Yellow cake, two weekends in a row!

I think Seth had a nice birthday yesterday. In the evening, as Seth was playing guitar, I put a cake in the oven, decorated the kitchen with streamers and walked across the street to pick up a bottle of wine. This was actually my first time in the US buying alcohol by myself (I guess I really don't drink much) and I felt like a total 'wino' carrying my brown bag down the street, passing groups of children playing by the roadside. At least the bottle will last a while.

We had a glass of wine with some hummus on the front porch then walked two blocks to this very cute Thai place we pass all the time (Tree Top Thai). For some reason we had never thought about eating there but after reading some positive reviews we decided to check it out. It was extremely cute and there were all these really fanciful sketches all over the walls. The salt and pepper shakers were even decorated. Apparently the owner is an artist and likes to churn out these little doodles like crazy. The food was really well done, too!


We returned for some cake with pudding and gifts. Oh I wish we could celebrate a birthday every weekend!


As a side-note, I thought it was kinda funny that none of my friends emailed or called me on my birthday, with the exception of Dahlia (whom I had known since kindergarten) and Yulia, a new friend from lab. This didn't offend me, I haven't celebrated my birthday with most of my friends in years, but usually someone sends a quick note. (I must mention that my family as well as Seth's family were very thoughtful and sent lots of well-wishes). Seth, on the other hand, received dozens of 'Happy Birthday Seth!'s on Facebook, from all sorts of people neither of us had seen or spoken to in years. This either says something about me, about Seth, or about Facebook. I will have to think about this one for a while.