Birthday, suspended

Last night we enjoyed a belated birthday dinner at Tuscany Grill, right down the street. Belated due to

1) having diner dinner plans on my actual birthday, the 24th
2) the restaurant being closed on the 26th, due to a liquor license suspension for serving a minor alcohol. You can't serve a minor booze here in CT of course, but for the time being you can still hand your friend a beer when you pick them up at the airport.



Third time's the charm, as they say. I was graciuosly gifted a gift certificate to Tuscany Grill from Mrs. Cupcake's parents. Mrs. Cupcakes had the puttanesca, and I enjoyed the frutti di mare. For you non-link clickers, both dishes are delicious, but with names that mean "prostitute" and "fruit of the sea", respectively.

Earlier this week, we went to Priya for chaat night. Chaat as in Indian snack foods, not internet or small talk or whathaveyou. The buffet was great, but I ate way too much, finished off with this dessert...



...which was all very sweet and delicious, but looked very odd, like rice noodles cooked with a highlighter, and tapioca pearls that had somehow had black sesame seeds inserted into each of them. The ping pong ball is a sweet, honey-soaked orb of some dairy-related composition.

Today it was 55° here, so I cracked open one of these.



It's a very summertime beer. Sadly, I only bought one, and just for the label. Oh, and also the bottlecap.



OWLS!

I like owls.

Birthday weekend extravaganza

The lemon poppy seed pound cake that Val made for my birthday.




The vodka used to make the white russians we had whilst watching Big Lebowski.




The Olympia Diner where we had dinner.




The Clam Roll I had for dinner at the Olympia.




The bowling birthday crew.




The Newington Bowl-O-Rama (OPEN 24 HOURS!!!) where we bowled.




The bowling alley chairs that I went to elementary school with.




The Fanta™ grape soda I enjoyed at the bowl-o-rama.




The beer I enjoyed even more than the Fanta.




The "D is for Drinks" button.




The Bowl-O-Rama when we arrived.




The flashlight tht I got from my brother. It has one switch that turns it on, and another button that changes the light from white to green to blue to orange to light green to purple to yellow to light blue to pink. The best part, though, are the instructions. And I quote...

"White light is the highest brightness. It can be applied to any illumination situations.

Red light is the most obvious and noticeable. It can be used as an warning color or signal.

Green light is the healthiest. It is good for eyesight and can be used to check map.

Blue light is the coolest and bright in the night. It can be used to relax the fidgety mood.

Orange light is the warmest. It is part of warm color. It can be used to make peace mood.

Light green is mysterious. It can be used to make strange mood such as Halloween.

Purple light is glitter. It can be used to make romantic mood or environment.

Yellow light is glaring and with good penetration. It can be used as a fog lamp.

Light blue light is the tranquilest for composing the emotion. Also can be used in camping.

Pink light is romantic. It can be used to increase the temperament and interest of life."

So there.