A fine Mother's Day
May. 14th, 2019 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamshark On Sunday, my son surprised me with a perfectly thoughtful Mother's Day gift - a CD of the original cast recording of The Music Man. I lost that CD years ago when someone broke into my car and stole the CD player. The thief was disdainful of my musical choices and didn't even bother to steal the stack of CD's, but that one happened to be in the player. Every now and then I run into the empty CD case and grieve over my lost musical. Thorin took note of that, ordered me a new one, and waited for the next opportunity to present it as a special gift. I am often made uncomfortable by obligatory presents, but this is the perfect type of gift - something only someone who was actually paying attention to you would realize that you wanted.
Thorin then treated me and Richard to a rather extravagant Mother's Day dinner at Hector Ruiz's newest restaurant: Don Raul (50th and Xerxes). Hector Ruiz is our favorite local celebrity chef - Mexican born and French trained. We often eat at the 3 in our neighborhood: Rincon 38, Ena, and La Fresca. The food is recognizably similar from place to place, but each restaurant has a slightly different theme and each dish is unique. Don Raul is a small-plate restaurant (similar to Rincon 38) but more international in its influences. We ordered 5 plates for the 3 of us to share, which left us with enough room for 3 desserts. Every single thing was delicious, and we all enjoyed sharing and comparing them.
Then we came home and I listened to my new CD with Thorin. Still one of my top 10 favorite musicals, and I'm delighted to have it back.
Thorin then treated me and Richard to a rather extravagant Mother's Day dinner at Hector Ruiz's newest restaurant: Don Raul (50th and Xerxes). Hector Ruiz is our favorite local celebrity chef - Mexican born and French trained. We often eat at the 3 in our neighborhood: Rincon 38, Ena, and La Fresca. The food is recognizably similar from place to place, but each restaurant has a slightly different theme and each dish is unique. Don Raul is a small-plate restaurant (similar to Rincon 38) but more international in its influences. We ordered 5 plates for the 3 of us to share, which left us with enough room for 3 desserts. Every single thing was delicious, and we all enjoyed sharing and comparing them.
Then we came home and I listened to my new CD with Thorin. Still one of my top 10 favorite musicals, and I'm delighted to have it back.
