dining with Sandy

For the last 5 years, Sandy and I have gone out for a meal nearly every Friday. It started with several years of dinners, followed by a long year of mostly lunches and now we are back to dinners. Dining times are mostly a function of where her job is. When she worked in Bellevue, we did lunch. Otherwise it has been dinners.

Today we went to dinner in Kirkland at Lucia's in Park Place. It is a nice restaurant that is right in the middle of the curve between Italian pasta and American comfort food. Tonight I had Chicken stuffed with prosciutto with a side of mashed potatoes. It was delicious.

Lately we have been going to less expensive places. Sandy has gone vegetarian almost a year ago. Turns out there isn't that much you can do for upscale vegetables as a main course! There are no vegetable cost equivalents for filet mignon or lobster… That doesn't matter much to either of us. The point of going out to eat is for the conversation and the company.

Sandy is a great friend to me and I am very grateful to have her in my life. She is a beautiful woman on the inside and on the outside.