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| Bears & broccoli |
Today marks the ninth month I've been happily bear-ified (translation: smitten with a bear).
On Friday during dinner at Esca, we discovered how delicious bay bugs were. We had a seafood feast and both got a little rosy-cheeked; he must have thought it was because of the wine but actually it was a mixture of that, plus my gratifying realization that I could indeed maintain eye contact (at various points) through out a dinner conversation.
We went back to 2H where we promptly sunk into blissful food coma and woke up the following day for brunch at Cafe Lalo. It's the same place in You've Got Mail where Meg Ryan (Kathleen Kelly) had talked down Tom Hank (Joe Fox) when he showed up during what was supposed to be her first meeting with the guy she had been emailing. I asked Drew to help me narrow down some options for what dish to order. I named four or five and he reduced them to two -- he explained something along the lines of, "it's because they include eggs." And I thought how he was the best ordering buddy because he always considered little things.
This morning he made our breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausages. And even though he wondered aloud if the scrambled eggs were too well done, I actually thought they were perfect. It was the first time I had ever eaten the eggs he cooked.
I suppose the point of all this is just to say that every day along the way of our being together, there are these small discoveries that come with the gentle awareness of how much he means to me.
Happy ninth month, B.
