Let's let Mikey try it. He likes everything!

[susandennis]

My cats rarely snub any new toy or cat thing. They may give it up after a day or two but usually they fight over it for the first 24 hours. Some wild hair made me buy this thing last week and boy did it ever get a yawn. Betty has tried it out a couple of times for naps as you can see here. Travis sniffed it about once a day and daily proclaimed it not worth his bother.

It is pretty, though. I think we'll probably re-gift it.

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This is the week of eats. Tomorrow I am going to have the most elaborate and expensive meal I have ever had. I am going to the Herbfarm.

Years ago, it was in a much smaller location and reservations were more precious than diamonds. You had to call on a certain day and take what you got and hope you got a spot in your lifetime. I won a bet off my friend John - a really big one - and the prize was dinner at the Herbfarm. I called. I got through! I got reservations for 2!! In 11 months. Alas, turns out, they did not make John's lifetime. He died 2 months before our date.

Then the Herbfarm burned down.

Then they built it back bigger and now any fool - with more cash than good sense - can get a reservation almost any time they want! It is way north and east of here and not a fun driving distance plus I hate to drive so much. Hiring a ride would cost a bundle but, hey, if you are going to spend nearly $200 for a meal, I guess bitching about a cab there and back is really picking a nit.

But Along Came John... a different John and a Robert - rsc and jwg to be specific - they were coming to town and their group was going to the Herbfarm and did I want to go? You have no idea how much!!!

So finally, I am going to satisfy years of curiosity. I'm already worried about what and how to eat tomorrow to ensure I have room for full enjoyment tomorrow night!

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But, now I'm focused on tonight! We are getting together for dinner with machupicchu whom they wanted to meet (and they have actually been to Machupicchu! I'm hoping we can go to The Melting Pot. It's right around the corner from their hotel. machupicchu and I went once and it was great but he's a vegetarian and while the cheese fondue was heaven, I'd love to try some meat! And it's really not a place that is any kind of fun for solo dining.

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Work is done for the day, so it's time to kick back and rest up until time to go find my dinner dates!