tell me...

should i change the title of my blog to 'Neglect-a-blog'? the way i have been avoiding the keyboard lately, it sure would be fitting.

this week has been somewhat busy on the social side.

on monday, lois and i had dinner with our good friend, Ileana (she goes by Yani) May Colín. she's in town for three months from Cancún, hoping to get some under the table work and improve her English. although i doubt she'll find anything in her field - she's an architect - any money is good. and if her English is pretty good by the time she goes back, she'll be much more in demand in Cancún.

wow! i think it has been five years since we last each other... she is so cool. smart and a super sense of humor. her coolness is enhanced by the fact that she has the most awesome handwriting script ;) it's kind of a mix between calligraphy and a modern swoopy font. i swear, there should be a yani font, it's that unique!

anyway, we had dinner at the Painted Bench on 20th and Logan. it's a nice place for upscale dining without the snootiness. we shared a wild mushroom gratin appetizer and the house salad (basically a walnut, pear, gorgonzola, mixed greens salad with a bit too much lemon vinaigrette). lois had the tenderloin, which came on a bed of a funky potato pasta (it reminded me of gnocchi) with rapini (a spinach like leaf that tastes like broccoli)...yani had the duck breast (see menu link) and i had the hanger steak...mmm! and perfectly medium rare....

we all had red wine (lois...merlot) (yani...pinot noir) (me...malbec). we skipped coffee and dessert though, opting for a quick trip to the *$$ on 16th & Curtis and a short walk down 16th St. Mall.

will continue the story because you have just read about the Jekyll side of Monday night...the Hyde side is much more amusing...TRUST ME!

i'll be back in a few hours...