Thai Seafood

We went out for dinner tonight, to a local Thai restaurant. We hadn't been there in a while, but the owner remembered us just the same. Such a nice, quiet little restaurant.... always very clean and neat, tablecloths and fancy-folded napkins, and extremely efficient service. And the food....... always the freshest fish and vegetables, and the food is so beautifully arranged on the plate..... pretty as a cookbook photo, I swear.

I ordered red snapper, which they covered with shrimp, scallops, and sliced mango. Enough food there for two dinners, so I have half of it in the fridge for tomorrow or the next day. They served that with rice and steamed vegetables, along with a salad sprinkled with peanut dressing. They also make homemade coconut ice cream, so my husband and I split a small scoop of that as well.

After going to this family-owned Thai restaurant tonight, I told my husband that the impersonal service of the Chinese restaurant we go to leaves a lot to be desired. We're spoiled with all the extra attention we get in Babbo Bruno's, and tonight's service at the Thai restaurant makes the service at the Chinese place seem minimal at best.

We used to go to Thai Seafood on a weekly basis, to have lunch there, or I stopped in to pick up to-go orders--- the restaurant is on the way back from J's antique shop, and when I worked there, it was on the way home, and a good excuse to bring home good food instead of having to cook.


We spoke to C and her mom the other day......... they were looking at more houses in Vegas, and finding some that looked better than the ones they had seen on the first day. Problem is, the houses which are in better condition are also more money, which means a higher mortgage payment. They planned on talking to some bankers while they're out there. Also, the school district that they thought would be fine for C turned out to be not so fine at all, and now they won't consider that school at all. So it looks like they'll have to start another search for a high school as well.

C and her mom will be home on Friday, and they invited us over on Saturday so they can fill us in on everything. I hope by that time, they'll have found a nice (and affordable) house, and a decent high school. (From my lips to God's ears..... as Blanche would've said.)

We've had beautiful weather...... sunny and warm, just a bit of rain the other day, which quickly cleared away to a sunny day. It was a little windy today, and the winds blew the sun away for a little while and made the temperature drop a little bit (from 85 to 75). When we went out for dinner tonight, I changed into a heavier sweater and wore a leather jacket. (Yes--- 75 feels that cold to me here.) Hard to believe that I lived through all those NY winters for so many years.