Birthday

So today i turned 26. woohoo! I have made it to my 27th year of life. My birthday last year was such a disaster that this year i was slightly nervous about the whole affair. When you are a child birthday's are handled for you. You pretty much just have to show up and you get presents, cake, attention, the whole shabang! As i have gotten older, birthdays have lost their sparkle, i never worry about my age but the day itself i dread. There was so much build up when we were little it seems inevitable that as an adult we can't help but be disappointed. 

So this year i felt the need to keep it simple, real simple. Mom and Dad randomly showed up yesterday, i took them antiquing and to the Strip. My mom love's Enrico's biscotti- especially the cranberry pistachio and i am in love with Richard of Cafe Richard's - now Cafe Raymond's. Then E and I met them at Domenico's in Cranberry to watch the Pens. They had this amazing spinach artichoke dip and flat bread. I had a great beer too, Strawberry Blonde something. 

So i woke up and had no plans for the day, except my sister was coming at some point. I headed to the annual Highland Park garage sale bright and early. i started at Tazza D'oro on Highland Ave. with a mocha and hit the sales. My parents decided to join me and we met up with a few of my friends. They are complete lovebirds and expecting their first. I wanted to head to Food Glorious Food on Bryant Street before they sold out. I had this Key Lime Cake, a combination of key lime pie on the bottom and a light as air cake on top. Amazing! Cheddar and broccoli quiche which was good too. So we hit some sales. I found some good deals- I'll attach pics later. This great antique milk jug and some juice glasses which work well for drinking wine on picnics. 

My parents headed back to NY and i stopped at a friends for some grilled pizza and a mimosa. Strange but delectable combination. I have been wanting to grill pizza's and was impressed it was just good food. So I think I am going to try it soon. 

I am home. Waiting for my sister to finish the birthday. My mom got me a cooking class at the New York Wine and Culinary Center for my birthday, we are going to take it together.

More later.