First off – thanks for all your birthday comments yesterday! 😀
I got up early yesterday morning to finish the carrot cake – it needed to be frosted. I used to have two 8 inch round cake pans, but as usual, I could only find one! So I ended up putting all the batter into a 10 inch round so it was really tall. I let it cool overnight, then using a bread knife, cut the cake in half and made it a double layer – note to self – next time I’ll have to make more frosting!
Tony got up and started watching the news. Every time someone drove by our house they honked their horn! Tony finally got up and realized the lawn was decorated! His sister came while it was still dark – she had a sign that said – “Honk – Tony’s 50!”
Thanks Jody!
So Tony wanted to go to a really good deli, and he found one in Skokie. He had forwarded the menu to me last week and I loved what I saw – I think the Reuben sandwich is probably my favorite sandwich of all time – but I am picky about my corned beef. If I have to tug at the meat, that pretty much ruins the sandwich for me. It needs to be tender!
So after a leisurely hour drive, we arrive! Gotta love the sign in the window!
Seriously my mouth started to water as we walked in. But guess what? It wasn’t a sit down restaurant! I don’t know if we confused two places, but this place was not indicative of the menu we saw – that menu even had a Reuben strudel that I wanted to know what it was! We walked in and one side was a bagel shop, the other side was a giant deli like you’d find at grocery store. So weird!
No problem, we’ll just plug Deli into the GPS and find another one. Um, we could not find another deli!! Two that came up on our GPS were out of business even. So after another 20+ minutes of driving, we ended up here:
Superdawg has been on so many shows, yet I had never been! So the obvious choice was to get a hot dog. My dog had everything but onions and I added hot peppers. It comes in this box piping hot.
Hands down, the best hot dog I’ve ever had! Pretty sure I heart Superdawg!
We then drove to Whole Foods (Kate – your package is going in the mail today finally!) Just so happens we were walking by the gelato section and each decided to get a small. Tony got a taffy apple gelato that was amazing. Hannah got the coffee gelato and I got toffee crunch.
Hannah had night school so when we got home we opened presents and just hung out. When Hannah left for school Tony and I went out for sushi. This is one of Tony’s favorite – a shrimp head – I can’t stand the beady eyes and the way they crunch when he eats it!
I got a crazy boy roll – and Hannah actually got done from school early and met us and ended up ordering the same thing – Tony did ask for hot sauce for me – last time they brought me Tabasco, but this time they gave me a dish of chili oil – holy yum did that kick up my rolls! Pretty sure there aren’t any calories in oil, right?! 😀
I thought I would still enter my food into calorieking, but I decided not to! I had a great day with you Tony! He left me the nicest note this morning – he said “I got the greatest gift of all when I met you – everything else is just gravy.”
How lucky am I?! 😀 😀
And while we celebrated my Mom’s birthday last weekend – today is her actual birthday – Happy Birthday Mom!
oddio, forse una mia impressione (peraltro letaga agli ultimi screenshots, il che lascia il tempo che trova) ma mi sembra che il dettaglio grafico sia leggermente sceso.le strutture poligonali degli ambienti sembrano un po’ pi spigolose rispetto agli screens rilasciati qualche mese fa e ho l’impressione che sar presente un po’ di aliasing.se, tuttavia, dovesse rimanere fluido come nei video mostrati, credo che anche i “difetti” temuti (ma, ribadisco, frutto di un’impressione) non dovrebbero incidere sull’esperienza visiva e ludica.per il resto i nemici sembrano ancora favolosi e i giochi di luce eccellenti ma questa sembra sia essere il vero punto di forza del wii). [anche della ps2 si disse che era assolutamente inferiore alle piattaforme nintendo e microsoft ma poi, a causa della massiccia diffusione, le softwarehouse dovettero impegnarsi a fondo per spremere ogni singola capacit dell’emotion engine per presentare (a fronte di una concorrenza sempre pi agguerrita) prodotti cosmeticamente pi soddisfacenti appianando il gap con l’xbox e il gamecube (gli ultimi giochi per ps2 non hanno nulla da invidiare a quelli che girano sulle altre console).la situazione attuale del wii non diversa: si imposto sul mercato, ora si imporr anche come piattaforma di riferimento; il problema sar per gli utenti sony e microsoft che “subiranno” giochi multipiattaforma che sfrutteranno solo in parte le potenzialit delle loro macchine.prima con ps2, ora wii… sar che sono tifoso del napoli ma se non soffro non mi diverto.]
ok, I was going to tell you that the food is absolutely awesome beyond believe but then we got to the shrimp head. Uh, no way. Totally creepy. I can’t believe you stopped eating long enough to get a picture of that Superdawg! Yummers!
