It Was The Best Of Birthdays

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It Was The Best Of Birthdays

       This past Saturday, October 13, was my daughter-in-law Callie's birthday.

     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.

     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,

​...where she found several cute pieces,

​...and some cute shoes.

    That evening we met up with Tommy and Emily at Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Columbus for dinner.

   Unbeknownst to us it was Homecoming night, and so in addition to the usual Saturday night crowd, .were crowds of nicely-dressed teenagers.

     However we waited less than fifteen minutes for a table,

​...and were soon chowing down on that soft, warm, out-of-this-world bread with the herb butter that is the Spaghetti Warehouse hallmark,

...followed by appetizers.

        Fried zucchini sticks,

​...and spinach artichoke dip.

     For dinner we ordered among us:

    Fifteen-layer lasagne,

​...cheese ravioli,

...Turin Trio

​...fettuccine alfredo,

...and bruschetta,

...with sides of the freshest salad,

   With the freshest sides of salad and Italian Wedding Soup.

     After dinner we stood out in the Spaghetti Warehouse parking lot for a moment to take in the pretty view of the Columbus skyline,

...then we drove to Tommy and Emily's place in the Brewery District, where their sweet poochie Cici waited patiently,

​...and where we had a Dairy Queen birthday cake.

     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.