Birthday at Henry's

Lauren took me out to celebrate my birthday tonight.  I suggested going to Henry's Tavern, our regular spot, because they sent me a lovely birthday coupon for happy hour prices at any time.  We quickly learned that it was a bit of a bum deal because they do not have any drinks on their happy hour special - just food.  I ordered the mac n cheese with a big side of delicious waffle fries and started with a very sweet mai tai.  An interesting older gentleman was sitting next to Lauren and chatting with her for quite a bit, but when he found out it was my birthday, he bought us a round of birthday cake shots - very yummy.  Probably the funniest point in the evening was when this man complimented her for her "high altitude."  Yeah, we didn't get it either...

I started a new book today, so that will suffice for my media mention.  I was a bit disturbed with the ending of the first chapter in Neil Gaiman's American Gods.  Even Eddie found the passage disturbing when I finished reading it to him.  So a bit on the bizarre side so far, but at least I'm enjoying it more than the other awful book I started a few weeks ago.