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10/15/2018

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It Was The Best Of Birthdays

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       This past Saturday, October 13, was my daughter-in-law Callie's birthday.
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     I asked her if she'd like me to come to Cincinnati for a day of shopping and dinner, which is what we did last year (see post from 10/14/2017), but she said she would rather drive up to Columbus with Theresa - my daughter, her wife - for some shopping since in Columbus there's a big and tall women's shop called Torrid where she hoped to find a pair of dress shoes.
    
      As Theresa had to put in a few hours of work on Saturday morning, it was early afternoon before she and Callie arrived, .hence we decided to start out with lunch at Panera.
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     After lunch Theresa - who hates clothes shopping - begged off the shopping trip, and so Callie and I headed for the Torrid at Easton Town Center,
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​...where she found several cute pieces,
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​...and some cute shoes.
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    That evening we met up with Tommy and Emily at Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Columbus for dinner.
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   Unbeknownst to us it was Homecoming night, and so in addition to the usual Saturday night crowd, .were crowds of nicely-dressed teenagers.
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     However we waited less than fifteen minutes for a table,
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​...and were soon chowing down on that soft, warm, out-of-this-world bread with the herb butter that is the Spaghetti Warehouse hallmark,
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...followed by appetizers.
        Fried zucchini sticks,
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​...and spinach artichoke dip.
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     For dinner we ordered among us:
    Fifteen-layer lasagne,
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​...cheese ravioli,
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...Turin Trio
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​...fettuccine alfredo,
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...and bruschetta,
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...with sides of the freshest salad,
   With the freshest sides of salad and Italian Wedding Soup.
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     After dinner we stood out in the Spaghetti Warehouse parking lot for a moment to take in the pretty view of the Columbus skyline,
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...then we drove to Tommy and Emily's place in the Brewery District, where their sweet poochie Cici waited patiently,
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​...and where we had a Dairy Queen birthday cake.
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     As we sat around eating our ice cream cake Callie at one point said, "This is my best birthday ever."
      I was a little surprised to hear her say that. After all, what was so special about going shopping, going out for dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse then having a Dairy Queen Cake?
      I asked her why this birthday was so much better than any other but she didn't explain much, saying that it just was.
       But I think I know what she meant. This is Callie's third birthday as a transgender woman. I think she meant that each year life gets better.

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Pat B Goller
10/15/2018 09:40:53 pm

Happy Birthday Callie!!!!!!

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Patti
10/16/2018 06:36:27 am

Thank you, Patti.

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Chris Sprague
10/16/2018 05:58:09 am

What a great birthday celebration !
And I love the shoes!

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Patti
10/16/2018 06:38:24 am

Thank you, Chris. I know, those shoes are so cute, and Callie says they're quite comfy!

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