like going straight for
a nice spoonful of green tea ice cream after a great sushi dinner and instead ending
up with a chunk of wasabe in your mouth. painful. true story. can you
picture it? hope so because unfortunately,
the unexpected 'funny' moments in life, much like these, don't usually
provide notice for "on the spot photo opportunity".
although, i'd have to
say that neither Lea, Mia, or I were laughing too hard about it at first, as we were the victims of this
horrendous tragedy;) now 'mama', the girls' mother, on the other hand... mY near and dear friend Severine, the birthday girl,
and the only one who had yet to taste
her own birthday "ice-cream" dessert, candle and all, just
got to sit back, watch, and laugh when she'd realized [after i'd had a moment
to compose myself and tell her] "wasabe" ..."definitely not ice
cream"... i have to admit though, i couldn't blame her for laughing. the
look on the faces of all three of us had to be quite the site to behold. at
least for the few remaining patrons in the restaurant, sushi chefs, and sweet
waitresses, all baffled and confused by what was going on in our
corner.
all three of us
reacted simultaneously to the unexpected foul taste in our
mouths. both girls instantly gagging and coughing, on the verge of crying,
reaching for a napkin to vigorously wipe their tongues off, while i
went straight for my glass of water, on the verge of vomiting all over the
table....oh BoY! and did i mention... i HATE wasabe? there are few things in life
i 'hate'. truthfully i don't like to even use that word...but
wasabe, i hAte! it's actually the flavor that makes me nauseous, not the
spiciness, so i always substitute it with siracha...the red, even spicier sauce
that i absolutely LOVE, so much i put it on eVerything...but wasabe
i've always found repulsive. needless to say
a large chunk of it working its way down my throat was one 'great fear'
come true.
of course, after we all
cooled down, we definitely found the humor in it and laughed away;)
so how did the wasabe
end up in our ice-cream? on accident i suppose, off a plate on our table is
what Severine concluded... truthfully, i am still wondering for certain myself.
they kindly brought us a
new scoop and it was green tea ice-cream all the way!
in any case it was a much needed "sweet" "sweet"
treat and night with mY 3 giRLs in celebration of one very special Birth-day of LiFe. i celebrate the day this
wonderful friend of mine was born...for all the reasons that brought us
together around that table, in that restaurant, wiping the wasabe off
our tongues...ALL for this beautiful SoUL...right there below.
the girls, for the most
part of the night got to entertain themselves...napkins soaked in soy sauce.
'baths' for the table, talking chopsticks-soy sauce-dipped and licked...while
my dear friend and i got to catch up.
she's such a hard worker
and when she gets home there's usually little time for us to just
"be" ...there's the occasional glass of wine of course before i have
to jet out and get home to the hubby, but rarely do we get our 'girls' nights
like this..of course we missed you Vinko and David ! but without your business
trip/ soccer game...we couldn't call it what it was...GIRLS' NIGHT!
Great conversation,
great food, great sake, GREAT time! i love this family and feel more blessed by
the day. than words can convey to share the bonds we do... tune in for the
"Erceg Family Photo Shoot" post coming soon...of course nanny-Naomi had
to jump in every other shot. but that's the 'Sweet' of life and freedom to
CHOOSE the people you call 'family' ....
and ForEver, i choose this one!
xoxo's
Happy Birthday Severine!
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