Mama's Little Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread
Yesterday was my birthday, boys and girls, and now I am old - er. Older. Basically one year older than I was, but in many ways have not changed at all. Proof, you say? Well the proof is that I spent my birthday doing the same things I like to do before my birthday. Eating pizza. Sleeping. Going out and getting rowdy with my friends. Yes these are all things that I usually do, and that I did last night. Sure there are some details that mark the event as somewhat unique. For example, the pizza was deep dish from Little Star which was not one of my typical choices. We continued to the Rite Spot, which was cozy and warm in spite of its swinging doors. The staff asked if we had come to see "Tohiro" which apparently was the kindly looking Japanese gentleman who was wandering around the place like someone's granddad. It was strangely like he was getting ready to do some Country and Western music and sure enough in a moment he started yodeling. Yes, the old Japanese fellow in the plaid shirt sang yodeling cowboy songs in a thick Japanese accent. And he was pretty good actually! How could the night get better? Well apparently it could at Nihon, where we shoehorned ourselves into one end of the bar and hunkered down for the rest of the night. The music was great, the staff was awesome and the company was fantastic. Our DJ looked like a younger Isaac Hayes, and kept the great tunes coming and even gave me his copy of Off the Wall at the end of the night!
All in all, a good birthday.
Comments
What a lovely impromptu present :). Haven't heard that album for ages..
Posted by: Mazzaspring | April 26, 2009 6:07 PM
Happy birthday, Mo! I'm glad to read that you had a good time.
Posted by: Dr. Mike | April 27, 2009 7:00 AM
thanks for the well wishes folks! It was a successful birthday and the proof is how tired I am this morning :)
Posted by: lo fat mo | April 27, 2009 9:43 AM
Happy (slightly belated) birthday, Mo! Glad you enjoyed your... what it it, your 25th? ;-)
Posted by: M sans | April 27, 2009 1:48 PM
Thanks M sans, I'll forever be 27 in my head and heart (to quote Frank Sinatra, it was a very good year) but I'm comfortable with my 34-ness too :)
Posted by: lo fat mo | April 27, 2009 1:54 PM
Belated congratulations on being born! Your existence is a turn of events I whole-heartedly support.
Posted by: Iain Hamp | April 28, 2009 7:51 AM
Thanks Iain, you sure know how to make a guy feel special ... I think.
Posted by: lo fat mo | April 28, 2009 9:02 AM
Also: "Shortening bread is a fried batter bread, the ingredients of which include corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening." I never knew - thanks Mo (and Wikipedia). And Garrison Keillor. And Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie.
Posted by: Iain Hamp | April 28, 2009 9:05 AM
I didn't forget, we are having trouble "borrowing" internet until ours is hooked up and it's causing me to be pathetically behind on correspondence. Also, we're living amongst boxes and it's making us both batty.
I think we also had pizza on your birthday, so it's like we were with you, only our pizza was much, much better (I'm assuming.)
xoxo and happy belated birthday!
Posted by: karen | April 29, 2009 9:05 PM
I know you didn't forget Karen, you are a true friend, but a friend with a lot on her plate.
Luckily there was no comparison on the pizza as it was deep dish here and blissfully thin crusted in the BK (now that you live there it's time to get familiar with the abbreviations!).
Posted by: lo fat mo | April 30, 2009 2:23 PM