We ended up spreading out our 2 year anniversary over three days. Tasty food, good drinks, Trivia Smackdown and happy memories. We even got a card from Daisy. Mark said one day she asked for the car keys and she came back with our present: a porcelain mug from Starbucks. He said “china” is the traditional gift on the two year anniversary.
Today, I treated Mark to his anniversary gift: video game shopping at Best Buy. The sales clerk carded me for one of his game choices: Gods of War. It got an NC-17 rating and apparently, I don’t look older than 17. It’s kinda nice to look so young at my ripe age of 29….but it’s also a little embarrassing.
Still, Mark’s enjoying his game, Daisy’s curled up and snoring in her blue chair and I’m blogging about the flavors from our anniversary weekend.
Mark made reservations for the New City Cafe in Topeka. I’ve heard good things about its upscale, American fusion cuisine. We started-off with this tasty Lobster Ravioli…Large pillows of pasta stuffed with cheese and lobster.
We finished up our anniversary dinner with a Limoncella Sorbet. I’m tickled to find my favorite Italian liquor in a Topeka restaurant. It tasted, sweet, lemony and refreshing on a hot summer night.
Thanks to a relatively new Kansas law, we could take our leftover wine home. This is Duck Pond’s Pinot Grigio from New City Cafe. Here’s how it works: the waiter places the corked wine in a large plastic baggie along with the receipt. Then he seals it up and we’re good to go. All legal and it’s still tasty after a few days in the fridge.
We continued our Anniversary celebration with a pub trivia contest in Lawrence. We started off with dinner at a new Italian restaurant in the downtown area, Genovese. I was incredibly disappointed with the crudo, but I enjoyed this apple tart with thyme, carmel sauce and mascarpone cream. We were surprised how well a spice like thyme complimented the sweet dessert.
I had to work on the day of our anniversary, so we continued our celebration with lunch at the Brick Oven in Topeka. We finished on a sweet note with our favorite dessert on the menu, this bread pudding. It’s made with fresh croissants and a vanilla rum sauce. It’s so rich and decadent.
And I have to speculate that God himself…
Did make us into corresponding shapes like…
Puzzle pieces from the clay…by Postal Service