We finally resumed FWF this week as 3 of the 4 couples were in town. An event that usually lasts from 6 to 9/9:30 went until 11:30 almost unheard of for us. I received a lecture from everyone at the table on my unhealthy obsession with my pills and was told to just get that idea out of my mind NOW.
Larry still has all the pills and that's actually fine with me, out of sight, out of mind.
Saturday was an
abalone feed for the Fire Department Volunteer firefighters. For those of you who've never had fresh abalone, it's heaven on a plate. But please take my word for it don't buy it in a restaurant. It's likely to have been illegally taken, there is a size requirement and a limit on the number you can take at any one time. Every year people are caught with illegal abalone which are confiscated then donate to non-profits for funding raising purposes. I hate to stereotype but it's usually Asians from the Central Valley who are the worst offenders.
But I digress, the abalone was fabulous. We usually get a big group together but this year is came up suddenly so it was just the 2 of us. We marveled that for all the time we've lived in Healdsburg, 37 years for Larry 23 for me, we know few people. There are faces I recognize but can't put names too. But we did get to chat with our head Wine Diva, the chief of Police and her wife the constitutional lawyer.
Then today we thought we were selling some of our timeshares but it turned out that the company wants you to pay THEM money to take them off your hands, thank you no. I was in a serious funk at that point.
We then met friends for a concert and dinner. The
American Philharmonic is an all volunteer orchestra that puts on free concerts 4 times a year. They are tremendous. The evening ended tonight with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, a mean piece to play but play it they did with zip and furor.
We then headed to
Chinois, a restaurant I've heard great things about and wanted to try. We worked our way through the menu with gusto. Every single dish was fantastic! If you get a chance to go jump at it.
Fortunately the beautiful music pulled me out of my funk and dinner the final thing I needed to completely transform the day.
Yea for me! And it wasn't even fake it til you make it.