No. This isn't a diet blog.
In fact, it might be the opposite of a diet blog. Last night I went to a
restaurant called Calories for a going away party for coworkers. This
was not hosted by the school director and was a "gathering" instead.
There are actually about 5 coworkers/teachers who are not returning for
the 2012/13 school year but this party was really only for 2 of them.
Calories
is located on the artsy-fartsy street of Broadway. Yes, there is a
Broadway here and it's not even New York. Broadway is known for places
like The Bulk Cheese Warehouse, the Broadway Theatre, The Better Good,
The Mad Hatter and so on. I managed to find a parking spot at the end
of the block and around the corner.
I arrived on time. I was the second person there.
I had made the faulty assumption that this was for dessert since the meeting time was 7:30. I had my face fixed for their famed cheesecake. But upon finding out others had not eaten dinner yet I decided to order a plate called Fromage. Fromage was a tray of three cheeses, seasonal fruit, and a baguette. The baguette was so tough it could have been used to take someone's eye out. But the tray itself was a fantastic work of art. I wanted to take a picture of it and I should have......but I didn't. Fail.I had a Saskatoon Berry Lemonade for a beverage. The waiter said "ohmygod it's so good." So I thought I had made a good choice. Others were having wine because it was Wine Wednesday and 20% or something. The lemonade was good.
We had a table to ourselves in the back of the restaurant.....there were about 12 of us. It was HOT. Now, I know that my hormones are playing tricks on me and sometimes I don't feel the temperatures accurately......but man, oh man, I needed a fan. Not cool.
About half of our group left around 9pm and I really should have too, but I wanted that cheesecake, dammit! I picked out the Oreo Cheesecake. It took what felt like an hour to arrive at the table. Not cool. The cheesecake was good alright. But was it the amazing-OMG-you-gotta-go-here type of cheesecake? No. I was expecting mind blowing orgasms of cheesecake. Didn't happen. Cannoli....seriously....cannoli would have blown it out of the water.When I finally pulled away from the table and hugged my goodbyes it was 10:30pm. I was so happy to be out on the street in the cool air. The company had been fine but I was the oldest person there but by no means did I feel that old. But the conversation wasn't even anything.....like.....interesting.....plus I couldn't hear everyone. Ugh! Once I was out on the street my immediate thought was "I'm too old for this crap!" Also, I just kept feeling like something was missing and several hours later....because the cheesecake kept me awake until 4am......what was missing was Hubby. This experience would have been much better with Hubby and Hubby alone. That's what made me feel most disappointed.
Today I found out one coworker who has been really great to me also isn't returning and I wasn't able to say goodbye to him last night as he didn't come to the farewell. His classroom is next to mine and we've taught similarly as well. I guess it's time for him to move on. We can't all be fixtures....as I was reminded.....I am a fixture at the Academy.
I arrived on time. I was the second person there.
I had made the faulty assumption that this was for dessert since the meeting time was 7:30. I had my face fixed for their famed cheesecake. But upon finding out others had not eaten dinner yet I decided to order a plate called Fromage. Fromage was a tray of three cheeses, seasonal fruit, and a baguette. The baguette was so tough it could have been used to take someone's eye out. But the tray itself was a fantastic work of art. I wanted to take a picture of it and I should have......but I didn't. Fail.I had a Saskatoon Berry Lemonade for a beverage. The waiter said "ohmygod it's so good." So I thought I had made a good choice. Others were having wine because it was Wine Wednesday and 20% or something. The lemonade was good.
We had a table to ourselves in the back of the restaurant.....there were about 12 of us. It was HOT. Now, I know that my hormones are playing tricks on me and sometimes I don't feel the temperatures accurately......but man, oh man, I needed a fan. Not cool.
About half of our group left around 9pm and I really should have too, but I wanted that cheesecake, dammit! I picked out the Oreo Cheesecake. It took what felt like an hour to arrive at the table. Not cool. The cheesecake was good alright. But was it the amazing-OMG-you-gotta-go-here type of cheesecake? No. I was expecting mind blowing orgasms of cheesecake. Didn't happen. Cannoli....seriously....cannoli would have blown it out of the water.When I finally pulled away from the table and hugged my goodbyes it was 10:30pm. I was so happy to be out on the street in the cool air. The company had been fine but I was the oldest person there but by no means did I feel that old. But the conversation wasn't even anything.....like.....interesting.....plus I couldn't hear everyone. Ugh! Once I was out on the street my immediate thought was "I'm too old for this crap!" Also, I just kept feeling like something was missing and several hours later....because the cheesecake kept me awake until 4am......what was missing was Hubby. This experience would have been much better with Hubby and Hubby alone. That's what made me feel most disappointed.
Today I found out one coworker who has been really great to me also isn't returning and I wasn't able to say goodbye to him last night as he didn't come to the farewell. His classroom is next to mine and we've taught similarly as well. I guess it's time for him to move on. We can't all be fixtures....as I was reminded.....I am a fixture at the Academy.
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