don't mind if i do, too...

breakfast: toasted everything bagel with butter, scrambled eggs, coffee. i was oh-so-tired, but the scrambled eggs were oh-so-creamy and delicious.

lunch: i attempted not to eat as i wanted to build hunger the better to savor my meal at dinner. but then i felt a little lightheaded, so i ate a Liberte blackberry yogurt and a bunch of carrot sticks. (hmmm... maybe i should become a pharm rep...)

dinner: fresh anchovies on toast with avocado-cilantro puree (i think i only had 2, this was dad and t's joint). shrimp and scallop ceviche. part of a duck ravioli (appetizer) that was more like a wonton than a ravioli, stuffed with shredded duck and garnished with some kind of apple, tomato, and scallion salsa over pureed sweet potato. i wasn't a huge fan, but the others enjoyed it. braised short ribs over steamed cabbage-wrapped potato puree in a dark ginger-infused beer-soy sauce with dried apricots. fork-tender and delicious. my caipirinha was good too, but mom's mojito was even better.

dessert: fruit cake with custard and almonds from marjolaine that people were hating on because it had cake layers and cream and NOT JUST CUSTARD... but i thought was blazing.

¡salud y feliz cumpleanos, Guillermo!