hooray....

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

you probably thought this song was about you....

You Are 70% Vain

You're a little vain, but you also work hard for your good looks. Just remember, everyone knows you are a total hottie. You don't have to remind them.

How Vain Are You?

creating....

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. Cultural Creative 94% Postmodernist 94% Romanticist 81% Modernist 56% Idealist 44% Existentialist 38% Materialist 25% Fundamentalist 25% What is Your World View? (updated) created with QuizFarm.com

ostrich and the monkey bar....

Inspired by the Food Network's Restaurant Makeover program, H and I have decided to pay a visit to all the establishments that have appeared on the show; at least the ones that appear relatively interesting. Last night, The Monkey Bar became the first of many such excursions. We arrived a few minutes late for our eight o'clock reservation due to the usual downtown traffic. Man, was it was packed!

The place looked spectacular, albeit a tad smaller than it had appeared on television, which is to be expected, I guess. Dinner consisted of duck and veggie spring rolls, lamb, ostrich medallions, shoe string fries and veggies (bok choy, arugula, asparagus, broccoli). Drinks came in the form of the Monkey Bar cocktail, a Chocolatini martini and the Monkey Bar coffee. For dessert, we had the creme caramel ice cream with strawberries and a mini-pecan cake. The food and drinks were absolutely fantastic and the ambience equally so! Just before we left, the owner/executive chef also stopped by our table which allowed us to express our gratitude for providing such a wonderful experience. The Monkey Bar now ranks as one of my faves in the city.

On the way home, H and I reminisced. As funny as it seems, six years seems to have flown by. And this phase of academia went by as quickly as I had promised. Six years is an eternity in some contexts, yet, merely a fragment in relation to forevermore.

Happy anniversary, baby!