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Thursday, February 18, 2010

My Valentine

Original Valentine's Day plan:
Since I was working on Valentines Day and the hubby was riding in a parade, we decided to go out to dinner on Saturday instead. We made reservations at Sara's, a pricey but delicious everything fusion restaurant (seriously. I can tell it's fusion, but I can't tell what we're fusing with what). They have a salmon dish with wasabi that will make you slap yo mama.
Actual Valentine's Day:
I felt so sick Saturday I called and canceled our plans during the day. I felt too weak to even stand up at work so I figured we'd better not even try to go out. But you know what Mr. Charming did? He surprised me by ordering duck salad and an antipasto plate and I came home to a table set with wine glasses and candlesticks. So we sort of had Valentine's Day dinner anyway, although honestly I was too sick to taste my food (don't tell hubby that though).
We exchanged cards and both laughed because we got each other matching cards: they feature wine glasses and heart cut-outs on the front. Last year our cards looked different, but the messages inside were virtually identical (which either means that we are oh-so-connected-and-in-love, or Hallmark is running out of stuff to say).

I must say I did quite well on the card because I actually wrote the hubby a love sonnet - a real one (Shakespearean iambic pentameter!). I'm ridiculously pleased with myself over this.

I'm now sitting in my PJ's before getting ready for work. I called a doctor friend of mine and begged for an antibiotic rx Tuesday because I really was too sick to function. I NEVER take antibiotics so that should tell you how bad off I am! About an hour after the first dose I felt much better and I am now on the slow mend.

5 comments:

  1. So glad to hear you are improving, take care of yourself!!!

    What a sweet hubby, even if you couldn't taste the food. ;-)

    Question for you. I have some friends headed to NOLA soon, I was going to give them my favorite restaurants to go but the hubby has celiacs. I know gluten free food has become more common up here, however I wasn't sure if there were any restaurants down there that cater to the gluten free crowd? So many of the foods are made with roux which of course involves flour.

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  2. What a sweet hubby! Glad you're starting to feel better!

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  3. Hm, gluten free - well, there's Naked Pizza (for take out); Coquette on Magazine will go gluten free as will Bayona and Cafe Bamboo. I adore Coquette.

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  4. Oh and Dante's kitchen uptown and probably all the sushi spots - Ninja, Sushi brothers, Saki cafe.

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