we decided, late yesterday afternoon, to cancel the run because it would cut into birthday festivities, so after we both got home and walked the dogs, we headed to mickey’s to see friends before dinner.
after that, we biked up the path to tempest. i was particularly excited to see what they’d done with the place, since it used to be magnus, and i loved going there before they went the scandanavian route. tempest redesigned the whole inside, making it a lot brighter (white paint and glass bottles) and more open.
it was nice because we knew both of the bartenders; matt knew sean from coming to the bar, and i knew jeanette from a hundred years ago when cap city tattoo used to be a coffee shop.
i don’t have time to go into too much details right now, but the mussels were great, the oyster shots were super, matt loved the crab legs, and i have had better tuna.
on the way home, we stopped at wilson’s because we basically gave them up when i determined that their menu is at least 50% responsible for my weight gain in the last two years. but we had to say hi to brian, our favorite bartender there. a couple of unexpected friends were there, as well, so it was a nice round out to the evening.
i got matt home safely and poured myself into bed.
