Tuesday

Managed to find myself sick (fever/cold, not food poisoning, luckily - i've religiously avoided Thai food since that episode a year ago) most of Tuesday and didn't wake until 5pm. Thus, i'm a bit behind in my plans and my writing. Will reveal more in a later post, if i find the time before i leave. A couple notes: not all penne all' arrabbiata is created equally and tofu with vegetables does not imply no meat.

So, on my birthday, instead of going to my old high school like i had planned, i found my way back to EUR to see the apartment we used to live in back in the late 70's. Was easy to find. Wound my way back to downtown, to that Irish place, and had a couple pints to celebrate. Well, after a nasty penne all' arrabbiata; i had previously suspected that it might be a safe vegan bet to eat a mixed salad and that penne dish (which is one of my favourites, Paglio's in Ann Arbor also makes a good one), but this one place managed to make it with cheese. Local interpretations of a classic, i guess. At least some of the beer was free (good to be a birthday boy).