I just posted my first pizza with your amazing crust!! I’ve made 2 pizza’s so far and the crust is awesome. The next pizza listed will make you cring though!
Superdawg looks really good. I would love to try it one of these days! Glad you guys had fun celebrating!
Happy birthday to Tony!! Love that carrot cake -yum!!
Oh my gosh! I got chills at the end of this. That is so sweet. Your Tony sounds like my Tony! Happy birthday to him! The cake looks beautiful!
Fun! Love your day! and I especially love the idea of eating fries until you get to the hotdog – fabulous!!
So Sweet! Happy Birthday to Mom and Tony!! Kind of like 2 birthdays in one blog ;)Great photos, What did Tony say when he heard all the cars honking at the house? Lol
I think it was “WTF?!!” 😀
Thanks for the vote on Project Food Blog! I appreciate it! Is it because I have twins? haha. I just watched your Oprah video!
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww oh my gosh- Tony’s note to you- so cute! Happy Birthday to him. Seems like he had a perfect perfect day. The cake looks fantastic
Sounds like a fun, fun day – love the way you rolled with everything – that hot dog looked yummy. And who isn’t up for a scoop of gelato?!? Your carrot cake looks so good – I would have doubled the amount of frosting, but that’s just me. 🙂
The signs were too cute – what a great idea, Tony’s sister!
Looks like an awesome day from start to finish and happy b’day to both Tony and mom 🙂
wow, that cake looks so excellent! i love carrot cake. what a fun celebration! and happy bday to your mom!
Yeah, no need to plug in calorie king, just move on! Great eats, but yucky eyes on that shrimp!!!
Happy Birthday Momma!
Tony, glad you had a nice b-day too!
Happy Birthday to Tony! That is the absolute sweetest note!
I am glad you had a nice day together. That hot dog looks amazing! Sometimes you just have to splurge.
happy birthday tony!
looks like you guys had loads of fun! superdawg looks awesome i’ve seen them on food network so many times
You were king of the calories that day. No need to enter them. 🙂
You two are so cute. Looks like a wonderful birthday.
LOL you probably meant to go to the Bagel, which is in Old Orchard a couple blocks away. Kaufmans really does have the best corned beef though! What a fun adventure! It looks so much like my childhood…
Happy b-day to Tony!
that yard is such a great idea! love that tony didn’t even know why people were honking until he went to investigate, that’s so funny.
yay, cant wait to receive the package, i am so lucky!!!
You guys are great! It’s Birthday central in your life right now! Holy moly! Glad you guys had such a fabulous day!
What an emotional roller coaster post for me to read! The “caution sagging body parts” pic made me crack up and the gravy comment got me all teary. 🙂 Seriously, Biz and Tony…you guys are too much! That picture of you two is so beautiful. It captures the fun, love and adoration you guys have for each other!
what a wonderful day! 🙂
Sounds like a wonderful birthday! I love the yard decorations!
Oh my WORD that cake looks absolutely incredible! Happy belated B-day to Tony! I LOVE how in love you both are with each other. 🙂 Here’s to many, many more happy birthdays!
So glad you had a great day celebrating Tony’s 50th!
I want carrot cake for breakfast now. That looks so yummy.
Who needs gravy?
Sounds like a great day! I’ve seen Superdawg on shows too and have always wanted one, or two.
What a great day. Glad you just enjoyed and didn’t do the calorie thing. That’s OK!!!
OMG! What a sweet note. What is it about you two that gives me the chills.
I LOVE the yard deco, oh and YOUR gelato flavor….hello!