...Continued from yesterday:
...we headed downtown to The Columbus Museum of Art,
...that visitors were invited to put together. Of course I was hooked (see post from 2/7/2017)
We visited some of the other museum exhibits. Turns out there were jigsaw puzzles of paintings scattered throughout the museum to seduce us puzzle addicts. I think one these times I'd like to go back to the museum just to spend all day going from puzzle to puzzle, putting them all together. For me that would be like being in an opium den. After the museum we headed to the Clintonville neighborhood to Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, ...for lunch and the $5 matinee, still a great flick after all these years.
...we arrived early early enough that we had time to eat in the bar with a friend.
...followed by a generous and tasty Italian sub for Tom,
After the movie we returned home. Tom and I mused upon how spending a few days seeing the sights of a side of town different from our own almost felt like an out-of-town trip. However, though we'd returned home, the day was not yet over; later that evening we went out to The Drexel, ...to see Jackie, another really good but heart-rending film requiring multiple kleenexes. The next day, Sunday, February 19, was our actual anniversary date, which we celebrated by just doing the things we normally do on a Sunday, with a bit of embellishment: Normally Tommy, his friend Emily, Randy, and Anusha come for Sunday dinner, which they did this Sunday as well. But this time they spent some time looking at Tom's and my wedding album, chuckling over our photos, a mélange of pictures taken by friends, family members, and our "official" wedding photographer, the cousin of a friend of a co-worker of my sister-in-law (or something like that), ...all hodge-podged together in a photo album.
...which Randy volunteered to cut for us as I tend to suffer from cake-cutting anxiety (is that a common disorder?) At one point Emily asked me what anniversary the 40th one was. I didn't know, except that it was somewhere between silver and gold. So she looked up the answer to the question on her phone. "40th Anniversary is green bean," I heard her say. "Green bean?" I asked. "No," Emily laughed, "Ruby!" I'd misheard, but upon reflection I think that for us Green Bean would be a more apt symbol; after all, I don't own any rubies, or any jewelry, really, except my wedding rings and an assortment of earrings and watches, most of which came from Meijer's, Kohl's or Target. Green beans, on the other hand, has been sort of an iconic presence throughout our married, life,my Green Beans Almondine being a constant at just about every holiday meal and extended family gathering for most of the past forty years. So I believe I will declare this one The Green Bean Anniversary, and in its honor I'll share my Green Beans Almondine recipe for anyone who might be interested starting a green bean tradition of their own.
Green Beans Almondine 4 cans of French-cut green beans 1/2 cup slivered almonds 2 tablespoons butter or margarine Lawry's garlic salt Dried parsely Melt about 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine in a large frying pan over medium-low heat. Add the almonds and saute until light brown, be careful not to let them burn. Drain the green beans. Add to the almonds in the pan the green beans, the rest of the butter, the Lawry's garlic salt to taste and parsely. Cook until the green beans are heated through. Enjoy!
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Emily
2/23/2017 10:40:27 am
Such a lovely insight! The love you share is an inspiration :)
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Patti
2/23/2017 05:43:40 pm
Aw, thanks, Emily! You're a sweetie! 8)
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