the bishop and a couple of people that’s not sat down well with me. I’ll spare you the details, but for now I’m going to reserve my comments. I’ll give this guy some time to settle down. It was definitely a lot of fun chatting with dad, mom and sis on Saturday. Isn’t technology just great? I’m sure there’s a way where we can all chat and view the videos at the same time. I’ll have to figure that one out.
This Friday, Anna and I will be going our second and final cake tasting and am looking forward to it. The one that will be going to are the people who created my 30th birthday cake, and I know they’ll do an amazing job with the cake no matter what. We’ll see what Anna thinks of it. Later that evening, we’ll be going to a concert at Drake and the performer is an amazing jazz artist named Kurt Elling. Anna loves him and I know she’s more than pumped for it. After the concert, we’ll get to go to a post concert reception at Lucca in East Village for donors. Yay! I know it’ll be a grand evening for sure.
On Saturday, the weather is supposed to be in the high 50s which is uncharacteristically cool for this time, and I’ll be watching one of my former RE students play soccer. He’s excited to be playing back in DM and I hope he gets to score a goal. That would be icing on the cake. Later that night, we have a couple of friends over so we’ll have lots of food and a good time chatting and catching up with one another. Yay!
That’s the news from me for now.
On Thursday, we went to Wicked, the musical which is most definitely one of the hottest musical tickets out there right now. Can you believe that if you did not get tickets when we did, the cost of a premium seat would be $130?! It’s crazy. Oh, prior to Wicked, Anna treated me to dinner at Miyabi 9 which is my go to Japanese restaurant. As soon as we walked in, the chef/owner recognized me and I apologized for being away for so long. I once again, ordered the omakase and it was to die for. He did a couple of different things that were just out of this world. Anna decided to play it safe and ordered off the menu. She did order a scallop nigiri, and loved it. I gave her different tastings of my orders and she was more than adventurous to try some of them. What a great way to get the evening started! The musical itself was a lot of fun and it had more than its fair share of catchy tunes. I can see why a lot of people love it and keep going back to see it. Now that I’ve seen it once, would I pay $130 to see it again? I won’t, but it does not take away from how good it was.
We went to Mass on Saturday evening because Anna was the cantor and also because after Mass, it was the welcome reception for our new priest. He went to Mundelein seminary some years back and knew a couple of faculty there. What do I think of him? Well, he’s not John or Jim, but I’m sure he’ll do fine. They’ve been a couple of things going on at St. Kate’s involving this new priest, the bishop and a couple of people that’s not sat down well with me. I’ll spare you the details, but for now I’m going to reserve my comments. I’ll give this guy some time to settle down. It was definitely a lot of fun chatting with dad, mom and sis on Saturday. Isn’t technology just great? I’m sure there’s a way where we can all chat and view the videos at the same time. I’ll have to figure that one out.
This Friday, Anna and I will be going our second and final cake tasting and am looking forward to it. The one that will be going to are the people who created my 30th birthday cake, and I know they’ll do an amazing job with the cake no matter what. We’ll see what Anna thinks of it. Later that evening, we’ll be going to a concert at Drake and the performer is an amazing jazz artist named Kurt Elling. Anna loves him and I know she’s more than pumped for it. After the concert, we’ll get to go to a post concert reception at Lucca in East Village for donors. Yay! I know it’ll be a grand evening for sure.
On Saturday, the weather is supposed to be in the high 50s which is uncharacteristically cool for this time, and I’ll be watching one of my former RE students play soccer. He’s excited to be playing back in DM and I hope he gets to score a goal. That would be icing on the cake. Later that night, we have a couple of friends over so we’ll have lots of food and a good time chatting and catching up with one another. Yay!
That’s the news from me for now.
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