HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

TODAY'S MY 87th.

     At 7 o'clock this morning, when I opened my emails, there was a birthday greeting from my friends at IHOP along with a gift certificate good for a free breakfast of my favorite crepes with cottage cheese.

    At 11:30 am I'm being taken out to lunch by my old friend Maury Fulton. We go to Neiman Marcus every January 18th and I love their hot popovers.

     At 5:30 pm we're going to Deena and Alan Cohen's house for dinner. She's a great cook and she's preparing my traditional birthday dinner of steak, lima beans and baked potato - - - with angel food cake and coffee ice cream for dessert.

      And all I have to do is leave a reasonable tip at IHOP.

WHAT A DAY!

P.S. I forgot to take a camera to Neiman's so I had this photo taken with my cell phone just to prove that I was having a popover.

Maury also was kind enough to also bring me a birthday gift. He said I didn't need to open it until I got home, but I couldn't wait. Now I know why he wanted me to wait. It was a bedside alarm clock; but when I tried to set the time nothing happened.  I guess the battery was dead. Since we're going out to dinner tonight perhaps I'll just re-wrap it and bring it along as a house gift.

P.P.S. The gifts keep rolling in. Yesterday I attended a Free Lunch Seminar and I'm in the process of writing it up for my Blog. While I was out  today one of the speakers at the luncheon called  and Judy took the message. They offered me a free Power of Attorney.  It's sure my lucky day.

BEEF WELLINGTON FIT FOR AN EARL

P.P.P.S. My birthday dinner more than lived up to my expectations and ended the day on a high note. Deena Cohen outdid herself preparing my traditional meal of steak, lima beans and potatoes. Here's some photos of my hosts,  the beautiful table setting and Mr. Wellington's beef. 

KING FOR A DAY

FOUR STAR CHEF

FOUR STAR HOST