Let's see. Now . . . where were we?
aOh yes! Mc“Sweety.” Yes, after a delightful 5 dates in Charleston and a thumbs-up from both my Sister and my Mother, I agreed to meet this very sweet Georgetown Doctor on his own turf.
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And it just so happened that my eye had also been on a trip to New York for the Stuck! Premier. So why not make it a double feature?!? I would fly into Reagan, spend a couple of days in DC, and then we would take the Bolt Bus into the City. It was a brilliant plan! And it allowed just enough time, upon our return to DC, for me to have cocktails & cupcakes with my Tweethearts “Thelma” and “Louise” and breakfast with The Dupuys. I was so excited that I couldn’t STAND it!
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But what was I so excited about? I couldn’t decide. Was I excited about the trip, or the movie, or the *play dates* . . . or the boy? Well I just wasn’t going to worry about that. After all, I was too excited!!!
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“Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the world was made round so that we couldn’t see too far down the road”
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Isak Dinesen
aI arrived at Reagan on a Thursday. He picked me up at the airport and we had an early dinner, followed by cocktails and a rather unsettling (Hmmm, how should I phrase this?) . . . a rather unsettling “discussion of politics” that made me want to “grab a couple Heinekens and slide.”
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However, by the next morning, my optimistic nature had gotten the best of me and I made the decision that I was going to have a lovely and exciting weekend! That settled, turning things around was as easy as 1, 2, 3.
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Huevos * Pedicures * Peonies
aHe took me to a wonderful little spot for brunch, La Plaza, and then I took him to have his first mani/pedi. And then there were Peonies! After all – I was hosting a dinner party that evening. He had suggested inviting his friends over when I first agreed to visit, and I had eagerly been making plans for a rooftop dinner party ever since. The entire menu was a Toast! to our own darling little city:
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Sparkling Georgia Peach Bellini Punch
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Lemon & Sweet Tea Hand-Infused-Vodka Spritzers
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Beef Tenderloin Pot Roast with Charlane Plantation Port Wine Plum Sauce
(find the Plum Sauce recipe in Stratford’s Menus & Venues)
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“Old Fashioned, Family Style” Tortellini & Cheese
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Our dinner guests had requested “classic Southern” and that is just what I had given them. A Toast to Macon, Georgia was made over one of the most beautiful views of the Capitol Building I could ever have imagined. There was laughter, and candlelight. There was girl talk and guy time. And then there were sweet dreams of new friends. And the next morning . . . we were headed to New York!
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A Toast! to Steve Balderson!!! As everything that Steve Balderson ever has touched has been and as everything that he ever will touch will be . . . Stuck! is a masterpiece. “Better than most of the movies that inspired it” is an understatement. I was so proud to be a part of this film. Seeing myself on the “Silver Screen” was the biggest thrill! And the audience at Visionfest was absolutely heartwarming. I can’t wait to see what Steve’s cooking up next.
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And now a double feature sized Toast! to Nobu. “Don’t look at me – I wanted Crif Dogs & draft beer” were my sentiments as he stood catching flies & studying the bill. But the truth is that I have NEVER been more thankful for someone talking me out of my heart’s desire for a “Spicy Redneck and a PBR.”
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Nobu must haves: the Tiradito Nobu Style (the black sea salt & chili sauce was AHHH-MAZING!), the Fresh Yellowtail Sashimi with (paper thin, of-my-dreams) Jalapeno, the Spicy Bigeye Tuna & Salmon Skin, the Black Cod with Miso, the Japanese Eel & the Sea Eel, a Champagne 95, a Spiced Pear Martini, a Croatian Mule, a Fig Martini (or two), and the Bento Box (warm Valrhona chocolate soufflé cake, shiso syrup, white chocolate sauce, and green tea ice cream)
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As I said, I’ve never been more deliriously happy to have been shot down over the suggestion of a hot dog and a cold beer.
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Back at the ranch, on Sunday, I met “Thelma” and “Louise” at Baked and Wired DC for a cupcake date where we shared the best of both laughter AND tears. And the next morning I had breakfast with Sweet & Florence & (the new baby) Kathryn Simmons Dupuy. Florence entertained me, Sweet regaled me with a few adorable new Grandmother Betty Sweet stories, and Simmons let me feed her a bottle. It was all so very wonderful and my dear friend so thoroughly impresses me as a mother that I still get a little tear when I think about it.
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And how does one end a weekend such as this? At Beth & Kent Tucker’s house that’s where. I’ve gotta tell ya, if this post were a television commercial . . . the Skinny Girl Margaritas, Fajitas, and Laughter on Old Creek Road would make their debut just prior to the word “priceless.” That’s all there is to it.
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And the boy? Hmmm . . . Let’s just say that – in the end – it was a matter of partisan politics. You see, he was looking for a marriage. He wanted something very “Bill & Hillary.” You know: the legal union of two people with similar goals and interests. And if you’ve read much of my writing, you know that I’ll never accept less than . . .
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. . . nothing even half a drop less than “Nancy & Ronnie”: a love affair between two people who cannot even imagine ever spending a night apart.
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Doctor Turvy Suggests:
The BEST Bloody Mary in town at Luigi's. I had one with the adorable Lauren Summers on Sunday!
(Oooh Girl It Is Sooo) Hot This Week!
JMC Auto Glass: Get your windshield repaired for free at Presidential Parkway
www.JMCAutoGlass.com
Save The Date . . .
Small Business Breakfast Club Meeting
Thursday Oct. 21, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., Francar's Wings in Mercer Village
Speaker: Kerrin Laz, Wine Director at Dean & DeLuca
Junior League Market Place
Arts on Riverdale
Spirits in October
Big Screen Movie Nights
The Macon Zombie Parade
Seasons of the Vineyard
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